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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Gibson, Charles
Title:
Structure of the Aztec empire
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Archaelogy of northern Mesoamerica,part one, edited by
Gordon F. Ekholm and Ignacio Bernal
Published By: Original publisher
Archaelogy of northern Mesoamerica,part one, edited by
Gordon F. Ekholm and Ignacio Bernal
Austin: University of Texas Press. 1971. 376-394 p.
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By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Charles Gibson
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2017. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Aztecs (NU07)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Community structure (621);
Localized kin groups (618);
History (175);
Comparative evidence (171);
External relations (648);
Instigation of war (721);
Peacemaking (728);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Priesthood (793);
Taxation and public income (651);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document surveys the chronological expansion and
principal features of the Aztec empire, with a listing of principal sources. Major subjects
include militarism and imperialism, the payment of tribute, relations with neighboring
groups, and the territorial hierarchy of the empire.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
24
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
nu07-024
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Historian-4
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
M. A. Marcus ; David Sherwood ; 1984
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1376-1520
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central and southern Mexico
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Aztecs
