Calpulli - Wikipedia
WEBIn pre-Columbian Aztec society, calpulli (from Classical Nahuatl calpōlli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [kaɬˈpoːlːi], meaning "large houses", singular calpul [1]) were units of commoner housing that had been split into kin-based or other land holding groups within Nahua city-states or altepetls.
Calpulli: The Fundamental Core Organization of Aztec Society
WEBMar 10, 2019 · A calpulli (kal-POOH-li), also spelled calpolli, singular calpul and sometimes known as tlaxilacalli, refers to the social and spatial neighborhoods which were the main organizing principle in cities throughout the Central American Aztec empire (1430–1521 CE). Fast Facts: Calpulli.
What exactly was a ‘calpulli’? - Mexicolore
WEBSep 12, 2024 · As a building-block of Aztec society, it survived well into the colonial period. Part of the problem comes from the changing role and size of the calpulli in the evolution of the Aztec world.
Ancient Aztec Government - Aztec History
WEBAfter the family, the basic unit of ancient Aztec government was the calpulli. Families didn't individually own land, the land was owned by a group of families, the calpulli. This structure of local government existed long before the Aztec empire.
Aztec Society
WEBThe most important social unit in every city-state was called “calpulli”. It was composed of several inter-related families and therefore can loosely be described as a clan. A local chief was at the head of the calpulli which was mainly composed of people from his own extended family.
Aztec society - Wikipedia
WEBAztec society was a highly complex and stratified society that developed among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and which was built on the cultural foundations of the larger region of Mesoamerica.
Calpulli | anthropology | Britannica
WEB…group referred to as a calpulli by the Aztec and translated as barrio (“ward”) by the Spaniards. Questions about the structure and function of this level of Aztec organization have caused a great deal of debate among Meso-American specialists.
Aztec Society - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 23, 2015 · The most important social grouping in Aztec society was the calpolli, which was a collection of families connected either by blood or long association.
Calpulli - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe calpulli was the basic holder and distributor of usufruct on land to citizens, and the unit responsible for tribute collection and delivery. Each had its own leader and nobility, as well as a temple and market area.
Calpulli - Wikiwand
WEBIn pre-Columbian Aztec society, calpulli (from Classical Nahuatl calpōlli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [ kaɬˈpoːlːi], meaning "large houses", singular calpul) were units of commoner housing that had been split into kin-based or other land holding groups within Nahua city-states or altepetls.