altepetl

C11331
concept

An altepetl was a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican city-state, typically centered around a ceremonial precinct and ruled by a tlatoani, that functioned as the fundamental political, territorial, and social unit in Nahua society.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
altepetl canonical 5
Acolhua altepetl 1

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
Texcoco Acolhua altepetl
Tlatelolco altepetl
Coatlan
Huexotla
Texcoco polity
Tlacopan polity