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2:1 Tribute Distribution in the Triple Alliance

Bibliographic Data

ID6033684
AuthorsHjørdis Nielsen, H B Nielsen (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume7
Issue2
Pages207-214
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAncient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956536100001413
OpenAlexW2132975810
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

Tribute sources have played a significant role in reconstructions of the Triple Alliance's history and geography at the time just before the Spanish Conquest. The Tenochcan tradition has been the main source for these reconstructions. The critical historical analysis of the internal relationship of an alternative tradition, that of Tetzcoco, sheds new light on the Tenochcan tradition and on the tribute distributional ratio of 2:2:1, i.e., of the Triple Alliance tribute to Tenochtitlan, to Tetzcoco, and to Tlacopan. I conclude that this distribution only applied to a minor geographical area in the Triple Alliance conquests. This ratio shows only that Tetzcoco and Tenochtitlan had a major participation in the conquest of part of the northeastern area of central Mexico

Alliance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · CONQUEST · Geography · Humanities · Tribute · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Latin American history and culture · Mathematics

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