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 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: altepetl
Generated description
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.
Instances (6)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Texcoco | Acolhua altepetl |
| Tlatelolco altepetl | — |
| Coatlan | — |
| Huexotla | — |
| Texcoco polity | — |
| Tlacopan polity | — |