Cholulteca people

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The Cholulteca people were the Indigenous inhabitants of the important pre-Columbian religious and commercial center of Cholula in central Mexico, known for their rich cultural traditions and monumental architecture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cholulans 1
Cholulteca people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Mesoamerican people
affectedBy Spanish conquest of Mexico
architecturalStyle platform mounds
stepped pyramids
built Great Pyramid of Cholula
capital Cholula
conqueredBy Aztec Empire
country Mexico
culturalInfluence Aztec religion
linked to: Aztec mythology

regional pilgrimage traditions
culture Mesoamerican civilization
engagedIn agriculture
long-distance trade
ethnicGroupOf Cholula
followed Mesoamerican calendar
had hereditary rulers
priestly elite
heritage modern inhabitants of Cholula
knownFor monumental architecture
pre-Columbian commercial center of Cholula
pre-Columbian religious center of Cholula
rich cultural traditions
language Nahuatl
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Puebla
linked to: Puebla (state)
mainCrop beans
chili peppers
maize
squash
partOf Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
practiced craft specialization
polytheism
produced ceramics
obsidian tools
textiles
region Central Mexico
religion Mesoamerican religion
socialStructure stratified society
timePeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
tradedWith Central Mexican polities
Gulf Coast peoples
Oaxaca peoples
used chinampa agriculture
pictographic writing
usedFor pilgrimage
regional markets
religious ceremonies

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massacre at Cholula targetedGroup Cholulteca people
subject linked to: massacre at Cholula
Battle of Cholula involvedEthnicGroup Cholulans
linked to: Cholulteca people