Tlahuica culture

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The Tlahuica culture was a Nahua-speaking pre-Columbian society of central Mexico known for its city-states, agricultural terraces, and integration into the Aztec Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nahua culture 2
Tlahuica culture canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican culture
Nahua culture
pre-Columbian culture
agriculturalProduct beans
chili peppers
maize
squash
agriculturalTechnique terracing on hillsides
associatedWithLanguageVariant Ocuiltec (Tlahuica) language
capital Cuauhnahuac
conqueredBy Aztec Empire
culturalContinuityIn Tlahuica communities of Morelos
deityVenerated Huitzilopochtli
Tlaloc
Xipe Totec
economyBasedOn agriculture
maize cultivation
ethnicGroupOf Tlahuica people
flourishedInCentury 14th century
15th century
integratedInto Aztec tributary system
knownFor agricultural terraces
city-states
intensive agriculture
tribute to the Aztec Empire
locatedIn Morelos
central Mexico
linked to: Central Mexico
mainLanguage Nahua language
linked to: Nahuan languages

Nahuatl
majorCenter Cuauhnahuac
Huaxtepec
Tepoztlán
Yecapixtla
partOf Aztec Empire
Mesoamerica
politicalStructure local rulers
tributary provinces
presentInModernEntity State of Morelos
regionType highland culture
religion Aztec religion
polytheism
socialOrganization altepetl
city-states
subgroupOf Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
timePeriod Late Postclassic period
Postclassic period
used irrigation systems
terraced agriculture

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Referenced by (3)

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

Morelos region preColumbianCulture Tlahuica culture
Aztec pictographic writing culturalContext Nahua culture
linked to: Tlahuica culture
Huichapan hasIndigenousHeritage Nahua culture
linked to: Tlahuica culture