Cholulteca

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The Cholulteca were the indigenous people associated with the ancient city of Cholula in central Mexico, known for their role in Mesoamerican trade, religion, and monumental pyramid construction.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cholula city-state 1
Cholulteca canonical 1
city of Cholula 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalProducts beans ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
architecturalStyle platform mounds ⓘ
stepped pyramids ⓘ
associatedWith ancient city of Cholula ⓘ
centeredOn Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
conqueredBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
conqueredDuring Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture

Olmec ⓘ
linked to: Olmec civilization

Teotihuacan ⓘ
Toltec ⓘ
linked to: Toltec civilization
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
engagedIn cacao trade ⓘ
ceramic trade ⓘ
feather trade ⓘ
obsidian trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Cholula ⓘ
hadPilgrimageCenterAt Cholula ⓘ
interactedWith Aztec Empire ⓘ
Tlaxcalans ⓘ
knownFor Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
monumental pyramid construction ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
locatedIn Puebla Valley ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
majorDeityVenerated Quetzalcoatl ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica ⓘ
politicalOrganization city-state ⓘ
religion Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ
ritualPractice bloodletting ⓘ
human sacrifice ⓘ
offerings to deities ⓘ
sufferedEvent Cholula massacre ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula
timePeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
urbanCenter Cholula ⓘ
usedCalendarSystem Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Mesoamerican pictographic writing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tlachihualtepetl → associatedWith → city of Cholula ⓘ
linked to: Cholulteca
Cholulan nobles → partOf → Cholula city-state ⓘ
linked to: Cholulteca