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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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