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[ 0 => 'In [[pre-Columbian]] [[Aztec society]], '''calpulli''' (from [[Classical Nahuatl language|Classical Nahuatl]] ''[[wiktionary:calpolli|calpōlli]]'', {{IPA-nah|kaɬˈpoːlːi}}, meaning "large houses", singular calpul<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/calpulli-core-organization-of-aztec-society-170305|title=Calpulli: The Fundamental Core Organization of Aztec Society|last1=Maestri|first1=Nicole|date=March 10, 2019|website=ThoughtCo|publisher=Dotdash Meredith}}</ref>) were units of commoner housing that had been split into kin-based or other land holding groups within [[Nahua]] city-states or [[altepetl]]s. In Spanish sources, calpulli are termed ''parcialidades'' or ''barrios.''<ref>Carrasco, Pedro. "Calpulli." In [[David Carrasco|Davíd Carrasco]] (ed). ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures''. Vol 1. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|9780195108156|9780195188431}}</ref> The inhabitants of a calpul were collectively responsible for different organizational and religious tasks in relation to the larger altepetl. A calpul could be created based on an extended family, being part of a similar ethnic or national background, or having similar skills and [[tribute]] demands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hicks |first1=Frederic |title=Tetzcoco in the Early 16th Century: The State, the City, and the "Calpolli" |journal=American Ethnologist |date=May 1982 |volume= 9 |issue=2 |pages=230–249 |doi=10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00020 |jstor=644674 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/644674 |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> The misunderstanding that calpulli were family units can be blamed on the fact that the word "family" refers to blood relations in English, while in Nahuatl it refers to the people whom you live with.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nichols |first1=Deborah L. |last2=Rodríguez-Alegría |first2=Enrique |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs |date=December 5, 2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199341962}}</ref>', 1 => '', 2 => 'The primary functions of the calpulli were to coordinate land use for growing crops, food production, and manufacturing tribute. Tribute was owed by each tributary unity, typically determined as a group of course{{clarification needed|date=July 2023}} and co-residents. Tribute was paid in goods or in labor based on lists of tributaries.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Gerardo |title=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: origin and transformations of th last Mesoamerican imperial city |chapter=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Origin and transformations of the last Mesoamerican imperial city |date=2015 |pages=491–512 |chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-world-history/mexicotenochtitlan-origin-and-transformations-of-the-last-mesoamerican-imperial-city/6EA92629C3027CBBA24BEF538BDC82DC |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CHO9781139035606.031 |isbn=9781139035606 |access-date=March 7, 2023}}</ref> The most typical forms of agriculture in Aztec society were [[chinampas]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hicks |first1=Frederic |title=Tetzcoco in the Early 16th Century: The State, the City, and the "Calpolli" |journal=American Ethnologist |date=May 1982 |volume= 9 |issue=2 |pages=230–249 |doi=10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00020 |jstor=644674 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/644674 |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> and [[check dam]] terrace farming.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Michael E. |title=Life in the Provinces of the Aztec Empire |journal=Scientific American |date=September 1997 |volume= 277 |issue=3 |pages=76–83 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0997-76 |jstor=24995914 |bibcode=1997SciAm.277c..76S |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24995914 |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> Chinampas' effective built-in drainage systems allowed for the flow of water and sediment, which was then stored as mud and used for fertilizer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holt |first1=Emily |title=Water and Power in Past Societies |date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9781438468754}}</ref> ', 3 => '', 4 => 'Tribute was a large part of Aztec society and supported the nobility. Tributes were expected from commoners around four times a year, the most common item being cotton textiles.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Michael E. |title=Life in the Provinces of the Aztec Empire |journal=Scientific American |date=September 1997 |volume= 277 |issue=3 |pages=76–83 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0997-76 |jstor=24995914 |bibcode=1997SciAm.277c..76S |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24995914 |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> Calpulli were also places for education. Women were taught to cook, sew, care for children, and work with textiles. The calpul also operated as the [[Tēlpochcalli]] schools for young men to learn to be warriors. [[Aztec warfare]] was extremely important and men were expected to go to battle beginning at the age of 15. Aztec warfare was organized so that men would go to fight for their calpul, so they were fighting for their familial pride.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alcock |first1=Susan E. |last2=D'Altroy |first2=Terence N. |last3=Morrison |first3=Kathleen D. |last4=Sinopoli |first4=Carla M. |title=Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History |date=June 2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521112345}}</ref>', 5 => '', 6 => '==See also==', 7 => '* [[Ejido]]', 8 => '* [[Georgism]]', 9 => '* [[Land value tax]]', 10 => '* [[Community land trust]]', 11 => '', 12 => '==Notes==', 13 => '{{reflist}}', 14 => '', 15 => '==References==', 16 => '{{refbegin|indent=yes}}<!--BEGIN biblio format. --> ', 17 => '* {{cite book |last=Carrasco |first=Pedro |chapter= "Calpulli" |editor= Davíd Carrasco| title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures |volume=1 |location=New York |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195108156|oclc=1169898498 }}', 18 => '* {{cite book |author=Smith, Michael E. |author-link=Michael E. Smith (archaeologist)|year=2003 |title=The Aztecs |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Blackwell Publishing]] |location=Malden, MA |isbn=0-631-23015-7 |oclc=48579073}}', 19 => '* {{cite book |author=Townsend, Richard F. |year=2000 |title=The Aztecs |edition=2nd revised |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |location=London |isbn=0-500-28132-7 |oclc=43337963}}', 20 => '* {{cite book |author=Zantwijk, Rudolph van |year=1985 |title=The Aztec Arrangement: The Social History of Pre-Spanish Mexico |location=Norman |publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] |isbn=0-8061-1677-3 |oclc=11261299 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/aztecarrangement0000zant }}', 21 => '* {{cite book |last1=Nichols |first1=Deborah L. |last2=Rodríguez-Alegría |first2=Enrique |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs |date=December 5, 2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199341962}}', 22 => '* {{cite journal |last1=Hicks |first1=Frederic |title=Tetzcoco in the Early 16th Century: The State, the City, and the "Calpolli" |journal=American Ethnologist |date=May 1982 |volume= 9 |issue=2 |pages=230–249 |doi=10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00020 |jstor=644674 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/644674 |access-date=7 March 2023}}', 23 => '* {{cite book |last1=Holt |first1=Emily |title=Water and Power in Past Societies |date=May 1, 2018 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9781438468754}}', 24 => '* {{cite book |last1=Alcock |first1=Susan E. |last2=D'Altroy |first2=Terence N. |last3=Morrison |first3=Kathleen D. |last4=Sinopoli |first4=Carla M. |title=Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History |date=June 2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521112345}}', 25 => '*{{cite book |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Gerardo |title=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: origin and transformations of th last Mesoamerican imperial city |chapter=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Origin and transformations of the last Mesoamerican imperial city |date=2015 |pages=491–512 |chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-world-history/mexicotenochtitlan-origin-and-transformations-of-the-last-mesoamerican-imperial-city/6EA92629C3027CBBA24BEF538BDC82DC |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CHO9781139035606.031 |isbn=9781139035606 |access-date=March 7, 2023}}', 26 => '', 27 => '{{refend}}<!-- END biblio format style -->', 28 => '', 29 => '[[Category:Ball society]]' ]