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| Keywords: Matrícula de tributos - 12.tif es w es Matrícula de Tributos - Hoja 12 en The Matrícula de tributos Tribute roll records in pictographic writing the tributes that subject towns paid to Mexico-Tenochtitlan the center of the triple alliance of Mexico Tetzcoco and Tacuba in the period just before the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish The roll was very likely copied or elaborated on from a pre-Hispanic original circa 1522-30 by order of the conqueror Hernán Cortés who wanted to learn more about the economic organization of the alliance's empire Each page of the Matrícula represents one of 16 tributary provinces The main city of each province appears first at the bottom left of the page followed toward the top by the towns or altepetl subject to it Each altepetl is represented by its toponymic glyph When the left margin is full the right margin follows and finally the upper row Within this frame of toponymic glyphs the items paid by the region are represented visually in rows and the expected quantity of each item is registered using the Nahuatl system of arithmetic With its several hundred toponymic glyphs and detailed tributary record the Matrícula de tributos is a valuable document for the study of the political geography and economy of preconquest Mexico Nahuatl place names the Nahuatl numbering system and the economic wealth of the empire 2011-05-19 Imágenes obtenidas de la World Digital Library http //www wdl org/es/item/3248/ procedientes del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia INAH Mexico Anónimo circa 1520 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Matrícula de Tributos Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Images from the World Digital Library | ||||