Acolhuacan Explained

Acolhuacan or Aculhuacan (Nahuatl: ācōlhuahcān;^[1] in Nahuatl languages pronounced as /aːkoːlˈwaʔkaːn/) was a pre-Columbian province in the east of the Valley of Mexico, inhabited by the Acolhua. Its capital was initially Coatlichan,^[2] but this settlement was eventually eclipsed in importance by Texcoco (Tetzcoco).^[3]

In some sources, the name "Acolhuacan" was also used to refer to a city within the larger Acolhuacan province (e.g., in the Codex Mendoza, folio 21v).^[4] Frances Berdan and Patricia Rieff Anawalt argue that it was likely Texcoco, Acolman, or Coatlichan, with the latter two being "the most likely prospects." Additional scholars largely agree that Acolhuacan was likely another name for Coatlichan.^{[5] [6]}

References

• Book: University of California Press. 978-0-520-20454-6. Berdan. Frances. Anawalt. Patricia Rieff. The Essential Codex Mendoza. Berkeley, CA. 1997.
• Gibson, Charles . Charles Gibson (historian). 1956 . Llamamiento General, Repartimiento, and the Empire of Acolhuacan . The Hispanic American Historical Review . 36 . 1 . 1–27 . 10.2307/2508623 . 2508623 . Duke University Press.
• Book: Gibson, Charles. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-0196-9. The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810. 1964.
• Book: Johnson, Benjamin D.. University Press of Colorado. 978-1-60732-690-8. Pueblos within Pueblos. Boulder, CA. 2017.
• Book: Frances Karttunen

. Karttunen, Frances . Frances Karttunen. 1983 . An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl . Austin . University of Texas Press . 0-8061-2421-0.

• Book: Lee, Jongsoo. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM. 978-0-8263-4339-0. The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics. 2009-12-09.

Notes and References

1. Karttunen (1983): p. 3.
2. Lee (2009): p. 90.
3. Johnson (2017): p. xiii.
4. Berdan and Anawalt (1997): p. 37.
5. Gibson (1964): p. 17.
6. Lee (2009): p. 78, 90.