Grupos étnicos y estratificación socio-política. Tentativa de interpretación histórica

Abstract

No written sources exist which provide detailed information on Postclassic immigration into the northern part of the Valley of Puebla/Tlaxcala; only some short notes by Muñoz Camargo are extant. The southern part of the Valley and Cholula are historically well covered by sources from Cuauhtinchan. The writings of Chimalpahin offer an ample picture of the different immigrating ethnic groups into the Chalco region to the west. The comparative analysis of the place-names from Tlaxcala and Huexotzinco from mid-16th century administrative sources (Padrones de Tlaxcala, Matrícula de Huexotzinco) offers the opportunity to fill in this gap with partial information on at least ethnic origins. The data also permit placement of some of the ethnic groups within the socio-political setting of the Prehispanic states.