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Nella [[società azteca]] [[civiltà precolombiane|precolombiana]], un '''Calpulli''' ([[lingua nahuatl|nahuatl]]: [kalpo:lli] che significa "grande casa") era il termine che designava un'unita' organizzativa piu' piccola dell'[[Altepetl]] (cittcitta'-stato). Una [[Città-Stato]] Nahua era divisa in numerosi calpulli, ognuno dei quali costituiva un'unita' in cui gli abitanti erano collettivamente responsabili di diversi compiti organizzativi e religiosi nei confronti dell'altepetl. La terra controllata dai Calpulli era a disposizione

controlled land which was available for calpulli members to cultivate and also operated the [[Telpochcalli]] schools for young men of commoner descent.

The nature of the interrelatedness between the members of the calpulli is a matter of debate. Traditionally it has been argued that the calpulli was firstly a family unit where the inhabitants were related through blood and intermarriage. Other scholars such Van Zantwijk (1985) denies that this was necessarily the case and he demonstrates that at least in some altepetl the family based nature of the calpulli was replaced with a hierarchical structure based on wealth and prestige where newcomers from other altepetl were allowed to settle and become part of the calpulli. Michael Smith (2003) shows that in some Nahua cities, notably Otumba, each calpulli specialised in a trade and took almost the form of a trade guild.

==The Calpullis of Tenochtitlan==