ANTH 1145 1st Edition Lecture 9- Tying of capes=marriageo Couple recognized and sanctioned by cultural group- Altepetl: Native State- Tlayacatl: highly autonomous module or constitutive part of Altepetl- Individual subordinate to lifeo Familyo Capullio Templeo Local Lordo Tlatoanio Capulli or Tlaxillacalli: neighbor everyone claims to be part of same lineage- Extended Family: union of many nuclear families living close togethero Less important than nuclearo Economic units All work some land and share productso Maintain family altaro Retainer: lives with the family but has no rights to property and does household chores- Marriage does not equal love for postclassic Mesoamerican peopleo Complex negotiation Lose labor in a family when one gets marriedo Patrilineal and Patrilocal: wife move in to the house of the father of the groom Kids of this marriage affiliated to father’s lineo Otomanguean groups used matrilocal and matrilineal Groom moves to father of the brides house- Kids affiliated then with the mother’s line- Pregnancyo A woman who dies during labor=Macioaquezqui Same honor as warriors who die in battle- Pregnancy was the most dangerous thing for a woman Naming ceremony- 4 days after midwife takes recently born to be bathed o 4 days=4 rosettes- 3 boys cry the name of the childThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Nobility= polygamouso High status lord could have dozens of wives ranked according to their nobilityo Male kid of most noble wife tended to inherit place of father or uncle- Infidelity=punished by death or biting of their noseso Social stigma was punishment instead sometimes- Training received to kids according to sexo Codex Mendoza- Hygiene was very strict and everyone had to bathe daily- Kids became citizens at the age of
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