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This doctoral dissertation analyzes Nahuatl kinship terminology as reflected in colonial written sources from Central Mexico. It examines kinship terms for linear and collateral relatives up to the level of grandparents and cousins. The study uses documents from the 16th-17th centuries to understand the pre-contact Nahua kinship system and how it changed during the colonial period. Key findings include that gender and hierarchy were important ideological bases of the Nahua kinship system. Kinship terms also

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Tlilan Wen

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