Central Mexican quachtli reckoning: research record

Evidence coverage: 1540–1558. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Central Mexican quachtli reckoning

CUR-V26-CENTRAL-MEXICO-QUACHTLI · Research draft

Nahua monetary cloth reckoning, anchored Tlatelolco 1558 with Cuernavaca/Florentine supporting observations

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1540–1558; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Historical account research

Tlatelolco land transaction states 20 quachtli consideration. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Historical account research

Cuernavaca census calls cuachtli a means for purchasing things. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1558qualified

Tlatelolco land transaction states 20 quachtli consideration. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1361

1540–1549qualified

Cuernavaca census calls cuachtli a means for purchasing things. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

C1362

Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Regional grouping remains qualified. Cloth grades are not separate currencies. Cacao and cloth are not merged merely because exchange equivalences exist.

Inference C1361

Tlatelolco land transaction states 20 quachtli consideration. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Stephanie Wood, ed.; primary sources translated/edited by Reyes García et al., Sahagún/Anderson-Dibble, Cline and Lockhart · cuachtli: primary attestations Citation S679 · Open source ↗

Tlatelolco 1558 attestation citing Documentos nauas de la Ciudad de México del sigloXVI(1996), p 77; Cuernavaca c 1540 s citing Book of Tributes(1993), p 179; Florentine CodexBook 9 f 38 r

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Inference C1362

Cuernavaca census calls cuachtli a means for purchasing things. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.

Stephanie Wood, ed.; primary sources translated/edited by Reyes García et al., Sahagún/Anderson-Dibble, Cline and Lockhart · cuachtli: primary attestations Citation S679 · Open source ↗

Tlatelolco 1558 attestation citing Documentos nauas de la Ciudad de México del sigloXVI(1996), p 77; Cuernavaca c 1540 s citing Book of Tributes(1993), p 179; Florentine CodexBook 9 f 38 r

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.