land pertaining to the calpolli (see our entry for calpolli for its various meanings; see attestations below)
chicotetl y vevey yn ixtlavactl y tocalpolal y tomil...vel tocolhua totava ynmil tovevemil = seven [chinampas] on the plain, which is our calpulli land, our milli...really it was the milli of our grandfathers and fathers, our ancient milli (Tulancingo, ca. 1570)
icalchinayo calli calpollali chicontetl (Culhuacan, 1581)
We see "tequitcamilli calpullalli" listed together as though they are possibly synonymous. (Tetzcoco, 1596)
"In the Cholula cases the authorities were implicitly, if not explicitly, recognizing certain native restrictions on calpullalli transfers (Reyes García 1973). They required the showing of cause and proof of mode of possession."
"For the mass macegual population the most important type of Indian land was the calpullalli, or land controlled by the corporate calpulli. The term altepetlalli, used synonymously or almost so with calpullalli, seems to have implied land of a corporate town (altepetl) and presumably represented not a distinct area but rather the sum total of the calpullalli.
"The calpullalli conformed all the lands of the altepetl—those dedicated either to agriculture or housing. Gibson and Lockhart have pointed out that there does not seem to be any difference between these two categories—altepetl lands and and calpullalli as they denote the same concept."
"The largest portion of the arable of central Mexico, including both house lots and more distant plots, was designated as calpullalli, meaning that it was held by specific households, but under the authority and eminent domain of the local calpulli."
"Although the calpullalli might be identified [in the Spanish colonial documents] as 'common' land, it was not worked in common but was subdivided into individual plots."
"Otro documento dice que las calpullalli eran las tierras 'que en España dizen baldías' (AGI, México, leg. 256, ramo 36: f. lv ). Moreno (1962: 50) las considera tierras comunales cuyos productos se destinaban a los gastos locales...."