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tlacatlacuilolli.

Headword: 
tlacatlacuilolli.
Principal English Translation: 

a census; a piece of writing about people (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacatlacuiloli
Attestations from sources in English: 

"In the census portion, initiated by the place glyph and gloss and the term tlacatlacuiloli, the household is indicated by the sign for calli, the household head." (p. 52)
Barbara J. Williams, "Pictorial Representation of Soils in the Valley of Mexico: Evidence from the Codex Vergara," Geoscience and Man 21 (1980), 51–62.

The Codex Vergara (and the relevant page) can be viewed on line in Gallica (created and hosted by the National Library of France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f73.item.zoom

themes: 
Writing, Literacy
See also: 
tlacatl.
tlacuilolli.
tlacuiloliztli.