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Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!
Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.
private land of indigenous lords
pilli + tlalli (noble + land)
noble's land
noble's land
private land owned by nobles (i.e., not office lands)
Auh ynic ontlamantli yn izquich tecpantlalli yhuan cequi pillalli moch[i] niquinnomaquilia yn nonamic yhuan nochpoch = Los segundo, todas las tierras llamadas tecpantlalli y otras que se nombran pillalli se las doy a mi mujer y a mi hija (San Juan Teotihuacan, 1563)
ayac uel mitzcuiliz ayac mitzeleuiliz ca nopillal yn nehoatl ni don Balthazar Tlillancalqui ca uncan nechcauhtiui yn nocolhua yn anachcocolhua = ninguna persona os la pueda quitar ni entrarse en ella por quanto son tierras de cacicazgos [pilalli] de mí el dicho don Baltasar Tlilancalqui y las huve y herede de mis padres abuelos y visabuelos (Ciudad de México, 1585)