Notes

1 For basic information on the Matrícula, see Berdan 1980a; Berdan 1980b; and Reyes Garcia 1997.

2 Batalla Rosado 2007. Earlier estimates of the number of scribes are given by Berdan 1980a, 9 note 5; and Reyes Garcia 1997, 19, 97, 133.

3 Reyes García (1997, 26, 165) suggests the Nahuatl glosses were added around 1554, and the Spanish glosses in the eighteenth century.

4 Berdan 1980a, 9, Batalla Rosado 2007, 31.

5 Berdan and Anawalt 1992, 1997.

6 Batalla Rosado 2007, 32-33.

7 Reyes García 1997, 25; Batalla Rosado 2007, 35-36.

8 Berdan 1992, 61-63.

9 Berdan 1992, 57.

10 Berdan 1980a, 9.

11 Gutiérrez, König, and Brito 2009, 74, 92.

12 Glass 1976; Graham 1993, 49-53; Cañizares-Esguerra 2001, 135-155.

13 Brinton, Phillips, Jr., Morris 1892, American Philosophical Society 1943, 36.

14 See American Philosophical Society 1943, 35-37 as well as the notes for October 20, 1937; December 15, 1937; March 23, 1938; October 19, 1938; December 21 1938; and December 20, 1939 in the Minutes of the Committee on the Library of the American Philosophical Society. (manuscript, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Thanks to Earle E. Spamer (Reference Archivist and Library Programs Coordinator at The American Philosophical Society) for helping me track down the details of this tale of repatriation.

15 In addition to the 2 folios of the Matrícula, two Mesoamerican “Calendar Sheets” were also given to Mexico at this time; American Philosophical Society 1943, 36.

16 Barnet-Sanchez 1993.

17 This summary is based on the interpretations published in Berdan 1980b,27-43; and Reyes García 1997, 57-164.

18 Berdan 1992, 55-57.

19 On exemplary centers, see Wheatley 1971; Geertz 1980; and Carrasco 1987.

20 The following paragraphs are based on Broda 1978.

21 Rojas and Batalla Rosado 2008.

22 Matos Moctezuma 1990; see also the website of the Museo Templo Mayor

23 Gutiérrez, König, and Brito 2009.

24 Previous comparative discussions of the Matrícula de Tributos, the Codex Mendoza, and the “Información” appear in Berdan 1992, 56-63; and Reyes García 19-26.

25 Gutiérrez, König, and Brito 2009, 102-109.

26 Gutiérrez, König, and Brito 2009, 112-114.

27 Berdan 1992, 61-63.

28 Brumfiel 1991; Brumfiel 1996; Brumfiel 1998; Hodge 1998; Hodge and Minc 1990; Hodge, Neff, Blackman, and Minc 1993; Smith 1987; Smith 1990; Smith and Berdan 1992.

29 On “magic” technology and effortless production, see Gell 1999. On “occult economies,” see Comaroff and Comaroff 1999.