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that of Tezcoco, and this again is different from that of the Tepaneco 

 sites. 



The fairly limited area in which the remains of these latest types 

 are found shows conclusively that however far the Aztecs and their 

 allies extended their political dominion, they did not succeed in 

 implanting their material culture much beyond the southern bounda- 

 ries of Mexico. Aztec influence is seen in a few sites in Central 

 America, as at Santa Rita in British Honduras and at Santa Lucia 

 Cozumahualpa in Guatemala, but the typical figurines and pottery 

 are not present. 



I have tried to show that the term "Aztec" as commonly applied 

 to the prehistoric peoples of Mexico is a misnomer. The Aztecs were 

 one of several Nahua-speaking tribes who occupied the Valley of 

 Mexico at the time of the Conquest. Their political dominion was 

 large for a short time, while their cultural influence seems small in 

 comparison with that of the preceding Toltec and the Archaic 

 civilizations. 



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