Aztec society Aztec society Pre-Columbian Aztec society was a highly complex and stratified society that developed among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and which was built on the cultural foundations of the larger region of Mesoamerica. Politically, the society was organized into independent city-states, called altepetls, composed of smaller divisions (calpulli), which were again usually composed of one or more extended kinship groups. Socially, the society depended on a rather strict division between nobles and free commoners, both of which were themselves divided into elaborate hierarchies of social status, responsibilities, and power.
The Aztec Mummy The Aztec Mummy La Momia Azteca (lit. trans. "The Aztec Mummy"), also known simply as "La Momia", is a 1957 Mexican horror film produced by Guillermo Calderon from his own story idea, scripted by Alfredo Salazar, and directed by Rafael Portillo. It was the first in a trilogy of Mexican mummy films all featuring Popoca, the Aztec Mummy. The other two films were "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" and "The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy". The three films were all shot in 1957, one after another without a break in the production schedule. The film was later re-edited and