Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Dependency and "Slavery" in Post Classic Aztec and Maya Cultures

我正在调查所谓的后经典中美洲(约公元900-1521年)土著奴隶制的存在，重点是玛雅文化和阿兹特克文化。使用考古学、民族史和人类学的方法，我调查了前哥伦比亚中美洲人的依赖关系。我使用西班牙和哥伦布以前的土著资料来确定在西班牙人接触和征服之前，中美洲是如何存在正式和非正式的强迫劳动制度的。我考虑了后古典中美洲和早期现代西班牙之间的文化差异，以及在文化融合中产生的跨文化思想。奴隶制涉及到中美洲的许多研究主题，因此我也将在此背景下讨论战争、俘虏、贡品和牺牲。最后，我用奴隶制和依附性的概念与古代甚至现代奴隶制和奴隶制社会进行比较，以确定我们如何在全球范围内理解奴隶制和依附性。

I am investigating the supposed presence of indigenous slavery in Postclassic Mesoamerica (ca CE 900-1521) focusing on Maya and Aztec cultures. Using methodology from archaeology, ethno-history, and anthropology I investigate relationships of dependency it in Pre-Colombian Mesoamerica. I use Spanish and Pre-Columbian indigenous sources to determine how formal and informal systems of forced labour were present in Mesoamerica prior to Spanish contact and conquest. I take into account cultural differences between Postclassic Mesoamerica and Early Modern Spain and the transcultural ideas which emerged from the melding of the cultures. Slavery touches on many themes of study within Mesoamerica, and thus I shall also be covering warfare, captives, tribute, and sacrifice in this context. Finally, I use a compare ideas of slavery and dependency to ancient and even modern slave systems and slave societies to determine how we understand slavery and dependency globally.