Editing Tribute (section)

=== The hierarchy of tribute collection ===
Many different levels of Aztec officials were involved in managing the empire's tribute system.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brumfiel |first1=Elizabeth |title=In Early State Economies |date=1991 |publisher=Transaction Press |location=New Brunswick |pages=177–198 |chapter=Tribute and Commerce in Imperial Cities: The Case of Xaltocan, Mexico}}</ref> The lowest ranking officials were known as ''calpixque''.<ref name="Calnek">{{cite book |last1=Calnek |first1=Edward |title=The Inca and Aztec States: 1400-1800 |date=1982 |publisher=Academic Press |location=New York |pages=56–59 |chapter=Patterns of Empire Formation in the Valley of Mexico}}</ref><ref name="Evans">{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Susan |title=Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History |date=2004 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |location=New York |pages=443-446, 449-451}}</ref> Their job was to collect, transport, and receive tributes from each province.<ref name="Calnek" /><ref name="Evans" /> Sometimes one calpixque was assigned to an entire province.<ref name="Michael Smith" /> Other times, multiple calpixques were assigned to each province.<ref name="Michael Smith" /> This was done to ensure that there was one calpixque present at each of the provinces' various towns.<ref name="Michael Smith" /> One rank higher than the calpixque were the ''huecalpixque''.<ref name="Calnek" /> They served as managers of the calpixque.<ref name="Calnek" /> Above the huecalpixque were the ''petlacalcatl''.<ref name="Calnek" /> Based in [[Tenochtitlan]], they oversaw the entire tribute system.<ref name="Calnek" /> There was also a military trained official known as the ''cuahtlatoani''.<ref name="Calnek" /> They were only involved when newly conquered provinces resisted paying tribute.<ref name="Calnek" />