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| Florentine Codex, Page I, F, 6r. |
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| The great droughts of 1450-1454 led to
massive sacrifice of children to
water deities. Telleriano-Remensis Codex. |
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| Tlatelolco. The remains of 41 sacrificial
victims. 30 infants and
the rest youths and adults found at the foot of the stairway of the Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl temple. |
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ARTIFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN SACRIFICE
Tzompantli
Sacrificial
knives
Offering Vessels
Tiger
Eagle
ARTICLES:
Aztec
Cannibalism: An Ecological Necessity?
The
Enigma of Aztec Sacrifice
The
Incidence and Significance of Disease among the Aztecs and Related Tribes