Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence

Author(s): Ruben G Mendoza

Editor(s): Ruben G Mendoza; R J Chacon

Year: 2007

Summary

J. Whittaker: Revisionist efforts attempt to refute accounts of Aztec sacrifice as “racist, colonialist” etc. But our understanding of large-scale sacrifice not based only on Spanish accounts, also arch evidence of ritual violence - experiments in heart excision, serological study of deposits, forensic analysis of skeletal remains, including numerous sites with evidence of peri-mortem mutilation and cannibalism, 170 crania from tsompantli skull rack at Tlatelolco associated with stone tools used to prep heads, etc.

Cite this Record

Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence. Ruben G Mendoza, Ruben G Mendoza, R J Chacon. In Latin American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence. Pp. 34-54. Tucson AZ: University of Arizona Press. 2007 ( tDAR id: 423384)

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Keywords

General
Atlatl • bow & arrow • Spear • war • Weapon

Geographic Keywords
Mexico

Temporal Keywords
Neolithic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.122; min lat: 14.551 ; max long: -86.739; max lat: 32.718 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager

Record Identifiers

ExArc Id(s): 10195

Notes

Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.