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We can see that the unique contribution of [the Aztec] religion was not the introduction of human sacrifice but its elaboration along certain destructive pathways. ... These descriptions clarify a number of points about the Aztec warfare-sacrifice-cannibalism complex. Harner notes that each prisoner had an owner –...
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www.heretical.com/cannibal/mamerica.html
www.heretical.com/cannibal/mamerica.html
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Aztec Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism ... 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;
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www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs6.htm
www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs6.htm
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It has been proposed that Aztec human sacrifice and cannibalism can best be explained as a response to population pressure and famine. The greatest amount of cannibalism, however, coincided with times of harvest, not with periods of scarcity, and is better explained as a thanksgiving.
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www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/montellano.htm
www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/montellano.htm
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Human sacrifice and cannibalism have appeared in many forms throughout the course of history. Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia.. ... The primary reason that wars were fought were to expand control and more importantly to acquire prisoners to offer as sacrifices. Although an Aztec's heavy razor-sharp,
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www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t0w13cannibalism.h...
www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t0w13cannibalism.htm
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Aztec human sacrifice the Spaniards who first entered Mexico and even to us today. ... As repugnant as cannibalism is to us today, back then to the Aztecs, cooked human bodies were looked upon as great delicacies which explains why only Aztec royalty, not the common people, were allowed to engage in cannibalism.
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www.essortment.com/all/aztecsacrifice_raif.htm
www.essortment.com/all/aztecsacrifice_raif.htm
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Aztec human sacrifice is a well known aspect of the Aztec civilization. But was this only to honor the Aztec Gods or was Aztec cannibalism a supplement to Aztec food? ... While Aztec human sacrifice and Aztec cannibalism are not doubted by historians, both are subject to speculation in regard to scale and...
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aztec-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_or_diet_a...
aztec-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_or_diet_aztec_cannibalism_debate
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In Mesoamerica, the most obvious practice of human sacrifice was found in the Aztec Culture. Under the leadership of Montezuma and others before him, sacrifice became a key element in their ritual and worship to many gods. ... Hogg, Garry. Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice. The Citadel Press, New York 1966.
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www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/hum...
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/human_scacrifice.html
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Cannibalism was not a daily occurrence in the Aztec life, but it was common on special religious and social occasions. Human sacrifices were necessary to honor the gods and to perpetuate human existence.
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www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/aztec.html
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/aztec.html
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An Offer You Can't Refuse; Human Sacrifice and the Aztec State; (with special emphasis on Tenochtitlan) by Eric Pettifor ... The Aztec answer to this precarious situation was large scale cannibalism.
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www.wynja.com/arch/aztec.html
www.wynja.com/arch/aztec.html
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