| Object Name: |
Human sacrifices |
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| Creation Date: |
1550 |
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| Culture: |
Toltec-Tula, Post-Classic Period |
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| Site: |
Tula, Hidalgo |
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| Material: |
manuscript |
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| Repository: |
Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin |
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| Image source: |
Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin |
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| From Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. 1550. This image shows the existence of "arrowing sacrifice" and "gladiatory sacrifice" since the early Post-Classic period among the Tolteca-Chichimeca peoples. This and many other traditions from them will be adopted by the Aztecs. |
