This resource endeavours to construct pictures of ancient cultures based on clues from their tools and weapons. The picture left behind of the Aztecs is that of a violent society that routinely massacred people for religious and militaristic purposes. As some of the text describing the violence is quite graphic, it should be previewed by the teacher. Accompanying this article are pictures of a variety of Aztec artifacts.

Concepts

gods

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Additional Tags

aztec sacrifice, meso america, mesoamerican, world museum of man: pre-columbian aztec period, religion, aztecs (ad 1325 to 1550)

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Classroom Considerations

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information