Feeding the gods
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Hundreds of skulls testify to the monumental scale of human sacrifice in the Aztec capital.
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Only few human assemblages, such as the Aztec pre-Columbian tradition and the Fiji assemblage, are cited and used as archaeological examples of ritualistic cannibalism.
“Only few human assemblages, such as the Aztec pre-Columbian tradition (Wade, 2018) and the Fiji assemblage (DeGusta, 1999(DeGusta, , 2000)), are cited and used as archaeological examples of ritualistic cannibalism.”
From The Archaeology of Cannibalism: a Review of the Taphonomic Traits Associated with Survival and Ritualistic Cannibalism (2025) · cites this paper as Wade, 2018
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- Authors
- Wade, L.
- Affiliations
- Mexico City
- Corresponding author
- Wade, Lizzie
- ORCID
- Wade, Lizzie
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2018-06-22
- Volume
- 360
- Issue
- 6395
- Pages
- 1288-1292
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2809333094
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Latin American history and culture
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Keywords
- human sacrifice, Aztecs, skull, ritual sacrifice, Tenochtitlan, Mesoamerican religion
- MeSH terms
- Ceremonial Behavior, Eating, Humans, Religion, Skull, History, Ancient
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