The Knife, Sacrifice and Meaning

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THE MAYA WERE NOT THE ONES WHO MET THE FIRST EUROPEANS IN MEXICO IT WAS THE AZTECK BUT AFTER ALL IT IS ONLY A MOVIE SO ARTISTIC LISENCE IS ALLOWED.

THE LARGE SOCIETYS IN MID AND SOUTH AMERICA NEVER DOMESTICATED ANY LARGE ANIMALS AND THOSE THAT WERE THERE WERE HUNTED TO EXTINTION THE GIANT SLOTH BEING ONLY ONE EXAMPLE. THE TAPIER SURVIVED BECAUSE IT LIVED IN DEEP JUNGLE AND WAS SOLITARY AND VERY WARY AND FEW AND FAR IN BETWEEN IN THOSE TIMES. THE SOCIETY RELIED MOSTLY ON FARMING FOR ITS FOOD SUPPLEMENTED BY HUNTING AND FISHING. WHEN THE FAMINE SET IN BECAUSE OF CROP FAILURE THEY CAME TO RELY ON THE ONLY LARGE ANIMAL FOUND IN ABUNDANCE AS A FOOD SOURCE (MAN). THIS HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER TIMES AND COUNTRYS THRUOUT HISTORY AND SOMETIMES AS WITH THE AZTEC SACRIFICE TO THE GODS PLAYED A PART IN MAKEING IT ACCEPTABLE TO THE SOCIETY. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF SACRIFICAL KNIVES ON THE COMPUTER AND NO SCANNER. BUT DO HAVE A FEW PICTURES I WILL SEE IF I CAN SHARE OF OTHER WEAPONS. A MOCHE COPPER MACE