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Human sacrifice shown on a panel at one of the ballcourts at El Tajín, Veracruz, in Mexico.

Most of the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec and Aztec cultures practiced some kind of taking of human trophies during warfare. Captives taken during war would often be taken to their captors' city-states where they would be ritually tortured and sacrificed. These practices are documented by a rich material of iconographic and archaeological evidence from across Mesoamerica.

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Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica

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Human trophy collecting

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Human sacrifice in Aztec culture

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Human sacrifice in Maya culture

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feature depictions of human sacrificial rituals such as heart extractions and decapitations. Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica Halach Uinik is actually...

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Sacrifice in Maya culture

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groups in regard to sacrifice rituals, including within these elites, the historical record has so far been silent. Maya religion Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica...

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Headhunting

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Tzompantli

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skulls were placed after holes had been made in them. Many have been documented throughout Mesoamerica, and range from the Epiclassic (c. 600–900 CE)...

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Maya civilization

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coastline. The territory of the Maya covered a third of Mesoamerica, and the Maya were engaged in a dynamic relationship with neighbouring cultures that...

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History of slavery

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Wari culture

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Football

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Maya warfare

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S2CID 162998916. Chacon, Richard J.; David H. Dye (2007). The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians. New York: Springer. pp. 733–799...

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Southeastern Ceremonial Complex

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History of Guatemala

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University of Pennsylvania

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Brigham Young University

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native cultures and artifacts of the Great Basin, American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Peru, and Polynesia. Home to more than 40,000 artifacts and 50,000 photographs...

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