[Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA

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 David and all:

I have seen discussions about the Tzompantli or skull rack that was described at the time of the Conquest (I know the Spaniards had plenty of reasons to lie about what they saw) as having anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 skulls in it.? The descriptions of the dedication of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (regardless of what you think of the actual statistics) lasted for a multi day period and during that the sacrificing went on 24/7.? I don't know that there is any way to find what the actual numbers were but they were not minuscule.

Cheers,


 


Hugh G. "Sam" Ball

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From: David Becraft <david_becraft at hotmail.com>
To: MICHAEL RUGGERI <michaelruggeri at mac.com>; aztlan at lists.famsi.org; nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 9:52 am
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Listeros,

I may have missed it, but I am curious about archaeological evidence supporting 
the mass sacrifice of humans from 2,000 years ago to 1521.  Have there been any 
major archaeological findings that have uncovered the number of people 
sacrificed?  I assume it must be in the hundreds of thousands, or maybe 
millions.  I know that there have been some mass graves of 45 or so, but has the 
number ever been higher than a thousand?  

Pancho


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> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:07:07 -0700
> From: michaelruggeri at mac.com
> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
> Subject: [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA
> 
> 
> 
> Listeros.
> 
> 4000 year old human remains have been uncovered at the most ancient urban area 
in the New World, Bandurria, in Peru. They are sacrificed individuals. Parts of 
skeletons were found of 3 people. One had been decapitated.
> 
> Living in Peru has the story here;
> http://www.livinginperu.com/news-6483-artculturehistory-human-sacrifice-remains-found-peru-archaeological-site
> 
> 
> Mike Ruggeri
> 
> 
> Mike Ruggeri's Andean Archaeology News and Links
> http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/MikeRuggerisAndean/index.html
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