[Aztlan] Only 50/year sacrificed at Tenochtitlan?

[Jules Siegel]

ECOLING at aol.com wrote:
> On 10 January, 2009, at the Pre-Columbian Society Meeting
> at the University of Pennsylvania Museum,
> Joanne Baron, PhD student in Anthropology gave a very important talk
> <<
> Noble or Savage?
> Western Representations of Human Sacrifice among the Aztecs
>   

This is very useful information. I've always wondered about it, although 
I have echoed the generally accepted view in my own work. When I first 
got to Cancun, a writer named Don Gadsby who then published a local 
guide told me that the official history grossly exaggerates the number 
of sacrifices. I did not allow this to dissuade me from my own 
prejudices about the Aztecs.

Thanks for transmitting this report. I hope you'll pass along any news 
about transcripts or publication.

-- 
JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764, 77501-Cancun, Q. Roo, Mexico
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