the aztecs would have traded with the maya and why.
who would the aztecs have traded with and why?
the maya
"apocalypto" has been criticized for portraying a type of human sacrifice which was more typical of the aztecs than of the maya. archaeologist lisa lucero said, "the classic maya really didn't go in for mass sacrifice. that was the aztecs." anthropology professor karl taube argued that, "we know the aztecs did that level of killing. their accounts speak of 20,000." according to the film's technical advisor, the film was meant to describe the post-classic period of the maya when fiercer influences like the toltecs and aztecs arrived. according to hansen, "we know warfare was going on. the postclassic center of tulum is a walled city; these sites had to be in defensive positions. there was tremendous aztec influence by this time. the aztecs were clearly ruthless in their conquest and pursuit of sacrificial victims, a practice that spilled over into some of the maya areas." anthropology professor stephen houston made the criticism that sacrifice victims were more likely to be royalty and elites rather than common forest dwellers, as shown in "apocalypto". anthropology professor karl taube criticized the film's apparent depiction of widespread slavery, saying, "we have no evidence of large numbers of slaves." another disputed scene, when jaguar paw and the rest of the captives are used as target practice, was acknowledged by the filmmakers to be invented as a plot device for igniting the chase sequence. some anthropologists objected to the presence of a huge pit filled with rotting corpses near the fields of the maya. hansen states that this is "conjecture", saying that "all [gibson was] trying to do there is express the horror of it".
apocalypto
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