Joyce Marcus discuses various weapons depicted in Mesoamerican codices; refers to a "curved weapon" and calls the Macuahuitl a "short broadsword."
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- Book
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- Joyce Marcus Non-LDS
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- Reference
Joyce Marcus, Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992), 375
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- Princeton University Press
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- Joyce Marcus
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- Reading Public
- Transcription
1.11 Weapons brandished by Mixtec warriors, a, atlatl (Codex Vindobonensis); b, shield, atlatl, and darts (Codex Vindobonensis); c, shield and spear (Codex Solombino); d, curved weapon (Codex Vindobonenss); e, short broadsword (Codex Selden); f, g, lances edged with obsidian blades (Codex Bodley); h, figure carrying a shield (left hand) and war hatchet (right hand) (Codex Selden); i, bow and arrow (Codex Bosley); and j, a figure using a blowgun . Behind j is a bag with captured birds from the sides (Codex Bodley).
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