Ross Hassig lists the standard Aztec weapons; includes bow, arrow, quiver, and ax; calls macuahuitl a "broadsword."
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Ross Hassig Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
Ross Hassig, War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica (Berkley: University of California Press, 1992), 248n6
- Scribe/Publisher
- University of California Press
- People
- Ross Hassig
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
The following is a list of standard Aztec weapons:
Spearthrower, atlatl.
Dart, tlacochtli.
Sling, tematlatl.
Bow, tlahuitolli.
War arrow, yaomitl.
Quiver, micomitl or mixiquipilli.
Thrusting spear, tepoztopilli.
Bladed club, huitzauhqui.
Club with spherical knob, cuauhololli.
Club with four knobs, macuahuitzoctli.
Knife, tecpatl if of lint, or itztli if of obsidian.
Az, tlateconi.
Broadsword, macuahuitl.
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