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17. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:285 [bk. 4, chap. 78] 1:238 [bk. 4, chap. 65]. |
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18. Durán 1967, 2:121 [chap. 14]. The atlatl was in widespread use throughout the Americas (Mason 1884) and was still being used in central Mexico in the twentieth century (Beyer 1925; Linné 1937:63). |
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19. Nelson 1899:15253. |
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20. Peets 1960:109. |
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21. Since the darts used by the Aztecs were smaller than the spears used in these tests, their range was doubtlessly greater than the studies indicate (Browne 1940:213). |
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22. Howard 1974:104. |
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23. Browne 1940:213. |
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24. Solís y Rivadeneyra 1753, 1:82 [bk. 1, chap. 19]. |
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25. Clavigero 1787, 1:367. |
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26. Sahagún 1975:40; Solís y Rivadeneyra 1753, 1:82 [bk. 1, chap. 19]. For examples of central Mexican projectile points, see Tolstoy 1971:27683. |
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27. Sahagún 1975:40. |
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28. Helmut Nickel: personal communication; Yadin 1963, 1:9. |
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29. However, López de Gómara (196566, 1:88) states that each Mayan warrior carried two quivers of arrows. |
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30. Fernández de Oviedo 1979:11314. |
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31. Durán 1967, 2:167 [chap. 19]. |
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32. Sahagún 1954:53. |
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33. Durán 1967, 2:208 [chap. 25]. |
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34. Sahagún 1951:12425; 1975:40. |
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35. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:231 [bk. 4, chap. 63]; 4:314 [bk. 13, chap. 166]. |
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36. Mendieta 1971:130. |
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37. Pope 1923:33440. |
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38. Pope 1923:36869. |
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39. Coles 1979:171; Pope 1923:369. |
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40. Farfán 1579:124r. |
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41. Sullivan 1972:18889. |
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42. Anonymous Conqueror 1963:19; Crónica mexicana 1975:441 [chap. 57]; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 2:65 [bk. 5, chap. 91]; Durán 1967, 2:208 [chap. 25]. Depictions of Aztecs with slings are rare. However, a drawing (original now lost) of a native Mexican soldier that was published by Gemelli Careri (1976:61) probably derived from the Codex Ixtlilxochitl (Glass and Robertson 1975:148). In that picture the warrior is clad in only a maxtlatl and armed with a macuahuitl, sling, and shield. He has also apparently taken a trophy head. |
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43. Korfman 1973:37. |
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44. Sherwin-White 1983:304. |
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45. Korfman 1973:3840. |
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46. Díaz del Castillo 190816, 1:238 [bk. 4, chap. 63]. |
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47. Aguilar 1963:152; Díaz del Castillo 190816, 4:11617 [bk. 12, chap. 151]. |
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48. Korfman 1973:40. |
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