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t2.1.4 Youth <strong>in</strong> bloodlett<strong>in</strong>g rite, with Ruler 3 and Lady of Cancuen<br />

Dos Pilas Panel L9<br />

L2.1'5 Mat design on carved bone tube, possibly a sacrificial knife handle<br />

Cuello, BelTze, Late Preclassic period, ca. 400 B.C.<br />

12.16 a. Blood-lett<strong>in</strong>g from the earlobes.codex Madrid gsa,<br />

b. God B draw<strong>in</strong>g blood from his tongue. codex Madrid g6b.<br />

!2^.\7 Draw<strong>in</strong>g go¡ds_$uough the tongue. Room 3, structure 1, Bonampak<br />

12.18 lady Xoc bloodlett<strong>in</strong>g, Vision Serpent, and Shield Jaguar with toich<br />

L<strong>in</strong>tel 24,YaxcLiLan, Chiapas. Late Classic, A.D.T\S<br />

12.19 Glyphic Text from Lady Xoc bloodlett<strong>in</strong>g scene<br />

L<strong>in</strong>tel 24,Yaxcl.trlan, Chiapas. Late Classic, A.D.TZí<br />

12.20 Lady Xoc with Vision Serpent,<br />

L<strong>in</strong>tel25, Yaxchilan, Chiapas. Late Classic, A.D.72S<br />

12.21 l-ady Balam-Ix and Bird jaguar auto-bloodlett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

L<strong>in</strong>tel LZ Yaxchilan, ChiapaS. Late Classic, A.D.770.<br />

12.?2 Tula-Toltec warriors extract<strong>in</strong>g the heart of Maya captive<br />

Repoussé disk from Cenote of Sacrificg Chichen Itzã<br />

12.23 Saqificial Knife<br />

Term<strong>in</strong>al Classic-Early Postclassic, A.D. 800-1100<br />

L2.24 Accession scene with heart sacrifice victim and track<strong>in</strong>g<br />

stela 11, Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Late Classic period, A.D.Tg1,.<br />

12-25 Heart sacrifice of human and fel<strong>in</strong>e; frophy head, skull racþtrack<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The Codex Nuttø\, page 69. Mixtec codãx-<br />

12.26 Heart sacrifice. Mixtec Féjéraary-Máyer Codex<br />

12.27 Aztec sacrifice on the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan<br />

12.28 Sacrifice scene<br />

Çodery from ReaI Academía de Ia Historia, Madrid, p.ZS}<br />

12.29 Sacrifice <strong>in</strong> a walled ceremonial center.<br />

Codex Matritense del Paløcio ReaI de Madríd<br />

12.30 chacmool figure with sacrificial blade <strong>in</strong> annband<br />

Tu14 Hidalgo. Toltec culture, Early post-Classic<br />

12.31' Chacmool figure as ra<strong>in</strong> god with Tlaloc mask and early pendant<br />

1??? Iiq*" with trophy head. suchitepequez. stela Fragmen-ç Chocola<br />

12.33 Pigrytry carry<strong>in</strong>g decapitated head with blood emeig<strong>in</strong>g as snakes.<br />

Pre-Toltec stela (detail) from santa Lucia cozumahuãtpã<br />

12.34 Xipe Tlacacaliliztli sacrifice with scaffolds, scenes fromìodices<br />

CenLral Mexico, Late Postclassic period<br />

12.35 a. Pottery scene with ritual disembowelment<br />

b. Scaffold sacrifice: "graffito" image, Tikal Temple tr<br />

12.36 Twín shr<strong>in</strong>es of the deities Tla]oc and Huitzilopbchtli, with<br />

tzompantli and a serpent wall. Templo Major of Tenochtitlan<br />

12.37 Xipe Totec Aztec god (or impersonatôr)<br />

wear<strong>in</strong>g flayed sk<strong>in</strong> with dangl<strong>in</strong>g hands<br />

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