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[–]HeyImSancho[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

QUOTE: "Dismembered bodies of 'fattened-up' Spanish conquistadors, women and toddlers were eaten by their cannibalistic Aztec captors, research reveals. The bodies of more than 450 people were found at the ancient Zultepec-Tecoaque site in what is now modern day Mexico City. Experts say they were kept prisoner for six months, fed and then used in sacrificial enactment scenes from mythology. They were members of a Spanish convoy from Cuba who reached Aztec territory in 1520, laden with supplies for Conquistador Hernan Cortes."

The prisoners eaten included women, and children. The Aztecs have a fairly bloody history, and records of cannibalism; were their other tribes doing similar? Does this impact your viewpoint regarding Native Americans, and the conquistadors, or settlers?