Cannibal Kingdom

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     Dateline Tenochtitlan, 1521:
     In a stunning bit of Conquistadorism, Hernan Cortes, a penniless adventurer late of Cuba, leads a few hundred Spanish warriors and many thousands of native allies, in the final assault on the capitol
of the Mexica, or Aztecs.  Attrition and smallpox have weakened the Mexicans to the point of endgame.  The so-called Aztecs were the only large scale, systematic cannibals that I know of.  There are places like New Zealand and the Solomons which were very nasty, but nothing compared to the Mexica.  This is the one bit of colonialism that I approve of, and about fucking time.  Weapons shown are a Aztec proto-sword, a swordbreaker and a glaive.
     Read Marvin Harris on the foodways of the Aztecs.  Start with "Good To Eat", then maybe "Cannibals And Kings".  In denial?   What is a Tzompantli, hmmmmm?

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