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Maya Warfare and Sacrifice

The Ancients

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Sanction Killing

Killing a, say, amian, an ancient mine elits on the battlefield was not sanction past of warfare? I don't think so. Because we know that at the time of the spanish invasion, the records show that they didn't sanction killing on the battlefield. They triedwhat were they trying to do with montejo? They were trying to capture him and take him back,. And then sometimes they were killed. Sometimes, sometimes ye because in the myr records, many of them were actually made vassals of the king whose men or may have captured more people in battle with the aztecs. We some have the impression that thousands were killed, but that is

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