Black Steel: Obsidian and Aztec Death Culture

Authors

Michael Stevens, Northern Kentucky University

Abstract

This essay discusses the role played by obsidian, or “black steel” as it is often referred to, in the development of Aztec death culture from human sacrifice to ritualistic mutilation.

First Page

1

Last Page

11

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Stevens, Michael (2022) "Black Steel: Obsidian and Aztec Death Culture," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 12: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2022.120101
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol12/iss1/1