Coyote or a young wolf, , volcanic, stone, x 21 x cm, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico, Aztec, 1450-1520, volcanic stone,; x 21 x cm, Aztec ( The Aztecs, Mesoamerican culture, Central Mexico 1300 to 1521 (14th-16th Century), Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica , Tenochca, Texcoco, Tlacopan, )

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Human sacrifice played a central role in the ideology of the Aztec Empire.

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