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    A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden club with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means...
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    However, several additional types of weapons were also used in combat. Mācuahuitl: A flat wooden staff or club with obsidian blades embedded in the edges...
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    The weapon functions as a bladed club similar to the obsidian-studded macuahuitl of the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. A weapon of similar form was...
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  • his wounds are not healing and says something is wrong. Ambar grabs a macuahuitl from the study and goes upstairs, where she injures Red and is then attacked...
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    warrior had captured. A warrior who had taken one captive would carry a macuahuitl, and a chimalli without any decorations. He would also be rewarded with...
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    resin as an adhesive. This made the tepoztopilli vaguely similar to the macuahuitl or "macana", however it had a much smaller cutting edge and a longer handle...
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    Hanbō Tanbō Jō List of martial arts weapons Mace (bludgeon) War hammer Macuahuitl Kogan, Daniel, and Sun-Jin Kim (1996). Tuttle dictionary of the martial...
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    a wooden club, studded with obsidian volcanic glass blades, called a macuahuitl. They also used spears and atlatls. To become a jaguar warrior, a member...
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    of weapons, including an atlatl, spears and daggers. The Aztec blades (macuahuitl) were made by setting obsidian within wood. Firestones were flung at enemies...
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    weapons such as the taiaha used by the Māori people of New Zealand, and the macuahuitl used by the Aztec people of Mesoamerica in warfare. Although many systems...
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  • though some authorities distinguish this item by using the Nahuatl name macuahuitl. In the Andes, the Spanish conquistadors applied the term "macana" to...
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    Spaniards at every direction from their canoes or on the causeway with macuahuitl swords, spears, arrows, and stones thrown from slings. The fighting was...
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    type of sword with obsidian blades mounted in a wooden body. Called a macuahuitl, the weapon could inflict terrible injuries, combining the sharp cutting...
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    tail likely terminated in an arrangement of spiked osteoderms known as a macuahuitl, which resembled an Aztec weapon of the same name. Osteoderms were present...
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    as primary armor) †Parankylosauria (small, southern ankylosaurs with macuahuitl-like tails) †Nodosauridae (mostly spiky, club-less ankylosaurs) †Ankylosauridae...
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    proportionally large skulls. The most distinctive trait of the group is their macuahuitl, named after the mesoamerican weapon of the same name. This trait is similar...
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    trauma protection against clubs and batons, slash protection from obsidian macuahuitl, and projectile protection from arrows and atlatl darts. Ichcahuipilli...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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  • Macana (American) Mace, spiked mace, flanged mace (European, Middle Asian) Macuahuitl, maquahuitl (American) Mallet (American) Mere used to strike, jab (Māori)...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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    wood with the blade fashioned from inset obsidian, similar to the Aztec macuahuitl. Maya warriors wore body armour in the form of quilted cotton that had...
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    Aztec warriors led by an eagle knight, each holding a macuahuitl club. Florentine Codex, book IX, F, 5v. Manuscript written by Bernardino de Sahagún....
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    Weapons and warfare: wooden swords with stone chips set into the edges (see macuahuitl), military orders (eagle knights and jaguar knights), clay pellets for...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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    Pre-Columbian era Macuahuitl Macana...
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