- A
temalacatl was a
gladiatorial platform believed to have been used by the
different civilizations of Mesoamerica,
consisting of a
large stone disc with...
-
center of the top surface, it may have been a
cuauhxicalli or
possibly a
temalacatl.
Richard Townsend maintains, however, that the
depression was made in...
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while others are of
unknown origin. Many fall
under a
category known as
temalacatl,
large stones built for
ritual combat and sacrifice.
Matos Moctezuma has...
- the Sánchez-Nava Monolith.
Historical sources refer to it
simply as "
temalacatl,"
literally meaning "round stone."
Motecuhzoma I, also
known as Motecuhzoma...
- tied
either around his
waist or his ankle,
binding him to the
sacred temalacatl stone. At the end of the
Tlacaxipehualiztli festival,
gladiator sacrifice...
- as the
namesake of the
Stone of
Tizoc a
monumental sculpture (Nahuatl
temalacatl),
decorated with a
representation of Tizoc's conquests. The next ruler...
- the
victim was
tethered in
place to a
large carved circular "stone" (
temalacatl) and
given a mock weapon. The captive,
sometimes with one arm tied behind...
- ****ociation with the
circular altar and the
presence of a
stone called a
temalacatl found in the
rubble of a 16th-century chapel. This is a
sacrificial stone...
