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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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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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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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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Ararebo Bō Hanbō Jō Tanbō List of martial arts weapons Mace (bludgeon) Macuahuitl Morning star (weapon) War hammer Kogan, Daniel, and Sun-Jin Kim (1996)...
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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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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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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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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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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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as primary armor) †Parankylosauria (small, southern ankylosaurs with macuahuitl-like tails) †Nodosauridae (mostly spiky, club-less ankylosaurs) †Ankylosauridae...
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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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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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Aztecs did not use ranged weapons and instead used weapons such as the macuahuitl that required skill and close proximity to the enemy. The use of these...
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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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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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