Aztec tower of unexpected skulls

[Duncan Head]

An Aztec tower of skulls near the Templo Mayor includes women and children's crania, casting doubt on the conventional view that it's only captured enemy warriors who get sacrificed:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/tower-human-skulls-mexico-city-aztec-sacrifices

[Swampster]

Looks like they were smashed on both sides - to allow a pole through?

[Patrick Waterson]

While the structure may have contained the concatenated crania from human sacrifices, there is another possibility: the occipital remains of slaughtered rebels (and their dependents).