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Book of Mormon/Warfare/Weapons/Swords
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Scott Brian, a graduate student of Archaeology at BYU, has made several reconstructions of a macahuitl, the ancient Mesoamerican weapon that can be described as a wooden club with sharp obsidian blades. Another term that can be legitimately used is "sword" — a term the Spaniards used when they faced this fearsome weapon that could cut better than metal swords.
