At one extreme, anthropologist Marvin Harris, author of Cannibals and Kings, has suggested that the flesh of the victims was a part of an aristocratic diet as a reward, since the Aztec diet was lacking in proteins.
Në njërin ekstrem, Antropologu Marvin Harris, autor i Cannibals dhe i Mbretërve, ka sugjeruar se mishi i viktimave ka qenë pjesë e një dietë aristokratike si një shpërblim, pasi u mungon Aztec dietë me proteina.