Maya Warriors like later-day Indians, donned awesome regalia to frighten foes. Club-sword mounted with sharp obsidian, and knives served in hand-to-hand fighting. Bow and arrow came later to Yucatan. Not bent on land conquest, the early Maya fought to gain captives for sacrifice. The sun, after its nightly descent into underworld, required blood to recover from ordeal. Thus needs of a theocratic society bred a warrior class.