 Complete the following phrase:  Cochineal dye was used by the Aztec and Maya peoples of North and Central America as early as the second century BC. Eleven cities conquered by Montezuma in the 15th century paid a yearly tribute of 2000 decorated cotton blankets and 40 bags of cochineal dye each. Production of cochineal is depicted in Codex Osuna. During the colonial period, the production of cochineal grana fina grew rapidly. Produced almost exclusively in Oaxaca by indigenous producers, cochineal became Mexicos second-most valued export after silver. Soon after the 