A mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site, Moche Valley, Peru
| Autor: | Steven A. LeBlanc, Melina Calmon, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Brittany L Dement, Khrystyne E Tschinkel, Mellisa Lund, Gabriel Prieto, Douglas J. Kennett, Jannine Forst, Davette Gadison, Nicolas Goepfert, Olivier Tombret, Elise Dufour, John W. Verano, Jeffrey Quilter |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Caramelli, David, Department of Anthropology [Yale University], Yale University [New Haven], Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University [Cambridge], University of California [Santa Cruz] (UCSC), University of California, Tulane University, Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Topography [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology Ethnic group Social Sciences Biochemistry 01 natural sciences Geographical locations law.invention Families Osteology law Peru Medicine and Health Sciences 0601 history and archaeology Radiocarbon dating Stratigraphy (archaeology) Child Children Pediatric Radioactive carbon dating Multidisciplinary 060102 archaeology Physics Classical Mechanics 06 humanities and the arts New World 16. Peace & justice Archaeological evidence Deformation Geography Archaeology Physical Sciences Medicine Female Anatomy Artifacts Camelids New World Research Article Valleys 010506 paleontology Fifteenth Nitrogen General Science & Technology Science Environment Research and Analysis Methods Sacrifice Animals Humans Ceremonial Behavior Chemical Characterization Isotope Analysis 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Landforms Damage Mechanics Radiometric Dating Biology and Life Sciences Proteins Geomorphology South America Single mass Carbon Age Groups Archaeological Dating Camelids People and Places Earth Sciences Population Groupings Collagens |
| Zdroj: | PloS one, vol 14, iss 3 PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2019, 14 (3), pp.e0211691. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0211691⟩ PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 3, p e0211691 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0211691⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and radiocarbon dating indicate that it was a single mass killing of more than 140 children and over 200 camelids directed by the Chimú state, c. AD 1450. Preliminary DNA analysis indicates that both boys and girls were chosen for sacrifice. Variability in forms of cranial modification (head shaping) and stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen suggest that the children were a heterogeneous sample drawn from multiple regions and ethnic groups throughout the Chimú state. The Huanchaquito-Las Llamas mass sacrifice opens a new window on a previously unknown sacrificial ritual from fifteenth century northern coastal Peru. While the motivation for such a massive sacrifice is a subject for further research, there is archaeological evidence that it was associated with a climatic event (heavy rainfall and flooding) that could have impacted the economic, political and ideological stability of one of the most powerful states in the New World during the fifteenth century A.D. |
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