2007
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704276104
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Stable isotope and DNA evidence for ritual sequences in Inca child sacrifice

Abstract: Four recently discovered frozen child mummies from two of the highest peaks in the south central Andes now yield tantalizing evidence of the preparatory stages leading to Inca ritual killing as represented by the unique capacocha rite. Our interdisciplinary study examined hair from the mummies to obtain detailed genetic and diachronic isotopic information. This approach has allowed us to reconstruct aspects of individual identity and diet, make inferences concerning social background, and gain insight on the h… Show more

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“…Datos similares de Caspana muestran una variabilidad entre 6.1 y 8.7‰, para pobladores del período Intermedio Tardío, es decir, entre 1000 y 1400 DC (Knudson y Torres-Rouff 2009: 1, 9), mientras que los de las momias de Llullaillaco, lo hacen con respecto a los valores de Puno, Perú (-25‰ de promedio para la "niña del Rayo", -24.17‰ para el "Niño" y -27.91‰ para la "Doncella") (Wilson et al 2007). …”
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“…Datos similares de Caspana muestran una variabilidad entre 6.1 y 8.7‰, para pobladores del período Intermedio Tardío, es decir, entre 1000 y 1400 DC (Knudson y Torres-Rouff 2009: 1, 9), mientras que los de las momias de Llullaillaco, lo hacen con respecto a los valores de Puno, Perú (-25‰ de promedio para la "niña del Rayo", -24.17‰ para el "Niño" y -27.91‰ para la "Doncella") (Wilson et al 2007). …”
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“…Los otros dos niños manifiestan un aumento similar en su dieta en cuanto a los valores de nitrógeno. El niño evidencia crecimiento piloso de un año aproximadamente y una dieta más estable durante el período, con altos valores de proteínas (Wilson et al 2007). …”
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“…Coca use, established from bulk hair analyses (4), is evidenced right until the point of death by a preserved coca quid still clenched between the Maiden's teeth; here we look at this evidence in greater detail, establishing major changes in coca consumption with concurrent alcohol use that occurred in the final weeks of this individual's life. Our evidence for significant dietary and status changes connected with diachronic ritual sequences (4) raises further questions about the basis for these changing levels of coca ingestion and alcohol consumption by the children in the months leading up to their deaths-principally whether, in the final weeks, the consistently higher levels of COC and alcohol found in the Maiden's hair, compared with the younger children, may suggest a greater need to sedate her.…”
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