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PLOS ONE
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211691
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- National Science Foundation's Arctic Social Science Research Program [1152156]
- Wenner-Gren Foundation [SC-14-62]
- National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration [9521-14, 983015, 9894-16]
- CAMELANDES project [(ANR-15-CE27-0002-01) INNOVATE PERU 354-15]
- CNRS: PEPS ECOCAM grant: Nicolas Goepfert Agence Nationale de la Recherche [LabEx ANR-10-LABX-0003-BCDiv, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02]
- John W. Verano. Carol Lavin Bernick Faculty Grant Program (Tulane University)
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
- Directorate For Geosciences [1152156] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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 Chimu 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 Chimu 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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