期刊
ARCHAEOMETRY
卷 60, 期 6, 页码 1324-1333出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12392
关键词
ancient poisoning; mercury; red pigments; mortuary rituals; Cerro Esmeralda; SEM; Raman spectroscopy
资金
- Fondecyt [1170120, 1130261, 1140524]
- Doctoral Anthropology programme of the Universidad de Tarapaca (UTA)
- Fondo de Apoyo a Tesis de Postgrado, UTA-2017
- FONDEQUIP-CONICYT [EQM-130170, EQM-140079]
- UTA-Mayor [4744-17]
We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower-elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire.
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