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A mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site, Moche Valley, Peru

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...

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Autores principales: Prieto, Gabriel, Verano, John W., Goepfert, Nicolas, Kennett, Douglas, Quilter, Jeffrey, LeBlanc, Steven, Fehren-Schmitz, Lars, Forst, Jannine, Lund, Mellisa, Dement, Brittany, Dufour, Elise, Tombret, Olivier, Calmon, Melina, Gadison, Davette, Tschinkel, Khrystyne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30840642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211691