Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina

Over five hundred years ago the Incas carried out dramatic ceremonies on mountain summits, many of which were over 6,000 meters high. The most important offerings made at these sites involved human sacrifices. On Mount Quehuar in northwestern Argentina, an Inca sacrificial victim was found on the su...

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Autores: Reinhard, Johan, Ceruti, Maria Constanza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Inca
Human Sacrifice
Andes
Mummy
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spelling Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, ArgentinaReinhard, JohanCeruti, Maria ConstanzaIncaHuman SacrificeAndesMummyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Over five hundred years ago the Incas carried out dramatic ceremonies on mountain summits, many of which were over 6,000 meters high. The most important offerings made at these sites involved human sacrifices. On Mount Quehuar in northwestern Argentina, an Inca sacrificial victim was found on the summit, but the frozen remains had been severely damaged by dynamite used by looters. In this study we present the results of the rescue archaeology undertaken at the site. The structures excavated and the mummy and artifacts recovered are described.Fil: Reinhard, Johan. National Geographic Society; ArgentinaFil: Ceruti, Maria Constanza. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Católica de Salta; ArgentinaSocietà Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale2005-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/94567Reinhard, Johan; Ceruti, Maria Constanza; Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina; Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale; Journal of Biological Research; LXXX; 1; 12-2005; 303-3071826-88382284-0230CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.jbiolres.org/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T14:01:19Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/94567instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 14:01:20.172CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
title Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
spellingShingle Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
Reinhard, Johan
Inca
Human Sacrifice
Andes
Mummy
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
title_short Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
title_full Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
title_fullStr Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
title_sort Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Reinhard, Johan
Ceruti, Maria Constanza
author Reinhard, Johan
author_facet Reinhard, Johan
Ceruti, Maria Constanza
author_role author
author2 Ceruti, Maria Constanza
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Inca
Human Sacrifice
Andes
Mummy
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
topic Inca
Human Sacrifice
Andes
Mummy
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
description Over five hundred years ago the Incas carried out dramatic ceremonies on mountain summits, many of which were over 6,000 meters high. The most important offerings made at these sites involved human sacrifices. On Mount Quehuar in northwestern Argentina, an Inca sacrificial victim was found on the summit, but the frozen remains had been severely damaged by dynamite used by looters. In this study we present the results of the rescue archaeology undertaken at the site. The structures excavated and the mummy and artifacts recovered are described.
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Reinhard, Johan; Ceruti, Maria Constanza; Rescue Archaeology of the Inca Mummy on Mount Quehuar, Argentina; Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale; Journal of Biological Research; LXXX; 1; 12-2005; 303-307
1826-8838
2284-0230
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CONICET Digital
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