La capacocha del volcán Sara Sara: descripción y análisis de los objetos ofrendados y del contexto ritual
This report analyses the sacrificial context of the young female found in 1996 at the Sara Sara volcano in Ayacucho. The ensuing discussion, held from an ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective, shows the potential presence of a hierarchy among the capacochas, and also perhaps brings us close...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | PUCP-Institucional |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/205283 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/boletindearqueologia/article/view/31846/28315 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14657/205283 https://doi.org/10.18800/boletindearqueologiapucp.202502.005 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sara Sara capacocha Female attire Maize Female figurines Grave goods Capacocha del Sara Sara Vestimenta femenina Maíz Figurinas femeninas Ajuar funerario https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.01.02 |
| Sumario: | This report analyses the sacrificial context of the young female found in 1996 at the Sara Sara volcano in Ayacucho. The ensuing discussion, held from an ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective, shows the potential presence of a hierarchy among the capacochas, and also perhaps brings us closer, for the first time, to the function of this human sacrifice. This allows us to envision the individuality of the assemblage of ritual goods, which was directly connected with the message deployed within the Inca systems of power—in this specific case one of a propitiatory and agrarian nature—. |
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