Archaeological, radiological, and biological evidence offer insight into Inca child sacrifice

AS Wilson, EL Brown, C Villa… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
… by a preserved coca quid still clenched between the Maiden’s … for the Llullaillaco Maiden
indicate that coca and alcohol were … of the Maiden’s carbon isotope data in her final months (4), …

Incan child mummies show evidence of sacrificial rituals

EC Hayden - 2013 - nature.com
… the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano in … the final stages of her life, we see a use of alcohol
far beyond any exposure which she’d been used to, and a concurrent use of alcohol and coca

Stable isotope and DNA evidence for ritual sequences in Inca child sacrifice

AS Wilson, T Taylor, MC Ceruti… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Llullaillaco children mainly came from the lowlands and included maize and peanuts, as well
as the drug, coca (Erythroxylon coca… strands with months before death (10 mm ≈ 1 month), …

Inca Offerings Associated with the Frozen Mummies from Mount Llullaillaco

MC Ceruti - 2015 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
… his body during the final stages of the climb. In addition, the artefactual … evidence supports
this assertion, because the Llullaillaco maiden was found to have had small fragments of coca

[HTML][HTML] Hair and Sacrifice in the Andean World, as deduced by biomolecular approaches

A Wilson - Internet Archaeology, 2016 - intarch.ac.uk
… of the Llullaillaco Maiden's hair … Final pieces of chemical evidence from the Maiden's hair
as her placement on the mountaintop drew nearer within her last few weeks, show that the coca

Children of Heaven

O Kawchuk - USURJ: University of Saskatchewan …, 2019 - usurj.journals.usask.ca
Llullaillaco Maiden also experienced a dramatic increase in her alcohol and coca consumption
12 months … The boys from El Plomo, Llullaillaco, and Aconcagua all exhibited evidence

Overview of the Inca frozen mummies from Mount Lullaillaco (Argentina)

MC Ceruti - 2014 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
… The maiden’s hair was also analyzed in search for evidences of … “Evidence for Coca
and Alcohol Ingestion in the final months of the Llullaillaco Maiden’s life.” Póster científico …

Microbotanical and chemical approach to grave goods content from Inca sacrifices (capacocha) at Llullaillaco Mountain, Salta, Argentina (ca. 1430–1520 ce)

JP Ogalde, G Recagno, F Zigarán, F Villanueva… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… ance on maize consumption approximately 4.5 months before … the capacocha of Llullaillaco
Mountain have no evidence of … increased the consumption of food, alcohol, and coca leaves, …

Ritual drug use during Inca human sacrifices on Ampato mountain (Peru): Results of a toxicological analysis

DM Socha, M Sykutera, J Reinhard… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2022 - Elsevier
… of the victims’ lives, they chewed on coca leaves and were … The journey could take a few
months, and the procession had … than in the case of the Llullaillaco female. Nevertheless, the …

Hail the conquering gods: Ritual sacrifice of children in Inca society

JL Faux - Journal of contemporary anthropology, 2012 - docs.lib.purdue.edu
… on the Llullaillaco mummies suggests that Llullaillaco Maiden’… However, the evidence
suggests that a year and a half prior … She was also found with a bag of coca leaves. Sarita’s …