Investigating a child sacrifice event from the Inca heartland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-333

  Andrushko, Valerie A ^a   Buzon, Michele R ^b   Gibaja, Arminda M ^c   McEwan, Gordon F ^d   Simonetti, Antonio ^e   Creaser, Robert A ^f  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Cultura   (Peru)

^d WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Andes; Bioarchaeology; Capacocha; Cuzco; Strontium isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANDES;

EID: 78649528054     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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