The variable roads to sacrifice: Isotopic investigations of human remains from Chotuna-Huaca de los Sacrificios, Lambayeque, Peru

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-37

  Turner, Bethany L ^a   Klaus, Haagen D ^b,c   Livengood, Sarah V ^d   Brown, Leslie E ^e   Saldaña, Fausto ^c   Wester, Carlos ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Departamento de Lambayeque   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

bioarchaeology; capacocha; diet; human sacrifice; Inca; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; KERATIN; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18;

ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DIET; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PERU; RITUAL; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; BURIAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; DIET; FEMALE; HAIR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; KERATINS; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERU; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876486920     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22238     Document Type: Article

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