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Childhood lost: abductions, sacrifice, and trophy heads of children in the Wari empire of the ancient Andes.
This study examines isolated child skeletal remains from ritual structures at the Wari site of Conchopata (A.D. 600–1000) to evaluate how they were modified into trophy heads and whether the children were sacrificed.

The Ice Maiden
Johan Reinhard scaled Peru’s Mount Ampato to photograph a nearby erupting volcano. He already took some photos from a distance, but wanted more dramatic images to accompany a publication funded with $34,500 from NEH. Near the summit, his climbing partner, Miguel Zárate, spotted a cloth bundle.

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Cooney, V. (2015, August 31). The ice maiden. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://essentials.neh.gov/projects/the-ice-maiden
Smithsonian Channel. (2015, July 3). Is the Inca maiden the world's best-preserved mummy? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/UYKKbhA2_fI
Tung, T., & Knudson, K. (2010). Childhood lost: Abductions, sacrifice, and trophy heads of children in the war empire of the ancient Andes. Latin American Antiquity, 21(1), 44-66
.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25766978

HSIE - Elective History - Year 9 - Preserved Human Remains: Mummy Juanita

Mummy Juanita

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