Inca human sacrifice and sacred pilgrimages: Spatial analysis of sites on the Chachani and Pichu Pichu volcanoes

Dagmara Socha; Dominika Sieczkowska-Jacyna

doi:10.15184/aqy.2024.229

Inca human sacrifice and sacred pilgrimages: Spatial analysis of sites on the Chachani and Pichu Pichu volcanoes

Dagmara Socha
, Dominika Sieczkowska-Jacyna

Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes (RIF/RIF2)

University of Warsaw
Universidad Católica De Santa María

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Abstract

The capacocha was one of the most important types of Inca sacrifices. Road stations (tambos) were built for the pilgrims who travelled to mountain peaks with the sacrifices. Spatial analysis of two tambos on the slopes of the Pichu Pichu and Chachani volcanoes in Peru reveals segregation in the sacred landscape.

Original language	English
Article number	e24
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	99
Issue number	405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.229
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2025

Keywords

Andes
capacocha
high-mountain archaeology
rituals
South America
tambos

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Archeology
General Arts and Humanities

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