Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines: Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human Sacrifice

<div>Inca shrine on the summit of mount Llullaillaco, the highest ceremonial site in the world (<svg height="8.2029pt" id="M15" style="vertical-align:-0.04981995pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.15308 9.25986 8.2029" width="9.25986pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M352 626C179 626 51 491 51 322C51 154 179 20 351 20S651 154 651 322C651 491 523 626 352 626ZM351 592C498 592 604 476 604 323C604 171 498 54 352 54C205 54 98 171 98 323C98 476 205 592 351 592ZM481 263C459 211 428 178 373 178C307 178 256 238 256 327C256 408 298 468 370 468C423 468 454 441 471 384L492 388C488 430 485 452 481 479C463 486 427 496 377 496C274 496 183 431 183 320C183 236 244 149 373 149C416 149 457 161 477 168C485 186 496 231 503 258L481 263Z" id="g190-146"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="702" vert-adv-y="702"></glyph.data></g></svg> Constanza Ceruti).</div>

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Figure 10: Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines: Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human Sacrifice 