The children appear to have been killed in a well-planned and choreographed event on a single, horrific day.
The remnants of a cotton headdress can still be seen on the skull of a sacrificial victim at Huanchaquito-Las Llamas in Peru.
In that first excavation season, Prieto and his team unearthed 43 children and 74 llamas. Almost immediately he knew it was not just a regular burial ground. Still, the authors of the PLOS One report say that a clue to what might have precipitated the bloody event at Huanchaquito-Las Llamas lies in the site itself.
“When it rains in the north coast of Peru it is almost like the world is upside down,” he said. “Flooding would cause the displacement of people and the disruption of economic systems.”
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