A new study, published in the journal Latin American Antiquity, consistently reinforces these suppositions. "We made a detailed analysis of the skeletal remains of 67 individuals excavated at a burial ground dating from the period 500–400 BCE and located in the Supe Valley region, a few kilometers from Caral, a famous ceremonial center that functioned between 2900 and 1800 BCE. There we detected injury patterns characteristic of repeated events of interpersonal violence. Among the individuals examined, 80% of the adults and adolescents died from inflicted traumatic injuries," Pezo-Lanfranco told Agência FAPESP.
Study reveals evidence of violence at a time of crisis in ancient Peru (phys.org)
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