At the site of Huaca de la Cruz, which is located in the Pomac Forest Historic Sanctuary in northern Peru, nine men’s skeletons have been found. The grave has the hallmarks of human sacrifice. Only men, all between 25 and 30 years old, and buried all together. Nearby is the tomb of an elite Sican, perhaps the person the sacrifices were intended for? Both the sacrificed men’s grave and the elite grave are surrounded by ceramics, and ceremonial knives.
The graves date to around 1,000 years ago, to the Sican culture which predated the Inca on the Peruvian coast. At its peak between 900 and 1100 CE, the Middle Sican had a clear social hierarchy, cities centered on imposing mounds, skilled metallurgists, intricate irrigation techniques, and apparently a taste for human sacrifice.
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