Decapitated Man Found in Peru Tomb with Ceramic "Replacement" Head


	Decapitated Man Found in Peru Tomb with Ceramic "Replacement" Head

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6-8-2007 12:34 PM

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national geographic, peru, ancient history, human sacrifice, heads, archaeology

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A headless skeleton found in a Peruvian tomb is adding new wrinkles to the debate over human sacrifice in the ancient Andes.
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The decapitated body was found in the Nasca region, named for the ancient civilization that thrived in southern <A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_peru.html">Peru</A> from A.D. 1 to 750. 
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Known for producing <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1008_021008_wire_peruglyphs.html">"Nasca lines" in the earth</A> that depict giant figures, the culture is also noted among archaeologists for practicing human sacrifice and displaying modified human heads called trophy heads.
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But experts have been divided over whether the heads were taken from enemies in war or from locals offered up for ritual sacrifice.
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In 2004 Christina Conlee, an archaeologist at Texas State University, found a rare headless skeleton in a tomb sitting cross-legged with a ceramic "head jar" placed to the left of the body (see enlarged photo).
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The age and condition of both the body and the jar, which is painted with two inverted human faces, suggests that the victim was killed in a rite of ancestral worship, Conlee said. 
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