Inca tax man collected child sacrifices (Anthropological Archaeology)

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Inca tax man collected child sacrifices
Jennifer Viegas

Discovery News
Monday, 30 May 2005


Pottery and human remains found at South American mountaintop sites have shed new light on the young boys and girls killed during Inca sacrificial ceremonies.

Although archaeologists do not believe the Inca practiced cannibalism, as did their Aztec neighbours to the north, the evidence does suggest that during the 15th and 16th centuries Inca leaders targeted children to serve as sacrificial "tribute," somewhat similar to money collected for state taxes.

"No such sacrifices occur today, to my knowledge, though Andean people make offerings to the mountains that 'watch over' their territory on a daily basis," says Tamara Bray, an associate professor of anthropology at Wayne State University.

Bray outlines the findings in a recent issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.

She says DNA analysis of human remains at sites in Argentina, Peru and Ecuador indicates young victims ranged in age from four to 10. The children generally were not related to one another...cont'd

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1. I don't wanna know what they got as a tax refund....

Please don't let it be a soup line.

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2. All empires run on human sacrifice. n/t