Inca human sacrifice and sacred pilgrimages: Spatial analysis of sites on the Chachani and Pichu Pichu volcanoes

Socha D.; Sieczkowska-Jacyna D. · Antiquity (2025) · DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2024.229

Resumen

The capacocha was one of the most important types of Inca sacrifices. Road stations (tambos) were built for the pilgrims who travelled to mountain peaks with the sacrifices. Spatial analysis of two tambos on the slopes of the Pichu Pichu and Chachani volcanoes in Peru reveals segregation in the sacred landscape. © The Author(s), 2025.

Instituciones: Universidad Católica de Santa María