%0 Journal Article %1 RN408 %A Arriaza, B. %A Ogalde, J.P. %A Campos, M. %A Paipa, C. %A Leyton, P. %A Lara, N. %D 2018 %J Archaeometry %K ancient cerro coast dqcauchile esmeralda, exposure, hematite, insight, mercury mercury, mortuary nasca, pigments, poisoning, pottery, raman red rituals, sem, soils, spectroscopy, %N 6 %P 1324-1333 %R 10.1111/arcm.12392 %T Toxic Pigment in a Capacocha Burial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile %U /brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000449888500012 %V 60 %X We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower-elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire.

@article{RN408, abstract = {We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower-elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire.}, added-at = {2019-12-04T03:57:35.000+0100}, author = {Arriaza, B. and Ogalde, J.P. and Campos, M. and Paipa, C. and Leyton, P. and Lara, N.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b1d2e2b7371d2dbedc1d94871e8fa384/dqcauchile}, doi = {10.1111/arcm.12392}, interhash = {3c72656cd4f30e38361f31aec0b79b80}, intrahash = {b1d2e2b7371d2dbedc1d94871e8fa384}, issn = {0003-813x}, journal = {Archaeometry}, keywords = {ancient cerro coast dqcauchile esmeralda, exposure, hematite, insight, mercury mercury, mortuary nasca, pigments, poisoning, pottery, raman red rituals, sem, soils, spectroscopy,}, number = 6, pages = {1324-1333}, timestamp = {2019-12-04T03:58:17.000+0100}, title = {Toxic Pigment in a Capacocha Burial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile}, type = {Journal Article}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000449888500012}, volume = 60, year = 2018 }