Recent excavations at a 15th century archaeological site on the coast of Peru have revealed an enormous mass burial of 137 children, three adults, and 200 llamas or alpacas. And trails of footprints of adults, children, and llamas dotted the site, pressed into a thick layer of fresh mud and preserved for nearly 600 years. Bioarchaeologist Celeste Gagnon of Wagner College, who works at a nearby site in Peru, finds this hypothesis plausible. This may also be why at least one event of Moche sacrifice about 700 years earlier near Chan Chan also has ENSO mud evidence." The trauma of the ancient climate events may therefore help explain the sacrifice.

Source: Forbes March 06, 2019 19:15 UTC