Informe de las posibles capacochas del asentamiento arqueológico de Choquepujio, Cusco, Perú

• Published in: Nawpa pacha Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 147 - 175
• Main Authors: Gibaja Oviedo, Arminda M, McEwan, Gordon F, Chatfield, Melissa, Andrushko, Valerie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01.12.2014

The Choquepujio archaeological site in the eastern end of the Valley of Cuzco has been continuously occupied from the Early Intermediate Period. It is dominated by the ruins of monumental architecture of the Late Intermediate Period. These large buildings are found in two clusters referred to as areas A and B and appear to have been important pre-Inca temples. The discovery of a group of Inca child burials placed in one of the temples in area A indicates that the Inca continued to regard this structure as a sacred place after the Lucre Basin came under their control. The nature of the child burials and the extensive offerings associated with them correspond well to the capacocha sacrifice described in the Spanish chronicles. There are also striking similarities to the finds of Inca human sacrifices on a number of snow-covered peaks in the southern Andes. We conclude that the offering at Choquepujio is likely to be an Inca capacocha sacrifice. [Publication Abstract]