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Human skeletal remains from Tomb 1, Sipán (Lambayeque river valley, Peru); and their social implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John W. Verano
John W. Verano*
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Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70118, USA. [email protected]
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The Moche tombs at Sipán, on the north Peruvian coast, are a major addition to our knowledge of high-status élite burial rituals. Its Tomb 1 contains the remains of nine individuals — three adult males, one adult female, three adolescent females and one child — besides the principal burial. Who are these people, as their biological remains instruct us?

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 273 , September 1997 , pp. 670 - 682
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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