Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru.
In 2007 we found same partial skeletal remains of two Andean condors with evidence of cut marks and fractures postmortem in archaeological context of lime exploitation during the Late Formative period, at the site of Cerro Punta Blanca (300-100 b.C.). It is located at lomas of Jatosisa, Lurin valle...
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In 2007 we found same partial skeletal remains of two Andean condors with evidence of cut marks and fractures postmortem in archaeological context of lime exploitation during the Late Formative period, at the site of Cerro Punta Blanca (300-100 b.C.). It is located at lomas of Jatosisa, Lurin valley, Peru. These bones were associated to a pottery fragment representing a snake.
This association permitted us to relate it to the myth of transformation of the snake into a condor seen in petroglyphs, bone flutes and textiles of the Archaic and Formative periods and registered in etnohistorical texts and astronomic representations. This study confirms the importance of the condor in Andean ritual context of inhabitants of green hills since two millenniums ago.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4c20c288dcd41f79b93e3b81e7588c62024-08-20T13:33:15ZengMuseu de Arqueologia e EtnologiaRevista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia0103-97092448-17502012-11-012210.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2012.106714Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru.Alfredo José Altamirano Enciso0Noé Jave Calderón1Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos/Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal.Consultoría: Arqueología y Medio Ambiente-Proyecto Arqueológico Atocongo Norte. In 2007 we found same partial skeletal remains of two Andean condors with evidence of cut marks and fractures postmortem in archaeological context of lime exploitation during the Late Formative period, at the site of Cerro Punta Blanca (300-100 b.C.). It is located at lomas of Jatosisa, Lurin valley, Peru. These bones were associated to a pottery fragment representing a snake. This association permitted us to relate it to the myth of transformation of the snake into a condor seen in petroglyphs, bone flutes and textiles of the Archaic and Formative periods and registered in etnohistorical texts and astronomic representations. This study confirms the importance of the condor in Andean ritual context of inhabitants of green hills since two millenniums ago. https://www.revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/106714Condor sacrificeZooarchaeologyLimeLate FormativeLurin ValleyCognitive archaeology |
| spellingShingle | Alfredo José Altamirano Enciso Noé Jave Calderón Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia Condor sacrifice Zooarchaeology Lime Late Formative Lurin Valley Cognitive archaeology |
| title | Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. |
| title_full | Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. |
| title_fullStr | Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. |
| title_short | Osteological remains of condors from the Late Formative Cerro Punta Blanca, Lorin Valley, Peru. |
| title_sort | osteological remains of condors from the late formative cerro punta blanca lorin valley peru |
| topic | Condor sacrifice Zooarchaeology Lime Late Formative Lurin Valley Cognitive archaeology |
| url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/106714 |
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