<p>Archaeologists have recreated a young Incan girl who was sacrificed to gods 500 years ago in Peru. The head and torso of the girl were unveiled on Tuesday. The lifelike reconstructed body of the Incan girl was produced with the help of a three-dimensional scan of her mummy.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The recreation was produced by scientists from Peru and Poland with the help of digital scans of her well-preserved mummy. Her mummy was found in 1995 inside an Inca-era funerary bundle near the summit of the Ampato volcano outside Arequipa, in Peru’s south.&nbsp;</p>

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<h2><strong>Inca Empire</strong></h2>

<p>The Inca Empire or civilisation flourished off western South America along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands. It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military centre of the empire city was in the Cusco city. The civilisation rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The empire saw a rich and powerful expanse until it fell to Spanish invaders in 1532.</p>

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<p>The Incan girl recreated was supposedly the girl who was sacrificed by a blow to the head, possibly in a ritual ceremony that sought divine relief from natural disasters, as per the scientists.&nbsp;</p>

<h2><strong>Recreation of 500-year-old Incan girl&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>The recreation is known to be the Lady of Ampato, or simple Juanita and she was believed to be either 14 or 15 years old.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The reconstruction is now on display at the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa. It shows her mouth slightly open and dark with piercing eyes gazing into the distance. It also includes colourful attire, a head covering and adornment, similar to scans of the mummy.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"It's been done in a magnificent way," said archaeologist Johan Reinhard, who was part of the team that found the mummy. It also said that the reconstruction was especially striking since her face had been exposed to the elements and as a result was not well preserved.</p>

<p>"Seeing her face like when she was alive, it's a different experience because it seems so real," he said.</p>

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Archaeologists have recreated a young Incan girl who was sacrificed to gods 500 years ago in Peru. The head and torso of the girl were unveiled on Tuesday. The lifelike reconstructed body of the Incan girl was produced with the help of a three-dimensional scan of her mummy.

Archaeologists have recreated a young Incan girl who was sacrificed to gods 500 years ago in Peru. The head and torso of the girl were unveiled on Tuesday. The lifelike reconstructed body of the Incan girl was produced with the help of a three-dimensional scan of her mummy. The recreation was produced by scientists from Peru and Poland with the help of digital scans of her well-preserved mummy. Her mummy was found in 1995 inside an Inca-era funerary bundle near the summit of the Ampato volcano outside Arequipa, in Peru’s south. Also Read | Brazilian retail sector faces challenges amidst rising debt and online competition Inca Empire The Inca Empire or civilisation flourished off western South America along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands. It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military centre of the empire city was in the Cusco city. The civilisation rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. The empire saw a rich and powerful expanse until it fell to Spanish invaders in 1532. Also Read | Moody’s to utilise AI to accelerate analytical report writing The Incan girl recreated was supposedly the girl who was sacrificed by a blow to the head, possibly in a ritual ceremony that sought divine relief from natural disasters, as per the scientists. Recreation of 500-year-old Incan girl The recreation is known to be the Lady of Ampato, or simple Juanita and she was believed to be either 14 or 15 years old. The reconstruction is now on display at the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa. It shows her mouth slightly open and dark with piercing eyes gazing into the distance. It also includes colourful attire, a head covering and adornment, similar to scans of the mummy. Also Read | ‘Ready to cooperate,’ China’s Xi tells US ahead of key visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi "It's been done in a magnificent way," said archaeologist Johan Reinhard, who was part of the team that found the mummy. It also said that the reconstruction was especially striking since her face had been exposed to the elements and as a result was not well preserved. "Seeing her face like when she was alive, it's a different experience because it seems so real," he said. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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Native people living in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, now a World Heritage site located in modern-day Mexico, likely bred rabbits to eat and used their bones for tools, researchers said Wednesday.<br />
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The study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE represents one of the first known examples of small mammal breeding in an indigenous culture that existed from the first to the seventh century AD.<br />
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&quot;Because no large mammals such as goats, cows or horses were available for domestication in pre-Hispanic Mexico, many assume that native Americans did not have as intensive human-animal relationships as did societies of the Old World,&quot; said lead author Andrew Somerville, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.<br />
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&quot;Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals.&quot;<br />
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Many archeological excavations have been done at the site, which covers eight square miles and was home to some 100,000 residents, making it the largest urban center of its time, said the study.<br />
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Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals there, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna remains near a residential compound called Oztoyahualco.<br />
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Evidence of animal butchering was found in several rooms, where &quot;high soil phosphate levels in the floor suggest the presence of disintegrated fecal matter or blood from butchering,&quot; said the study.<br />
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Researchers found obsidian blades, multiple rabbit foot bones and low stone walls that may have been used as pens for keeping rabbits.<br />
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There is also &quot;a unique stone sculpture of a rabbit&quot; in a nearby public courtyard.<br />
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The study said many of the rabbits were likely acquired through the practice of garden-hunting.<br />
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Villagers would have nabbed rabbits from fields where squash, maize and beans were grown. Similar practices were seen in other pre-Hispanic societies of the era.<br />
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But saving their crops was not the only reason for the high number of rabbit remains, the study said.<br />
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Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of 134 rabbit and hare bone specimens from the ancient city and 13 modern wild specimens from central Mexico showed that those inside the compound were eating more human-farmed crops, such as maize, suggesting that people were feeding them and raising them in Oztoyahualco.<br />
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&quot;The specimens with the greatest difference in isotope values came from a Teotihuacan complex that contained traces of animal butchering and a rabbit sculpture,&quot; said the study.<br />
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That means people were likely feeding the rabbits excess maize and other crops, and breeding them for food, thereby &quot;converting excess carbohydrates into high quality protein and economically valuable secondary products, such as fur, hide, glue and bones for tools.&quot;<br />
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Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals here, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna

Native people living in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, now a World Heritage site located in modern-day Mexico, likely bred rabbits to eat and used their bones for tools, researchers said Wednesday. The study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE represents one of the first known examples of small mammal breeding in an indigenous culture that existed from the first to the seventh century AD. "Because no large mammals such as goats, cows or horses were available for domestication in pre-Hispanic Mexico, many assume that native Americans did not have as intensive human-animal relationships as did societies of the Old World," said lead author Andrew Somerville, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego. "Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals." Many archeological excavations have been done at the site, which covers eight square miles and was home to some 100,000 residents, making it the largest urban center of its time, said the study. "Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals." Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals there, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna remains near a residential compound called Oztoyahualco. Evidence of animal butchering was found in several rooms, where "high soil phosphate levels in the floor suggest the presence of disintegrated fecal matter or blood from butchering," said the study. Researchers found obsidian blades, multiple rabbit foot bones and low stone walls that may have been used as pens for keeping rabbits. There is also "a unique stone sculpture of a rabbit" in a nearby public courtyard. The study said many of the rabbits were likely acquired through the practice of garden-hunting. Villagers would have nabbed rabbits from fields where squash, maize and beans were grown. Similar practices were seen in other pre-Hispanic societies of the era. But saving their crops was not the only reason for the high number of rabbit remains, the study said. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of 134 rabbit and hare bone specimens from the ancient city and 13 modern wild specimens from central Mexico showed that those inside the compound were eating more human-farmed crops, such as maize, suggesting that people were feeding them and raising them in Oztoyahualco. "The specimens with the greatest difference in isotope values came from a Teotihuacan complex that contained traces of animal butchering and a rabbit sculpture," said the study. That means people were likely feeding the rabbits excess maize and other crops, and breeding them for food, thereby "converting excess carbohydrates into high quality protein and economically valuable secondary products, such as fur, hide, glue and bones for tools." (AFP)

Ancient civilisation bred, ate rabbits in Mexico: Study

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