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Inca scattered sacred coca leaves over sacrificed llamas, excavation suggests
The find includes 14 llamas and four guinea pigs, with coca leaves, red paint and jewelry suggesting a ritual sacrifice, researchers said.
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Coca leaves found in the wool of llamas sacrificed at Tambo Viejo in Peru demonstrate how the Incas used coca in their rituals. Read more here: The Incas Sprinkled Coca Leaves on Sacrificial Llamas. Archaeophilia.
Mysterious addition: In Tambo Viejo on Peru's southern coast, archaeologists have found coca leaves directly from sacrificed lamas and guinea pigs. The finding shows that the Inca not only burned the sacred plant during rituals, as Spanish chroniclers reported, but also unburnedly distributed it over offerings. Calgary (Canada). Koka was one of the most valuable plants for the Inca. [...] The post Inca scattered holy coca leaves on sacrificed la…
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