[Aztlan] More info on the "Lady of Pacopampa"

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Stuart Starr had more info on the "Lady of Pacopampa" tomb found in  
Cajamarca recently. A young girl was buried in the tomb in the  
Formative period at 1000 BCE. The Japanese team carrying out the  
excavation have determined that she was being raised to be a leader of  
her people. She had deliberate cranial deformation, a bluish substance  
and cinnabar in her grave, indicating elite status. This discovery  
disproves the notion that this was a period not yet marked by class  
differentiation. They found gold earrings with feather designs and  
many beads in her tomb. She died between age 30-40 and had eaten an  
elite diet.

The story and a nice photo are here;
http://enperublog.com/2009/10/19/lady-of-pacopampa-a-woman-born-to-rule/#more-3364

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