Unraveling the polychromy and antiquity of the Pachacamac Idol, Pacific coast, Peru.

Unraveling the polychromy and antiquity of the Pachacamac Idol, Pacific coast, Peru.

Pachacamac is the name of the 15th-16th century Inca sanctuary on the Peruvian coast as well as the name of one of the principal oracles of Inca divinities. This effigy would have been destroyed by Pizarro in 1533 during his visit to the great monumental complex, and as such the originality and anti...

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Main Authors: Marcela Sepúlveda, Denise Pozzi-Escot, Rommel Angeles Falcón, Nicolas Bermeo, Matthieu Lebon, Christophe Moulhérat, Philippe Sarrazin, Philippe Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226244

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