Jorge Checura’s scientific contributions

... Indeed, in Cerro Esmeralda capacocha from Iquique, northern Chile, which correspond to Inca human sacrifice or offering, show in a ceramic vessel and textile bags six genera of phytoliths of edible plants, including Phaseolus, Cucurbita, Schinus sp. (seeds to flavor food), Acacia (seeds used as medicinal aid), and the Cyperaceae family (Arriaza et al., 2016, see also Besom, 2013;Checura, 1977). Also, in the Llullaillaco Mountain capacocha, Salta, Argentina, two queros, one aribalo, and one aisana (Inca pot) were positive for starch of Cucurbita sp., Fabaceae, Phaseolus sp., Manihot esculenta, or Zea mays (Ogalde et al., 2024). ...

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Microbotanical analysis in artifacts of the CABUZA phase (900–1200 ce ), Azapa Valley, northern Chile: Vessels and rites of “eating and drinking with the dead” in post‐Tiwanaku times