I'm currently enrolled in an archaeology course about death. This blog will be used to document weekly information on the deathly material I gain from this course. Enjoy!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Cave People of the Himalaya
For our group project on Inca child sacrifice, a lot of these mortuary practices have been found at high elevation mountain summits. I came across another archaeological site, exploring mortuary practices on mountains this time in the Himalayas. On this webpage, you can find information and a short video clip/trailer on this site and research. The video is pretty neat; technical climbers were hired to help the archaeologist reach the caves on the mountain cliff face. The process of getting to these caves is pretty extreme... this process gives me a new perspective on how extreme finding mortuary remains can be.
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