Th??s?n?s ?? Inc? m?mmi?s, s?m? ?? th?m ??n?l?? t???th?? in ?????s ?? ?? t? s?v?n, h?v? ???n ?n???th?? ???m ?n ?nci?nt c?m?t??? ?n??? ? sh?nt?t?wn n??? Lim? in P???.
B?li?v?? t? ?? th? l????st c?m?t??? ???m ?n? tіm? ???i?? ?xc?v?t?? in P???, l??? ??ch??l??ist G?ill??m? C?ck s?i? ?s m?n? ?s 10,000 Inc?s w??? ??ssi?l? ???i?? ?t th? sit? ?t P???ch?c? in P???’s Rim?c V?ll?? ??tw??n 1480 ?n? 1535.
B?t C?ck, ? P???vi?n ??ch??l??ist, s?i? th? sit? w?s ??in? ??st????? ?t ?n ?l??min? ??t? ?? h?m?ns, incl??in? th? ??l??s? ?? th??s?n?s ?? ??ll?ns ?? s?w??? ??il? int? th? sh?nt?t?wn’s st???ts th?t h?? s????? ?n???????n? ?n? ??m???? s?m? m?mmi?s.
“Th? c?ns????nc?s ?? h?m?nit? ?n th?s? ???i?ls ??? t???i?l?,” s?i? C?ck, ???in? th?t s?m? ?? th? m?mmi?s w??? ?i??l?? with w??ms. “It w?s n?t ? ???tt? si?ht.”
C?ck, wh? ?stim?t?s th?? ?nc?v???? th? ??m?ins ?? ??tw??n 2,200 ?n? 2,400 Inc?s, s?i? th? c?m?t??? ???vi??? ? h??? sci?nti?ic s?m?lin? ?? th? Inc? ????l? ???m in??nts t? th? ?l???l? ?n? ???m th? ?ich t? th? v??? ????.
“W? h?v? wh?t in s?ci?l??ic?l t??ms, w? w??l? c?ll th? ?????ct s?m?l? t? ???j?ct ???si??nti?l ?l?cti?ns. E?ch s?ci?l cl?ss ?n? ????? ?n? ??? is ??????ti?n?ll? ?????s?nt??,” C?ck t?l? ? n?ws c?n????nc? ?t N?ti?n?l G??????hic’s W?shin?t?n h???????t??s.
“This will ?iv? ?s ? ?ni??? ?????t?nit? t? l??k int? th? Inc? c?mm?nit?, st??? th?i? liv?s, th?i? h??lth ?n? th?i? c?lt???,” ????? C?ck, wh? h?s ???n ??in? ??ch??l??ic?l w??k in P??? sinc? 1983 ?n? is ?n ??vis?? t? th? P???vi?n ??v??nm?nt.
Th? Inc?s ?nc? ??l?? ? v?st sw?th ?? S??th Am??ic? st??tchin? ???m C?l?m?i? t? Chil? ??t S??in’s F??ncisc? Piz???? ?n? his ??n? ?? 160 t???s??? h?nt??s, ?sin? c?nn?ns ?n? h??s?s, ?????ht th?t ?m?i?? t? ? ?l???? ?n? in 1533.
S?m? ?? th? “m?mm? ??n?l?s” c?nt?in?? ?s m?n? ?s s?v?n ????l? ???i?? ?l?n? with th?i? ??ss?ssi?ns ?n? w?i?h?? h?n????s ?? ???n?s. Th? ??n?l?s h?v? ?i?l??? ?m?zin? ?isc?v??i?s, s?i? C?ck, incl??in? w?ll-???s??v?? in?ivi???ls, ? c????? m?sk, ? w?? cl??, h?n?-??int?? t?xtil?s, ?n? ??tt???.
Th? ???i?s w??? n?t ?m??lm??, h? s?i? ??t w??? m?mmi?i?? ?? ?l?cin? th?m in ??? s?il ??ck?? with t?xtil?s th?t h?l??? th?m ??? ??t m??? ??ickl?.
S? ???, C?ck s?i? ?nl? th??? ??n?l?s h?? ???n ?nw?????? in wh?t w?s ? ??in??ll? sl?w, ?x??nsiv? ???c?ss. It w??l? t?k? ??n???ti?ns ?????? th? ??ll im?lic?ti?ns ?? th? ?in? w??? kn?wn.
On? ?? th? ?nw?????? ??n?l?s, nickn?m?? th? C?tt?n Kin?, w?s m??? ?? ?? h?n????s ?? ???n?s ?? ??w c?tt?n. Insi?? w?s th? ???? ?? ?n Inc? n??l? ?n? ? ???? ?s w?ll ?s 70 it?ms incl??in? ????, ??tt???, ?nim?l skins, ?n? c??n.
Am?n? th? m?st int???stin? ?isc?v??i?s w?s th? n?m??? ?? ?lit? m?m???s ?? Inc? s?ci?t?, s?m? ?? wh?m w??? still w???in? th? ?l?????t? ???th?? h??????ss?s th?? w??? ???i?? in. An?th?? st?ikin? ?in? w?s 22 int?ct ?n? 18 ?ist????? “??ls? h???s,” ?? ??ls?s C???z?s. Th?s? ??? m?mm? ??n?l?s ?s??ll? ??s??v?? ??? th? ?lit? with ? ??m? ?n t?? ?ill?? with c?tt?n ?n? ??s?m?lin? ? h?m?n h???, m?n? ?? th?m with wi?s.
Th?s? ??n?l?s c?nt?in s?v???l ????l?, ?n? ?? th?m th? k?? ???s?n ?n? th? ??m?in??? ??????l? ?cc?m??n?in? him in th? ??t??li??. Th? ???i?s ?? ???lts ??? in th? t???iti?n?l ??t?l ??siti?n, with th?i? ??ss?ssi?ns ????n??? ????n? th?m.