Abstract

DOMENICI, Davide. A Possible Case of Child Sacrifice in the Late Classic Zoque Area: Cueva del Lazo (Chiapas). Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2013, vol.41, pp.61-91. ISSN 0185-2574.

The excavation of the Cueva del Lazo (Ocozocoautla, Chiapas), in the Zoque region of Western Chiapas, brought to light a Late Classic context composed by eleven child burials, associated with a huge amount of perishable materials, including textiles. Despite the fact that the bioanthropological analysis didn't detected any evidence of violent death, the interpretation of the archaeological context suggest that the children could have been the object of a sequence of sacrificial acts.

Keywords : zoque; Chiapas; archaeology; child sacrifice.