Dr. Danielle Kurin is a professor, researcher, and anthropologist specializing in bioarchaeology. In 2016, Dr. Danielle Kurin published a book titled The Bioarchaeology of Societal Collapse and Regeneration in Ancient Peru. As part of her research, she studied skeletal remains belonging to the Chanka people, who once lived in the Andes.
The Chanka people inhabited the slopes of south-central Peru from the 10th to the 14th centuries. They typically settled in the countryside close to sources of food and water. After the fall of the Wari Empire in the 14th century, the Chanka population relocated to the hilltops of the Andes, where it formed an even stronger society. Due to the lack of a proper city structure, government, or records of their lifestyle, Chanka history is studied today through dried bone derived from human remains. The Chankas' legacy includes medical procedures such as the practice of trepanation, a surgical operation in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull. Additionally, research suggests that their religious beliefs revolved around worshipping the mummified bodies of their ancestors.
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