One of the most important rituals in the Inca Empire was the capacocha. It required the most prestigious sacrificial offering of male and female children and young women who were characterized by their beauty and purity. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a bio-anthropological analysis of the remains of five individuals sacrificed on the summits of Ampato and Pichu Pichu during this ritual. Various methods (bone analysis and radiography) were applied in the investigation due to the diverse states of preservation of the remains. Four individuals were in the same age category: 6–7 years old. The individual Pichu Pichu #2 was sacrificed at age 3.5 years, which makes him the youngest capacocha sacrifice currently known. Results show proper development of the victims’ bodies, the presence of stress markers related to the early childhood period, and, in the case of the Ampato boy, malformation of the cervical vertebrae. The studies of the Pichu Pichu and Ampato sacrifices confirm their widespread origins, privileged position, and high social status. They show that the victims were well-nourished and had proper body growth compared to juveniles from the lower social strata in different cemeteries in the region.

一位在印加帝国最为重要的仪式是capacocha。它要求以其美丽和纯洁为特征的男女儿童和年轻妇女最负盛名的祭物。本文的目的是介绍对这一仪式期间在安帕托和皮丘比丘山顶上牺牲的五个人的遗体的生物人类学分析结果。由于遗骸的保存状态各异，因此在调查中采用了各种方法（骨骼分析和射线照相）。有4个人属于同一年龄段：6至7岁。Pichu Pichu＃2是在3.5岁时牺牲的，这使他成为最年轻的Capacocha牺牲目前已知。结果显示受害人身体的正常发育，与幼儿期有关的压力标记物的存在，以及对于Ampato男孩而言，颈椎畸形。对Pichu Pichu和Ampato祭祀的研究证实了它们的广泛起源，特权地位和较高的社会地位。他们表明，与该地区不同墓地较低社会阶层的少年相比，受害者的营养丰富，身体正常生长。