Also, several of the burials contained bones that were so well preserved, the soft tissue was still attached! In some cases, some bones were still articulated ( meaning attached as they are in your living body) vis-à-vis the associated soft tissue (i.e. tendons, muscles)!! There was one individual that had the pelvic area still articulated! The thoracic & lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and both pelvic bones were connected as they are anatomically in the body my the preserved soft tissue! They were basically mummified.
The most exciting one was a crania that had cervical & thoracic vertebrae, and both clavicles attached by the soft tissue. PLUS you could see the ears!!! I kid you not, imagine a stone bust of some Greek god…now imagine that statue is made of bone and dried muscle tissue. That’s what it looked like. The preservation is THAT good most likely due to the climate around this area of Peru. Also, I believe the individual was found in a cave. So, the air in the cave was likely dry, coupled with the naturally dry air and protection the cave gave from the elements…you have a wonderful combination of factors to aid in exceptional preservation.

The work we did at the INC is different what we did at the Lab across the street from the house I’m living in.
At the house-lab, we are doing an in depth data analysis of different burials.
Like I stated before, the Skeletal Data Analysis sheets are about 12 pages long.