What specific artifacts were found along with "Ice Maiden"? Also, how have they provided information about the culture of their people?
   Josh, Web Post

Dr. dig responds:
The "Ice Maiden’" also known as the Ampato Maiden or Juanita, was a young Inca girl discovered in 1995 by archaeologist Johan Reinhard near the top of a mountain in the high Andes in Peru. She had been killed as an offering to the mountain god more than 500 years earlier. She was fully clothed, wrapped in cloth, and had with her a collection of grave goods: bowls, pins, and figurines made of gold, silver, and shell. Due to the high altitude, her body had been deep frozen. Junanita was not the only Inca sacrificial victim. The frozen, freeze-dried, and partially dehydrated bodies have provided archaeologists with good biological information. Scientists have been able to determine blood types, and even identify a wart-causing virus. The clothing of the victims (some were naked) has proved useful in reconstructing daily life. The discovery of these bodies, or natural mummies, helps archaeologists to understand the brief records left by the Spanish colonials who recorded details of the Inca ceremonies.