Chanka People - The Chancas in Combat

The Chancas in Combat

According to Inca sources that told of the Chanca culture, the Hanan Chancas were bloody in battle. When they captured their enemies, they made them prisoners of war. They gave cruel punishments to show the enemy that they should not be messed with, such as scalping, or skinning prisoners alive. These prisoners were hung upside down so the blood concentrated in the upper body as they made small cuts on the front of the toes, and from there they began to tear the skin gradually, while the prisoner was screaming and terrified. Another way to intimidate the enemy was by making cups from the skulls of prisoners from which they drank the blood of the enemy.