El Cóndor Devorador Tiwanaku (590-1150 D.C.): Convención, divinidad, y alegoría de un carroñerismo ritual

The Tiwanaku Devouring Condor (CDT) emerges as a significant ritual symbol in Andean pre-Hispanic iconography, representing themes of death, transformation, and propitiation through the sacralization of its scavenger behavior. This study proposes that the CDT was not merely an artistic motif but a product of ritual symbolism shared across multiple Andean cultures during the Middle Horizon (590-1150 AD). By analyzing iconographic imagery, researchers define a new category of 'Devourers,' with the CDT standing out as the most continuous and ancient. The findings suggest that this symbol played a pivotal role in religious practices, bridging cultural conventions, divinity, and allegorical representations of ritual scavenging.

Trigo Rodríguez, D. E., & Rocabado, R. H. (2023). El Cóndor Devorador Tiwanaku (590-1150 D.C.): Convención, divinidad, y alegoría de un carroñerismo ritual. Ñawpa Pacha, 43(2), 221–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/00776297.2023.2202881