Carvings Cerro Sechín

the striking feature of stone building lithic block facade decorated reliefs representing warrior-priests , mutilated bodies. etched bas-reliefs number approximately 300, axe-wielding warriors, body parts, , victims, decapitated , mutilated. characters of 2 types: warrior-priests (wearing weapon or scepter) , dismembered victims or offal (mainly heads, limbs, eyes skewered, intestines, vertebrae , viscera). these figures represent humans , demigods, without presence of animals. in interior of adobe building, main decoration best preserved. depicts 2 mythological fish. figure depicts man bleeding. these depictions closely relate sea, rain , human sacrifices. carving methods include bevelled cuts, such found on body contours, , shallow incisions, such noted in eyelids , lips. there have been various interpretations of stone carvings. 1 interpretation of battle scenes, carved commemorate great battle, foreign victorious warriors , defeated casma people. alternate theory site laboratory anatomical studies, explains explicit exposure of different parts of human body, such organs , bones. yet theory represents popular bloody rebellion, crushed ruling elite.