For example , the Moche of Northern Peru sacrificed teenagers en masse , as archaeologist Steve Bourget found when he uncovered the bones of 42 male adolescents in 1995 .
Archaeologists have also uncovered physical evidence of child sacrifice at several other pre-Columbian cultures .
The Moche of Northern Peru sacrificed teenagers en masse , as archaeologist Steve Bourget found when he uncovered the bones of 42 male adolescents in 1995 .
Archaeologists have also uncovered physical evidence of child sacrifice at several other pre-Columbian cultures .