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The archaeological site of Pukara is located in the modern town of Pucará, about 80kms NW of Lake Titicaca, on the road from Puno to Cuzco. The site was the center of an influential culture dated to approximately 2000 years ago.

Our archaeological project at Pukara began in the late 1990´s and has included geophysical survey, excavations, mapping, and a site survey, plus two field school projects. Most recently, in 2010 we had a very productive excavation project and worked on developing an ethnographic gallery at the nearby Museo Lítico Pukara, which was completed in early 2011. Blog posts include project photos and relevant links. Visit www.pukara.org for more information on the archaeological project & visiting the town of Pucará.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

the FOURce is strong with us

Here are a couple (long overdue) pictures of unit 4. As supervisor of this dynamic 4x2 unit, I had the privilege of working with some of the finest undergraduate and post-undergraduate students of both the US and Peru. Although we struggled through rock fall and compact soil, we were finally rewarded last week when we encountered meaningful stratigraphic change!

Oh how shallow the unit was 2 weeks ago...
(from left to right: Richard, Catie, Conversion, Aileen)


Yes, we match.

Last Friday our unit had a special guest appearance by Honorato, soil change guru (far left). At approximately 9:40am, he delivered a soil change. (Note rock fall in north and east profiles)
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