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Listeros,

I am sending this posting from Dan Sandweiss on to all of you. It is from Andean archaeologist Steve Bourget on his recent work in the Zana Valley. The links have spectacular photos of his finds there.

Mike Ruggeri



Hello all,
Steve Bourget <sbourget@mail.utexas.edu> sends this message about his recent field season in Peru along with links to the project website and images of a Moche burial representing a personage from the Presentation Theme.
-Dan

Dear Friends and colleagues, I just came back from a very productive field season at Huaca el Pueblo, a site in the Zana Valley.
This year, we studied mostly Early and Middle Moche architecture. In the process, we recovered a large funerary chamber.
The context, dating from the Middle Moche period, shows similarities with tombs found at SIpan.

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/arh400/le ... /ucupe.htm ] http://www.utexas.edu/courses/arh400/le ... /ucupe.htm

Also the website for the project will be updated very soon.

Sincerely, Steve

New Archaeological Project: [ http://www.utexas.edu/courses/arh400/qu ... index.html ] http://www.utexas.edu/courses/arh400/qu ... index.html

Dr. Steve Bourget E-mail: sbourget@mail.utexas.edu
Associate Professor Phone: (512) 232 2592
The University of Texas at Austin Office: DFA 1.114
Dept. of Art and Art History
1 University Station D1300
Austin, TX 78712-0337

Wow.

Agree about the photos, Mike. Not only stunning but a good selection as well.

Two things stand out for me.

One is just the size.
When they had nothing to work with but dirt.
Sun baked mud.
That has a kind of Euphrates sound to it.

The other is the eyes in the masks
They sure jump out at you!
Kind of like the eyes on some of the Egyptian masks.

Recalling the gorgeous and brilliant Inca, Aztec, Maya, etc. artifacts in museums one can only salivate at the prospect of getting this Moche stuff restored!

I'm surprised, nobody has mentioned Easter Island.

Roy.

Wrong season

Wrong season

Roy.

Listeros,

Skeletons of 15 people along with textiles and ceramics have been found in tombs at Machu Picchu. The textiles are in unusually good condition. The remains were found in a cave near the railway to Machu Picchu. Formal excavations of the site will begin in September.

Andina has the story here;
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia ... wUOgz+kLQ=

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Mike Ruggeri




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New Inca Wall

Listeros,

A new Inca wall has been found deep underground two blocks from Cusco's main square. The wall matches the research concept there had been a royal way to Contisuyo where the discovered wall is pointing.

Andina has the short report here;

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia ... j7yPwA42s=

A tiny URL;

http://tinyurl.com/6a3zwp

Many Artifacts Uncovered at Cahuachi

A team led by Giuseppe Orefici has been excavating at the Cahuachi site in desert Peru, 28 miles from the city of Nazca. They have found many artifacts including engraved gourds, textiles, ceramics and a sacrificed child. Cahuachi covers 24 square kilometers that contains huge pyramids, temples and platforms that have been excavated by the same team. It was at Cahuachi that the Nazca culture developed and the line builders may have lived at Cahuachi. The Nazca lines resemble the iconography on the Cahuachi artifacts. Many Nazca lines point towards Cahuachi.

Andina has the story here with 2 photos;

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia ... ivUwOHa2I=

A tiny URL;

http://tinyurl.com/5syt5q



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