The 2010 season of the ongoing investigations of the Huari-Ancash Archaeological Project will be held in the Rio Puccha valley of Peru. The Huari-Ancash project has been run by Bebel Ibarra of the University of Paris since 2004; and Margarita Brikyte of the project staff sent along this description.
Students at the Huari-Ancash Archaeological Project. Photo courtesy Huari-Ancash Archaeological Project
The aim of this year's archaeology and bio-archaeology field schools is to learn of the lifestyle of the prehispanic population in the valley of Rio Puccha, Peru. Our project revolves around funeral aspects and ancestral cults of Peru's Early Horizon (Chavin, ca. 900-300 BC) and Early Intermediate Horizon (Recuay, ca. 300 BC-600 AD). We are undertaking archaeological excavations in order to obtain information which helps us understand these subjects. From an ongoing analysis of the excavated human remains we seek to learn the kinship ties of the bygone peoples. The project is supported by the Archaeological Museum of Huaraz, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, the Municipality of Huari and the Instituto de Estudios Huarinos.
The project this year will include two archaeology field schools (June 13-July 5, 2010 and July 8-August 3, 2010), and a bioarchaeology field school, concentrating on the human remains (June 13-July 5, 2010). For more information please visit the project website or contact project director Bebel Ibarra at bebel_chavin@yahoo.com
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