I had a blast this weekend touring southern Peru with the archaeoastronomy students and Lin, one of the Peruvian students at the museum I work at. We did all kinds of stuff, from taking a boat tour of some islands filled with penguins and sea lions to walking through an… Read more“”
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It’s Not All Chicha Morada and Tripe
In the past week, massive strikes have occurred in the major cities of Perú. The strikes here have a typical pattern much different than in the U.S.. Instead of the weak “Honk your horn for X,” protesters here block major highways with boulders, sometimes using dump trucks and bulldozers to… Read more“It’s Not All Chicha Morada and Tripe”
"They Called Me Mr. Bean"
I almost lit my laboratory on fire on Tuesday. Well, that may be an exaggeration. I was plugging in my extension cord to power the lights in my work-tent. The plug has been deteriorating, sometimes refusing to work. This time as I jiggled the wire hoping for a circuit, it… Read more“"They Called Me Mr. Bean"”
¡Lima, Ya Es Diferente!
I went with the archaeoastronomy students to the Museo de la Nación. Like the Museo Nacional de ArqueologÃa, etc. where I work, it is filled with exhibits about precolumbian Perú. The Museo de la Nación has more gigantic reconstructed displays while the other seems to have smaller, more genuine things… Read more“¡Lima, Ya Es Diferente!”
Church Faires Are Also Awesome
Before I took the new students to the Inti Raymi faire I went alone through Jesus MarÃa to get to the Metro for some groceries. Along the way, I passed by the local church and there was a lot going on. A church faire! The fact that faires now get… Read more“Church Faires Are Also Awesome”
Life is A Faire
Another batch of field students, another excuse to go to the Inti Raymi faire! I took the first two archaeoastronomy students to arrive to the Parque de la Exposición to partake in the festivities. This time, the next to last day of the faire, had a much larger turnout. There… Read more“Life is A Faire”
Personal Interlude 2: Rite of Passage… Passed!
Mercedes Delgado, Peruvian archaeologist, approached me with an envelope. She had me take out the contents. An official invitation to present at a anthropometry/bioarchaeology workshop at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, here in Lima. !!! She said I could present in English, so no pressure. I was just… Read more“Personal Interlude 2: Rite of Passage… Passed!”
Personal Interlude 1: Pachakuteq
According to one version of Inca history, when Cusi Yupanqui defeated the invading Chancay people and drove them from Cusco, he started a period of conquest that would soon reach over two thousand miles along the Pacific Coast of South America. He gave himself a new name as leader of… Read more“Personal Interlude 1: Pachakuteq”
A Weekend Excursion to Pachacamac
Last weekend we took a field trip down to Pachacamac, a site/tourist attraction to the south of Lima. I’m very familiar with the site: we had a tour there in 2004 and on my second trip I worked there with some of the radiologists. This time I took the students… Read more“A Weekend Excursion to Pachacamac”
A Night at the Faire
In my previous trips to Peru, I’ve gone to a faire that has been held in the nearby Parque de la Exposición. It’s a pretty big park built expressly to add culture to the city. It has several art museums, and a nice fountain. There are also amphitheaters and even… Read more“A Night at the Faire”