California Institute for Peruvian Studies
DIG PERU PHOTOS
Chavin Stela, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Detail, Chavin Stela, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Tenon heads, Chavin de Huantar, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Spondylus, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Stirrup spout bottle, Moche, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Stirrup spout bottle, Moche, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Quipu, Museo de Antropología. Lima |
Adobe wall, Chan Chan. Trujillo |
Four people atop a wall, Chan Chan. Trujillo |
Oblique view of a small portion of Tschudi Palace, Chan Chan. Trujillo |
Wall relief, Chan Chan, Trujillo |
Wall relief, Chan Chan, Trujillo |
 Wall relief, Chan Chan, Trujillo |
Walls, Chan Chan, Trujillo |
Huaca del Sol, photo taken from Huaca de la Luna, Moche site |
 Huaca del Sol, photo taken from Huaca de la Luna, Moche site |
Residential/Production area in valley between Huacas Luna and Sol, Moche site |
Moche Iconography within the interior of Huaca de la Luna, "The Decapitator, El Degollador" Moche site |
 Moche Iconography within the interior of Huaca de la Luna, "The Decapitator, El Degollador" Moche site |
 Reconstruction drawing of Huaca de la Luna, Moche site |
Huanchaco, small beach town outside of Trujillo |
Aquas Calientes, beautiful mountain directly south of the site of Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
Panoramic photo of the major portion of the northeastern portion of Santa Rita B. The site extends off the photo significantly more to the south (right) and to the west (toward the photographer). Chao Valley |
PH1, first excavation test pit in a looter's hole, 1998 season |
Unidentified feature, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Crew in field vehicle |
Beautiful Peruvian sunset, Buena Vista, Chao Valley |
Equipment shed and hotel suite, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Crew examining site map, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Piedra Marcadora (Marker Rock), mapped but as yet unidentified feature, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 One of several petroglyphs at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 One of several petroglyphs at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 One of several petroglyphs at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 One of several petroglyphs at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 One of several petroglyphs at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Unit B3, with unidentified circular feature, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Unidentified circular feature, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Archaeologists mapping Unit D4, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Mapping of Unit D4, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Chimu pottery in ground during excavation, in vicinity of the Piedra Marcadora, Santa Rita B, Chao Valley |
 Ancient pots in nearby graveyard, Santa Rita, Chao Valley |
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Brian screening |
 Viviendo II, 2001 |
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 Worked Stone and Lithics |
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 Lab work |
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 CA3, U.6 Buried Chimu wall with Spondylus cache |
 CA3, U.6 Uncovering Spondylus cache |
 CA3, U.6 Exposed cache |
 CA3, U.6 detail of cache |
 CA3, U.6 One of valves of Spondylus removed |
 CA3, U.1, ext.1 Female skull showing blunt force trauma at impact point |
 CA3, U.1, ext.1 2nd area of impact on skull |
Physical anthropologist Cathy Gaither demonstrating location of impact |
 1997 Air photo of SRB |
 1997 Air photo of Cerro Santa Rita |
 1997 Air photo showing a room complex at SRB |
1997 Air photo of Cerro Pucarachico with a large wall to the south of the areas with architecture |
 2005 excavations of CA3 |
Camelid sacrifice associated with human remains |
 Intact Chimu rural architecture in CA4 |
Storage cist in CA4 |
 Plotting bone distributions |
 2005 mapping with total station |
 Excavating human remains in CA3 |
 Partly exposed skeleton in CA3 |
 Early Chimu ceramic olla fragment |
Ceramic olla fragment (Viru Plain type) |
Quartzite tenon head from Room 1 of CA3 |
Plotting skeletal remains |
Excavation of camelid offering cache |
Excavating camelid skeletons |