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Northern Illinois University Anthropologist
Winifred Creamer collects a carbon sample at the site of Carreteria
in the Pativilca Valley.
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Northern Illinois University’s Winifred
Creamer (second from left, hat) leads a crew of student archaeologists
as they map a cleared surface at the top of a mound at the site
of Vinto Alto in the Pativilca Valley.
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NIU's Winifred Creamer at an archaeological site in the Norte
Chico region in September 2004.
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NIU's Winifred Creamer surveys an ancient wall at a partially
destroyed site in the Norte Chico region this past October.
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Jonathan Haas
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Jonathan Haas of The Field Museum and Winifred Creamer of Northern
Illinois University examine one of 54 bundles of willow branches
found at the bottom of a test pit at Caballete in the Fortaleza
Valley. The archaeologists believe the bundles may have been pre-construction
offerings.
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Jonathan Haas of The Field Museum and Winifred Creamer of Northern
Illinois University examine one of 54 bundles of willow branches
found at the bottom of a test pit at Caballete in the Fortaleza
Valley. The archaeologists believe the bundles may have been pre-construction
offerings.
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Researchers excavate a buried wall at the site of Caballete in the
Fortaleza Valley.
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At the site of Caballete in the Fortaleza Valley, crew members
excavate the remnants of a dwelling made of cane and mud.
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A circle of upright stones, called huancas, at the base of the
main pyramid at Caballete in the Fortaleza Valley. Before being
set up, some of these stones, which are up to two meters high,
were shaped and polished. Sixteenth century chroniclers reported
veneration of these stones. One myth recounts that the gods turned
heroic ancestors into the stones so that they could be honored.
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Jonathan Haas of The Field Museum clears one side of a looters’
pit at the site of Pampa San Jose in the Pativilca Valley.
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At the site of Caballete in the Fortaleza Valley, a researcher
excavates the remnants of a cane-and-mud dwelling.
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An overview of Caballete in the Fortaleza Valley, taken from nearby
cane fields.
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An aerial view of the Punta y Suela archaeological site in the Pativilca
Valley, circa 1969.
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An overview of the site of Porvenir in the Fortaleza Valley, taken
from adjacent hills.
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An overview of Caballete in the Fortaleza Valley, taken from adjacent
hills.
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