Republic of Bolivia (Country) (Geographic Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
East South Wall of Kalasasaya Platform, Tiwanaku
This project describes two important monuments of Tiwanaku: The Kalasasaya platform and the Putuni. These buildings span across the entire range of the occupation of the core of Tiwanaku. They were also excavated nearly in their entirety during the late 1950s and 60s and are, for the most part, underpublished. The vast majority of the raw data on their excavation is held by the author in the form of the field notes and drawings by the primary excavator, Cordero Miranda. The dataset contained...
Putting Archaeobotany Under the Microscope: A Case Study for Increased Use of Starch-Grain and Residue Analyses on the North Coast of Peru
Due to the arid environment and subsequent excellent preservation on the north coast of Peru, evidence obtained from macrobotanical remains here has been the primary sources of information on plant use. However, despite the richness of the macrobotanical record, the combination of arid conditions and the nature of many plants, such as potatoes and beans – which are consumed in their entirety – macrobotanical remains can only tell us so much. In this paper, we discuss some methodological issues...
Taraco Pensinula Archaeological Survey
Systematic Survey of about 98 km2 of the Taraco Peninsula in Bolivia, conducted in the late 1990s.
Uaxactun
Photos 1229-1238