Preservation, Education and Outreach: Conservation at the Corral Redondo Project

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The summer of 2018 marked the first season of the Corral Redondo Project, a multidisciplinary project that aims to identify the function of this site which seems to have had a ritual purpose for both the Wari and the Inca (AD 600-1550). Though the site had been previously excavated, and subsequently looted since its discovery in 1943, archaeologists and specialists employed various scientific techniques in order to understand the significance of Corral Redondo and its role in the broader context of the Churunga Valley (south coast area of Peru) where it is located. The project, which was run as a field school, incorporated three components: excavation, survey and conservation. In this paper, the work undertaken by the conservation team will be described, focusing on the treatment of objects in the Museo Escolar Miguel Grau, which houses material recovered from the area. The process for the preservation of these artifacts will be discussed with an emphasis on how these activities were incorporated into a conservation module within the field school. Community outreach was integral to the project's goals and implementation. Activities undertaken to engage with community members about the work undertaken and the development of the museum will also be presented.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24530