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Finally, we´ve finished the register of walls! Today was our last day and we managed to get it all done. The people from the Getty have arrived as well and they´re going to give lectures for the course. The only problem is, that I´m going to miss most of the course! It´s Saturday through Monday, but I have to go up to Barranca this weekend instead. They´re having their own pachamanca (with 11 different types of meat, no less!) so that´s a big incentive, but I really need to go to take some GPS points at La Centinela so I have the data to use when writing my prospectus. Oh well, I´ll have fun up there, and I think I´ve had more than enough of thinking about adobe walls for now that I don´t really need the course.
I haven´t found out yet what the next project they´ll have me work on--I plan on asking tomorrow. Unfortunately, there´s a rumor that we might have to do another complex at the site. I´m really hoping that´s not true.
I also was busy in the evenings the past couple of days because an undergrad student from Tulane that was in Peru working with PANC and my advisor passed through Lima and so stayed with me for a night. This was her first time in Peru and she had to leave a week or so earlier than the rest of the group, so I helped her out with navigating the bus terminals and the airport. It was nice to have some company. Plus, I earned some brownie points with Kit (my advisor) for helping her.
Well, I don´t have many interesting stories for today. The main thing I encountered that I thought was funny was a street vendor. So there´s a lot of people who sell all sorts of things on the street, right? Most of the time it´s stuff you´d actually want, like snack-type items, cigarrettes, newspapers, etc. But then you get these guys who have just the most random items. Like toothbrushes, or bandaids. There was a guy at the corner who was walking around selling individual bandaids--he had a whole handful. And he was incredibly emphatic about it, as if these were the best bandaids to have and everyone who passed by absolutely needed them. Like I´m going to be walking down the street and suddenly realize, "Geez, what I could really use is a bandaid." I don´t know, it just cracked me up.
Hmm, I guess to make up for nothing much to say, I´ll give you a couple of pictures then.
This one is of one of those walls with a bunch of deterorations. Exciting, no? Yeah, no. But it was at least a rare sunny day that day.
This one is of some hand-spun wool that was naturally dyed. there was actually a ton more colors than this, and some really brillant ones. If I can get the picture of those, I´ll put that up later. The institute had some people spin a bunch of wool so they could dye it in a class they had. Then they gave all the yarn to some artesanas that live near the site who weave it into textiles for the institute. No, unfortunately this stuff wasn´t for sale. And even though it´s not alpaca, it feels lovely.
I haven´t found out yet what the next project they´ll have me work on--I plan on asking tomorrow. Unfortunately, there´s a rumor that we might have to do another complex at the site. I´m really hoping that´s not true.
I also was busy in the evenings the past couple of days because an undergrad student from Tulane that was in Peru working with PANC and my advisor passed through Lima and so stayed with me for a night. This was her first time in Peru and she had to leave a week or so earlier than the rest of the group, so I helped her out with navigating the bus terminals and the airport. It was nice to have some company. Plus, I earned some brownie points with Kit (my advisor) for helping her.
Well, I don´t have many interesting stories for today. The main thing I encountered that I thought was funny was a street vendor. So there´s a lot of people who sell all sorts of things on the street, right? Most of the time it´s stuff you´d actually want, like snack-type items, cigarrettes, newspapers, etc. But then you get these guys who have just the most random items. Like toothbrushes, or bandaids. There was a guy at the corner who was walking around selling individual bandaids--he had a whole handful. And he was incredibly emphatic about it, as if these were the best bandaids to have and everyone who passed by absolutely needed them. Like I´m going to be walking down the street and suddenly realize, "Geez, what I could really use is a bandaid." I don´t know, it just cracked me up.
Hmm, I guess to make up for nothing much to say, I´ll give you a couple of pictures then.
This one is of one of those walls with a bunch of deterorations. Exciting, no? Yeah, no. But it was at least a rare sunny day that day.
This one is of some hand-spun wool that was naturally dyed. there was actually a ton more colors than this, and some really brillant ones. If I can get the picture of those, I´ll put that up later. The institute had some people spin a bunch of wool so they could dye it in a class they had. Then they gave all the yarn to some artesanas that live near the site who weave it into textiles for the institute. No, unfortunately this stuff wasn´t for sale. And even though it´s not alpaca, it feels lovely.
posted by archaesmd at 9:34 PM
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Perhaps the Getty will use their experience with us at San Andres as what not to do (ie, not using a thatch roof to protect adobe, in case a random firework catches it on fire).
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