DIG PERU
El Proyecto Arqueologico Santa Rita B, Valle de Chao

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Photos by Shina duVall and Jon Kent


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


Fearless leader



Unit A4


Unit A4 Ext. 3


A8 ceramic


A8 Ext. 1


Viviendo II, 2001


Brian screening

Viviendo II, 2001


Architectural feature


Architectural feature


Chimu ceramic vessel


Face


Macehead


Worked Stone and Lithics


Worked Stone and Lithics


Jen excavating


Mapping PM1 (Piedra Marcadora)


Mapping PM1 (Piedra Marcadora)


Mapping PM1 (Piedra Marcadora)


Map of PM1 (Piedra Marcadora)


Facing north


Sherd


Spindle


Topo Map SRB


Equipment Shed and Hotel Suite


Teresa Rosales Tham and Victor Vasquez Sanchez


Traffic trouble


Backfill Day


Lab work


MotoTaxi, Chao


Group 2001


Jonah and friends


Closing ceremony on site


Santa Rita Iglesia


Santa Rita Bonita


The Soul of Santa Rita B