Ilo: Cultural Festival
Below are the pictures from a festival that was happening on Ilo: Day 5. This gallery is to give the flavor of what the culture is like.
Ilo: Day 4: Trip to the Past
At the center on May 29, everyone resumed their work of setting the remains in Standard Anatomic Position (SAP), taking inventory, noting any unusual features of the bones and recording their measurements and observations in the Standards forms. As for casting teeth, my luck continued to go downhill. The set of remains I left yesterday took …
Ilo: Radiography
This post is dedicated to the radiography group who take x-rays while we work with bones and the occasional set of fleshy remains. One of the projects the radiography group is working on is x-raying mummified dogs. Mr. Skufis explained that the x-rays help them determine how old the dogs were and what kind of life they led. …
Ilo: Pottery
In Peru, the cultures from the past are known for their pottery. Often, pottery is included in the burials, which are found when the burials are excavated. As we wish to be respectful of our hosts and the rules of Peru, we left the potsherds behind and took only photographs. Below are the photos of …
Ilo: Beach Stroll
On Ilo: Day 2, several of the others and I got up for a morning stroll near the shoreline. The morning quiet was a relief from the constant noise of last night. Apparently, several members of the group woke up to fireworks at midnight. Ilo apparently celebrated its 45th anniversary by setting off fireworks, but I slept …