Malata ’07

Malata, Colca Valley Excavations | 2007

Amy- blonde and brown curly hair- and Katie -brown hair in a ponytail- are sitting next to a deep hole in rocky ground with arm bones buried in it. The bones are juvenile. They are looking into the camera.
Amy- with brown and blonde curly hair- sitting next to a deep rocky hole- excavating juvenile bones. She is looking down into it and using paint brushes.
A long white building with two small towers on on either side is in the backgroud. There are people walking on the sidewalk in the foreground. There are tall tress that are similar to palm trees. This photo was taken in the Arequipa Plaza.
Bebe- a black and white dog- walking to the right on a concrete floor.
Bebe- a black and white dog- standing on a mountain side overlooking a river. Looking upwards and away from the camera.
A grassy field with white, brown, and black alpacas. There are hills in the distance.
Tung- with a green jacket with the hood pulled up- and Catherine- wearing a blue jacket with the hood pulled up- are standing next to small rock walls. There are more walls in the background and a rocky hill in the background.
Catherine- with a blue jacket on and brown hair in a pony tail- is holding a skull fragment. There is glue, more skull fragments, and some reconstructed skulls on the table in front of her.
A hand with a green sleeve is holding a small pait of scissors. There are juvenile teeth buried in the dirt tangled in plant roots.
Chocolate- a dark and light brown dog- and Bebe- a black and white dog with light brown on its face- are sitting on the floor of the passenger front seat in a car. The person in the seat- with khaki pants- is taking the photo.
Cat is sitting on a rock and holding a bone- likely a radius. There is a piece of plastic on the ground to her left and a bucket on her right side with plastic in it. There are rocks and brown plants behind her. You can see Sara's head in the hole behind the plastic. She is looking to the left. Cat is wearing a gray shirt with black letters, a blue sweater, khaki pants, black gloves, and sunglasses on a strap around her neck. Her brown hair is in a ponytail. Sara is wearing a blue bandana.
Catherine- wearing a blue striped shirt, green vest, and gray beanie- and Katie- wearing a gray jacket and her brown hair is in a ponytail- standing behind rocks. There are two mountains behind them and a river in the valley.
Cat and Susan with their heads togther with rocks in the background. They are smiling into the camera. There is dirt belwo them. Cat is wearing a long white sleeved shirt, green vest, a gray winter hat, and the black strap of a headlamp around her neck. Sara is wearing a gray jacket, jeans, and a blue bandana on her head. She has light brown hair.
The top of a skull sitting on top of dirt. At the intersection of the coronal and saggital suture- this point is six or seven inches above the average hairline- there is a hole.
Cat and Rachel in the underground hole. Cat is in the opening looking down into the camera. Rachel is in the hole facing right. The walls are laid brown stones. Cat is wearing a light and dark blue striped shirt, green vest, black gloves, and a gray winter hat. Rachel is wearing a blue jacket and brown winter hat.
Sare siting on a rock next to a pile of rocks. There is a pink brush on the pile of rocks. Sara is looking down into a plastic bag between her feet. She is wearing a gray jacket, brown boots, jeans, and a light blue bandana.
Susan is sitting down with her legs stretched out. There are laid brown stones closing in the space, but there is a small opening next to her. She is holding a pile of rocks or bones in one hand. In the other is a piece of bone or ceramic in a metal scoop lookng tool. She is putting it into someone's hand. Cat is crouched down next to Susan and you can't see her face. Susan is wearing white gloves with blue around the wrist, khaki pants, a gray jacket, and a blue baseball cap. Cat is wearing a blue jacket and a gray winter cap.
Sylvia and Cat are both lookign at a vertabrae in Cat's hand. Sylvia is in a hole surrounded by laid brown and gray stone. There is a small white pouch on one rock and a plastic bag with bones in it. There is a plastic bag of bones in Cat's lap. Sylvia is wearing a gray tshirt and a gray bandana on her haid. She is extending her arm out of the hole and she is holding a Sharpie. Cat is wearing a gray tshirt with black lettering, a blue jacket, khaki pants, black gloves, a black bag across her shoulder, and sunglasses that have a strap.
Sylvia is sitting in a hole with laid brown stone around it. She is holding a pelvis in one hand a sacrum in the other. She is wearing a gray tshirt, green long sleeved shirt, khaki pants, and a gray bandana. She is covered in dirt.
Guillerma sitting on a rock holding a metal bucket. She is smiling into the camera. There is a plastic bag to the left and a clipboard to the right. She is wearing a teal sweater with red, white, pink, and blue stripes across the chest. She is also wearing jeans and a at with a lots of colors on the bottom of the rim of the hatt. There are shrubs behind her.
Cat and Emily are crouched in a small rounded and closed space made of laid brown stones. There is blue bucket with a green rim that is metal inside. There is a yellow tray of dirt between Cat and Emily and they both have their hands in it. Cat is wearing a white long sleeved shirt, green vest, khaki pants, sunglasses on the back of her neck with the strap hanging down in front, and a gray winter hat. Emily is wearing a dark gray jacket, jeans, and a headlamp. She has a headlamp on her forehead.
Cat is Susan are underground in a space with brown laid stones. Cat is on her knees and is leaning onto her hand. Susan is laying down. Cat is wearing a white longsleeved shirt, a red tshirt below the white, khaki pants, and sunglasses around her neck on a black strap. Her brown hair is pulled back. Susan is wearing a gray tshirt with green lettering, a blue long sleeves shirt under that, and khaki pants. She has blonde hair in a bun.
Cat standing next to a rectangular structure of laid stone of varying colors. There are shrubs and rocks in front of the structure. Cat is wearing a white long sleeved shirt, a green vest, and a gray winter cap. She is looking down.
Tung is wearing a black jacket, a white baseball hat, and khaki pants. She is stanidn on top of a square-ish structure made of rocks. She is holding a mapping tool. The tool is a lens on a white striped stick. There is a hill in the background. The ground is grassy and rocky.
Tung is wearing a black jacket, a white baseball hat, and khaki pants. She is holding a walkie talkie and a mapping tool. The tool is a lens on a flat yellow and black rectangle on top of a red and white striped stick. She is standing amongst dead looking shrubs next to a square-ish structure made of rocks.
Catherine- awearing a blue jacket, gray beanie, and a headlamp- and Susan- wearing a gray jacket and blue baseball cap- are sitting under a structure made of rocks. Susan is using a yellow rectangluar bucket to scoop dirt.
Sylvia- a gray shirt and gray bandana over her brown hair- she is uncovering bones in the dirt. There is a piece of paper with the burial code on it.
Emily is leaning down to look at a skull on a small wooden table outside. She is holding a camera and the strap is around her neck. There is a bleu cloth over the top of the table. There is a house behind Emily. It is made of gray stone, has a window with a gray outline around it, a door made of wooden planks painted teal blue, and plants lining the path in front of the house. Emily is wearing a gray sweatshirt, a yellow shirt, and black pants with the three white lines down the side.
Six guniea pigs with varying amounts of white and orange fur. There is a tall pile of hay and a metal bowl with water. They are in a small space with orange rocks making the walls.
Ellen is bent over a table that has a pile of teeth on it. She is writing on one of the many papers surrounding the teeth. There are other bones on the far side of the table. Ellen is wearing a blue jacket with black inside the hood, another yellow hood, and jeans. She has brown hair in a ponytail.
Emily is standing outside taking a picture of a skull on a table with a bright blue cloth over it. There are two people sitting on the curb by plants lining outside the house. The wall of the house is made of stone and there are two doors- one of the far left and one behind Emily- they are gray and amde of metal. There is a window in-between the two doors. Emilt is wearing a white shirt, black jacket, and black pants with white stripes down the side. She has shoulder length light brown hair.
Emily and Sara are crouching on the ground looking at vertebrae on a blue tray. There is another tray on the left of the photo. There are stone pillars in the background and the edge of clothes hanging down. Emily is holding a verrt and Sara is pointing at it. Emily is wearing a blue sweatshirt and jeans. She has long light brown hair. Sara is wearing a blue tshirt with orange lettering, jeans, a brown jacket, and a white winter hat with brown llamas on it.
Tiffiny is squatting on the ground and is leaning into a dug out hole. There are two people leaning against the stonewall in the background and a person sitting beside Tiffiny holding an orange shovel. The person in the back right is wearing a red shirt with a black stripe across the chest, jeans, black gloves, and a purple hat. The person in the back left- whose face you can't see- is wearing a brown shirt with a white stripe across the chest and jeans. The person next to Tiffiny is wearing an orange jacket, jeans, and a brown hat. You can't see their face. Tiffiny is wearing a blue sweatshirt, khaki pants, and a khaki baseball cap.
Tiffiny and three other people are excavating a grave, but only the legs can be seen. There are three brushes of different shapes and colors in the bottom left corner. There is a yellow bucket filled with dirt between Tiffiyn and the person on the left. The person on the far right is wearing a blue jacket and and red baseball cap. The person in the bottom of the photo is wearing a red jacket with white letters in cursive and a white bucket hat. The person on the left if wearing an orange jacket, jeans, and a gray-ish brown bucket hat. Tiffiny is wearing a blue sweatshirt, khaki pants, and a khaki baseball cap.
Sara is crouched very close to the rocky ground. She is holding a thin wooden stick. There is someone in the background is scooping dirt into a bucket. This person is wearing a red jacket with white sleeves, jeans, and a red baseball cap. Sara is wearing a navy sweatshirt with orange lettering and a brown and white striped
A person is leaning into a hole with a pile of juvenile teeth in it. They are holding a cylindrical tool with slanted points on both sides. They are wearing a jacket with dark blue, light blue, and gray patches.
Guillermina is standing by a wall made of dark colored stones, there is a wooden support beam in the front right of the photo holding up a tin roof. The space is filled with hay. Guillermina is holding a handful of it and smiling. She is wearing an orange long sleeved shirt, blue pants, and a brown hat.
Guillermina is holding a small bucket full of water and smiling past the camera to the left. There is a stone wall behind her and a half wall to the left. The stone are orange-sih and are all different sizes. On the ground there is a rock, a pile of hay, and five guinea pigs with vary orange and white patches. Guillermina is wearing a orange long sleeved shirt, blue pants, and a brown hat.
Guillermina is standing outside a round structure made of large flat-ish stones of varying shapes and colors. She is looking into the camera. This possibly where the guinea pigs are. There are shrubs around the structure and there's a hill in the background. Guillermina is wearing a orange long sleeved shirt, blue pants, and a brown hat.
Ellen, Tiff, and Hector are excavating a skeleton out of rocky ground. Tiffiny (middle) is wearing a white long sleeved shirt, a gray tshirt, and a beige baseball cap. Ellen (presumably left) is wearing a red jacket, a brown hat, and jeans. Hector (presumably left) is wearing a white hat and a brown shirt.
Katie is looking into a hole in the rocky ground. She is holding a thin wooden tool into the hole and the brush-part of a brush with a wooden handle. There is someone else looking into the hole behind her. There is a bucket in the background. Katie is wearing a white scarf with a light brown and dark brown stripe in the center, a black jacket, and a gray jacket. Her brown hair is pulled back. The person in the backround is wearing a gray jacket and khaki pants.
In the back row Tiffiny and Katie are sitting and discussing something. Tiffiny is looking down and gesturing with her hands a foot apart. Katie is looking at her and holding or gesturing with her pointer finger and thumb. In the front row, Cat and Emily are crouching down and looking at something not in the photo. All four of them are sitting in a rectangle formed by white string. There is a hand in the bottom right corner with a wooden tool in their hand. There are two metal buckets in between the two rows of people and you can see the corner of tools on the right side of the photo. Tiffiny is wearing a green jacket, gray gloves, khaki pants, and a blue winter hat. Katie is wearing a blue tshirt, black jacket, and khaki pants. Her brown hair is in a ponytail. Cat is wearing a gray longsleeved shirt, green vest, and a gray beanie. Emily is wearing jeans, black jacket, and a brown beanie. She has shoulder length light brown hair.
A small space enclosed with gray rocks that has broken skulls on the ground that has been looted.
A small squarish structure made of large gray stones, but one side has been broken down from looting. There are dry grasses and shrubs on and around the structure. There are hills in the background.
House like structures made of varying medium sized stones without roofs or walls. There are some walls as well. There
A bird with a light green belly, dark green wings, a gray head, and a pink beak sitting on a windowsill. The sill is wooden and the window is open. The bird has a small pink piece of fruit in its beak- the rest of the fruit is sitting on the outside part of the sill. The fruit is white on the inside, pink on the outside, and has seed indentions along the edge. There are pink flowers outside.
Cat and Mirza are holding something and looking at it. Mirza is holding a small black brush to it in her other hand. There is a house made of stone with white windows and a tin roof in the background. As well as a clothes line. Cat is wearing a gray sweatshirt, green vest, and black gloves with white art on it. He brown hair is pulled back. Mirza is wearing a red jacket. Her brown hair is held back.
Mirza is standing next to a table with bones and dirt on it. She is looking into the camera. There are two red trays and a tan tray with small bones on them. There are plastic bags on the table. She is wearing a tan undershirt, jeans, and a sweatshirt that reads "Canada" in blue letters.
Mirza is holding an arm bone up to the camera and is standing next to a table with a white table cloth on it. She is looking to the right. There is a white tray in front of her and a red tray to the left with small bones on it. There is a clear plastic bag with bones on the front of the table and a white back of the table. There is a box over her shoulder. Mirza is wearing a tan shirt and a red jacket. You can see the "Can" in "Canada" is blue letters. Her brown hair is held in a bun by a brown and black hair tie.
Rachel and Sara are laying out a skeleton on a table with a blue table cloth. You can see the ribs, pelvis, and vertebrae. There are papers and plastic bags on the table. Rachel is wearing a blue jacket, black backpack, brown scarf, glasses, and a brown winter har. Sara is wearing
A close of up Sara crouching by an excavation that can't be seen. Cat is in the back on the left and someone's back is on the right. Sara is holding a small wooden tool into the hole. She is wearing a blue sweatshirt with orange letters with white outlines. She is also wearing khaki pants and a brown, black, and white beanie. She has a piercing in the eyebrow on the left. Her brown hair is in pigtails. In the background, Cat is wearing a gray shirt, a green vest, khaki pants, and a gray beanie. The other person is wearing a blue swearshirt and khakis.
Rachel is standing at a table with tibia bones on it. She is holding something in her hands that is making her fingers gray. There are smaller bone fragments on the table as well. The wall behind Rachel is wooden and the other is white. She is wearing a blue shirt with orange letters, brown jacket, glasses, and a white hat with brown llamas on it.
Tiffiny and Sara are crouching over an excavation of two large skull fragments in the rocky ground. Cet is doing the same thing with a deeper hole in the background. There is a blue handled brush on the right side of the photo, a plastic orange tool for scooping in between Tiffny and Cat, and a blue plastic scoop as well as a white baseball cap on the left. Tiffiny is wearing is green jacket, a gray glove on one hand, and khaki pants. She is holding a slender wooden tool in her other hand. Her brown hair is held in a bun by a white hair tie. Sara is wearing a blue hoodies, khaki pants, and a white, brown, and black white striped beanie. You can see one brown pigtail coming out of her hat.
Sara is standing behind a table with a blue table clot. There is two clear plastic bags written on with black Sharpie. The closest one has a skull and the other one has smaller bones- some of which are wrapped in paper. There are ribs and a pelvis in front of Sara. Closer to the camera there is a pile of papers, a white clipboard, and a roll of white masking tape. Sara is wearing a tellow shirt, a gray jacket, and a white winter hat with brown llamas on it.
Tiffiyn and Travis are both carrying metal buckets with supplies in them towards the camera. They are both looking down. There is a short wall behind them made of gray stones. There are green shrubs scattered on both sides of the wall. There are small hills in the very distance. There are large brownish rocks by their feet. Tiffiny is wearing a black jacket, khaki pants, a backpack with blue straps, black gloves, and a blue beanie that is black around the edge. Travis is wearing a a gray jacket, jeans, yellow gloves, and a brown cowboy hat.
Steve is kneeling over a rectangular hole with a rock in it and a small orange circular ceramic piece. He is holding a paintbrush with a white handle and black bristles. There is two pieces of white strings pulled into the distance with pink and green ties at the corner they make. Steve is wearing a white long sleeved shirt with different colored pens in the pocket, khaki pants, and a khaki baseball cap. You can see the letters "Van" in the word Vanerbilt on his hat. The letters are white and outlined in black.
Tiffiny is taking a photo on top of a blue ladder. Saul and Travis are holding the ladder. Saul is looking at Travis and Travis is smiling up at Tiffiny. There is a gray stone wall behind them and a rocky peak on the other side of the wall. Tiffiny is wearing a black jacket, a backwards white baseball cap, and khaki pants. She has shoulder length brown hair. Saul is wearing a orange-y jacket, white gloves, and a brown hat. Travis is wearing a black jacket, jeans, and a cowboy hat.
Tiffiny is sitting on top of a blue ladder and smiling into the camera. She is holding a black camera. There is a wall of gray and brown stones behind her. The sky is blue. Tiffiny is wearing a black jacket. khaki pants, and a backwards white baseball cap. She has shoulder length brown hair.
Tiffiny is using a small orange brush on a juvenile skull fragment sticking out of the ground. There is another piece next to her as well. Her other hand has a white glove on it and is holding a small wooden tool. There are rocks with a metal bucket behind it on the left. In the background there is a wall of gray and brown stones. Tiffiny is wearing a blue shirt, green jacket, and khaki pants. Her brown hair is pulled back.
Tiffiny is lying on the ground and reaching into a burial with a small wooden tool. She is holding another tool in other hand that has a rounded red tip but is otherwise gray. There is a person sitting in the background as well as a pair of legs wearing jeans. Tiffiny is wearing a blue sweatshirt, a white glove, and a backwards white baseball cap. Her brown hair is out of the hat on the right side of the photo. The other person is wearing an orange long sleeved shirt and jeans.
Travis is dusting off a portion of dirt surrounded by large gray rocks. There is a patch of on orange covered in dirt on the right of the grave. There is a string held into a rock with a piece of metal on the left side. Travis is wearing a blue jacket and khaki pants. He has buzzed brown hair.
A photo of a room with a desk and a corner of a bed. There is a box, a black backpack, and a folded blue jacket between the pieces of furniture. The chair at the desk has two black jackets- the one on the bottom is puffy and the one on the top is fuzzier. The desk is blue and has a gray laptop, a thermos, a coffee cup, a blue and orange box, and a black lamp with its beam on the white wall. There is another black jacket on the left of the photo. There is white curtains and a pink towel covering the window over the desk. There is a multicolored striped carpet under the desk and a white rug over the rest of the floor. There is a brown show and a black satchel with something yellow sticking out of it under the bed. The bed has a brown fitted sheet on the bed and a orange, gray, and black striped blanket.
Bebe the dog is curled in a ball on a black computer bag. The floor is concrete. There is a box behind Bebe, a metal bowl on the right, two blue pillow-ish like things on the right, and the edge of something made of plastic that is red. Bebe is black and white.