Sunset on Pambamarca. Photo taken from Quitoloma.
Alison Loewen and Melchor Farinango
Alison Loewen at Quitoloma.
El Churro at Quitoloma.
Looking west from Quitoloma across the basin of Quito.
Sunset
Clean up at Cangahua Cemetery
Repainting the basketball/football court
Mo Carpenter in the late afternoon at the laboratory
El Churro at Quitoloma and Pambamarca in the distance
Hiking up Quitoloma from the cultural center
Quitoloma taken from La Compania Lot 15
Inside the Centro de Interpretacion at Chumillos Central's Quitoloma Complex
2007 Proyecto Arqueologico Pambamarca
Getting ready for the trucks to come
Visiting Quitoloma
Herbal Medicines on the street corner
First day of Field study at the Hacienda Guachala
Burned earth at the bottom of excavations at Campana Pukara
Donde esta Quito?
Mapping an ancient road
The trench heading to Campana Pukara
The trench ending at the base of Quitoloma
The road near Oyacachi
Road near Oyacachi
Inka Road
Inka Road in Oyacachi
Stone lined road below Oyacachi
Well preserved section of stone road
Steps in the road
Excavations at Pingulmi in 2006
Collection of Piedras de Onda at Quitoloma
Hannah Sistrunk documenting Inka Roads
Angus Lyall excavating a pit feature at Oroloma
The entrance to Quitoloma. Reconsolidation by Rudy Larios and Ana Coronado
Terraces on the hillslopes below Oyacachi
Poster created by David Morin in 2006
Cangahua wall becoming exposed during excavations at Pukaracito
Aquiles Perez bust in the plaza of Cangahua.
Chad Gifford and Glen Jones discussing deposit of piedras de onda at Quitoloma.
Excavations of front staircase of Usnu at Quitoloma (2006)
Helping to build bull fight ring at community of Pukara (2006)
Inside the casa comunal at Pukara
Evidence of indigenous road from Cayambe to Oyacachi
Mapping Campana Pukara
Cangahua at sunset
Rush hour at Cangahua
Washing artifacts at the laboratory (2005)
Hacienda Guachala
Oyacachi
Cayambe volcano
Cangahua Pukara - first visit by Ana Kim and Oliver Wigmore
Excavations of large bell shaped intrusive features at Oroloma. Each was filled with dense midden deposits.
Excavating at Oroloma (2005)
Early canvas of Cayambe from drawn from the north
Quitoloma
Inka road
Pukaracito taken from H. Guachala
Excavations at Molino Loma (2007). Northwest corner of the platform structure
NWC of platform at Molino Loma
Western wall at Molino Loma platform
Circular feature being exposed at Hacienda Pitana (2007)
Ben Hersh exposing architecture at Molino Loma
Sunset over Western cordillera taken from the Panamericana
Above the clouds
Yes, that is a road. How old is it?
Breathhtaking
Ready to go.
Colorful fruit
Good food
Making a map of collapsed walls
Lunch among ruins
Relax, it is lunch time
The southern wall of the kallanka with burned remnants of superstructural material found inside the fill
Notice that how the base of the wall to the left is higher than the base of the structure -- very interesting - points to a second phase of construction
Here are some sherds
Pequenas guias - little guides
What is the diagonal of a 4x5m unit
Making a map of Molino Loma
Laying out a unit
Padre Roberto Neppas talking to students
Volcan Cayambe in the background
Marylin
Llamas at archaeological site of Cochasqui
Relaxing at Campana Pukara
Screening at Campana Pukara
Llama or alpaca
Structure corner at Campana Pukara prior to excavations
My cell phone works
That is a long hike
El toro viene
Cuidado
Toros del pueblo
Toros del pueblo - Cangahua 2007
Architecture at Quitoloma
The chapel at H. Guachala
First day at the laboratory.
How to set up a unit
First day of excavations at H. Guachala 2007
Popcorn anyone!
Sam and Chad talk to the crowd
Hang up the Pinata!!!!
La Musica
Opening festivities
Fun in Cangahua
The opening fiesta en Cangahua
Super comfortable rest
Your horse awaits
Oink Oink
Don Charro's Bus
Grrrrr
El bus de Sr. Charro
Siobahn
Inside the Choza de Chumillos Alto
Choza Tradicional - Chumillos Alto 2007
What are those humans doing in the lab?
Reach for the pinata!
Drawing a buried wall uncovered with the Ground Penetrating Radar
Screening at H. Guachala - El Obraje
Documenting excavations at H. Guachala
Amigitas
Careful
Cangahua children watching town bullfights
Watch out - Los Toros del Pueblo 2007
Sam Connell and Marylin Imbaquingo
Beccah Landman
Main doorway to Quitoloma
Amigos
Otavalo
Amigas
Cochasqui pyramid ramp
They love SALT
Cochasqui pyramid
Looting at Cochasqui
Cochasqui platform excavations
Cochasqui mounds
La iglesia at Cangahua
Bizcocho orno
terraces at cayambe
terrazas
old road to oyacachi
Volcan Cayambe
Cangahua, Cayambe, Ecuador
The Resistivity Team 2005
Antonio and Sam
Bulls getting ready for the Toros del Pueblo in Cangahua
That is CLOSE
Hiking in 2003
Looking for volanic tephra strata
Volcan Cayambe in the distance during geophysical work
The Campana geophysical grid
A possible doorway at the Campana fortress kallanka
The view from the west side of the casa comunal
Ana and Sam with Marylin on the day of her baptism
Cuye!!!
I will never fall in my life!
Survey at Campana Pukara
Ground Penetrating Radar at Campana
Excavations at Campana
David Morin excavating
Ana Gonzalez and the mysterious box at Campana
Mr Gifford on his horse
Dr Gifford (Chad) talking about Quitoloma
Getting ready to go excavate in 2003
A stall at Otavalo
The big baptism!
Colors
PAPAS
Trying on hats
Old Quito
Presidential Palace
Cuye for sale
Yum Cuye
Dancing during las Fiestas del San Pedro y San Pablo
Coming down the mountain in Cangahua - Inti Raymi
The crowd gathers to dance
Dancer
Dancer and wife
Boy dancer
Ana with Ron Lippi and Tammy Bray
Chad
Cathedral in Quito
Palacio en Quito
Cochasqui artifacts
Feeding the llamas at Cochasqui
Llama
Llamas
llama
Cochasqui benches
Cuye at Cochasqui
Fire at Cangahua
Hot baths at Oyacachi
Cold river at Oyacachi
Bull fights at Cangahua
Toros del pueblo Cangahua
toros y amigos
Ouch
Amanda
Dancing Boys
The parade
Dancing
Hold on -dancing boys
Dancing girls
Nice suits
The chefs
Baby on back
Amanda Gannaway
Child on back
Pottery from where?
Rush hour in Cangahua
Where is this unit?
Resistivity at Campana
Dinner at the casa comunal
Lunch
Sleeping at lunch
Magnetometry at Campana
Campana
The tephra team
Pottery vessels in Cayambe
Pottery vessels modeled by Natasha and Ana
Chad and his buds
Cangahua
Happy
Betsy I miss you
Betty I miss you
Ecuadorians
Colors redux
Washing clothes
Resistivity gals
Paramo
Campana Excavations
Pambamarca from Quito
Meat
Untangle
Tangle
Relax
Relax redux
Mt Cayambe
Fun at a fiesta
Angela and Dun screen
Chad and the box
GPR man
Excavations of an anamoly
Chad and Dun
Equator
Market
Fruit
Horse and man
Horse and gringos
Campana desde arriba
Dun
Buying bags
La Entrada de Quitoloma
Stairs
Sleep
Download points
The warm room
Early lab
bathrooms in 2003
Upstairs at the Casa Comunal
