 | Last Updated December 1997
Dr.
Reinhard has found that an archaeological team of
about six people is the minimum necessary to do a
high altitude excavation well. This means that at
any one time at least a couple of people can be
working while the others rest. To function
efficiently it also means that there be at least
four climbers acting in support, carrying
supplies up to the summit camp (two men rest the
day that two are climbing). The team for fall 1997 includes Professor
José Antonio Chávez, project
co-director, and a man with some thirty years
experience conducting archaeological work in the
southern Andes. Rudy Perea, Orlando Jaen,
Guillermo Flores, Jimmy Bouroncle, and Walter
Diaz are all advanced archaeology
students who have worked with Dr. Reinhard before
in the mountains. Others participating in the
expedition include the guides Arcadio
Mamani and Carlos Zarate,
the climber Juan Carlos Zarate,
and the cook Zoilo Carrion and
his assistant Genaro Alaca. All
of these men have worked with Dr. Reinhard on
other expeditions. Other climbers will
participate on the expeditions that continue
through the fall of 1997. One government
representative often is present to supervise the
archaeological excavation.
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