Join Archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Gabriel Prieto to conserve priceless ritual artifacts in Peru
On this incredible itinerary, you'll work alongside Dr. Prieto in the archaeology lab at the University of Trujillo. You'll be trained and join in on the hands-on conservation, cleaning and labeling of human remains and archaeological artifacts found at sites like Jose Olaya, Pampa La Cruz, Chan Chan and others.
Dr. Prieto himself hails from Huanchaco where he has conducted excavations and studied the lives and ritualized human violence of the ancient cultures of the Chimú and Moche people who lived in and around Huanchaco from 1100 BC to AD 650.
Dr. Prieto made international headlines in 2018 when he discovered the 500-year-old remains of 200 llamas and 140 children, the victims of a mass ritual sacrifice at the Chimú site of Huanchaquito-Las Llamas.
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Join Dr. Prieto, the world authority on ritual sites of the Moche Valley on this all-inclusive itinerary:
+4 days labwork at the University of Trujillo, Peru with Dr. Prieto to preserve and catalog ancient ritual objects and remains
+8 days/7 nights, including accommodations
+Breakfast daily
+Some lunches and dinners (with the researcher!)
+Flight from Lima to Trujillo
+Guided field trips to Chan Chan, Chicama Valley, El Brujo and Huaca Cao
+Other activities including a ceviche cooking class, Peruvian Paso show and more!