ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students will live in refurbished colonial mansion in the historic core of the World Heritage city of Cuzco. Students will stay in modern apartments with private bathrooms, each with hot water. Wireless is available at all times.

UCLA Summer Sessions reserves the right to change the housing location. Should this become necessary, the project director will arrange comparable accommodations elsewhere.

MEALS:
Monday through Friday, meals are provided by the program in the city and in the field. These include breakfast, lunch and dinner. Restaurant and menu selection will be varied to provide the opportunity to taste a broad range of the foods of Peru. Students are responsible for their weekend meals. Please let us know when you apply for this program if you have any special dietary needs. If you are a vegetarian, be aware that you may not have access to meals typically available in the USA. If necessary, students can purchase food at the local supermarket.

Students will live in a refurbished colonial mansion in Cuzco and walk every morning to the excavation site.

This course has two goals; 1) to introduce students to field methods in archaeology, and 2) to provide a practical working knowledge of survey, excavation, lab, and field cataloging methods. The course primary directive is to enable students to better understand how archaeology is practiced in the field. The research goal is to understand Inca religion and the manner they built their temples.

Students in this project will learn basic archaeological field methods excavating in the Sachsaywhaman (pronounced saxy-waman) Archaeological Park, home of the largest and most monumental building complex built by the Incas. Students will also be learning of the culture and history of the Andes by living and studying in this diverse and historically important region.

Number of credits: 12 UCLA credit units
Offered by: UCLA
Tuition: $4,450 UC Students; $4,900 all others

You are responsible for making your own travel arrangements. Please plan to arrive in Cuzco (CUZ), by June 12th (Sunday) to give yourself time to acclimate to the altitude before we begin Monday afternoon.
We recommend that you fly to Lima then directly to the airport in Cuzco. Be sure that you have enough time to make your connecting flight in Lima to Cuzco. Flights to Cuzco leave in the morning from the same airport as international flight arrivals. Do not accept any assistance from anyone claiming that the flights to Cuzco leave from a different building.

Peru is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and many airlines (US and international) fly there. Best prices are typically associated with the purchase of an international flight originating in the US and ending in Cuzco. LAN is a good airline that offers direct flights between various US gateways and Lima, and a number of US and other international carriers fly to Lima with easy connections at major hubs. Please remember that even if your ticket show direct flight to Cuzco, all passengers must pick up their baggage in Lima and go through customs there.

Tourist visas are issued at Peruʹs Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. All flights in Peru, both domestic and international, are subject to an airport fee. Fees change frequently but are approx. $37 for international flights and $7 for domestic flights. Make sure your passport is valid until at least 6 months after the date you are planning to return. For more information, please consult the US State Department relevant page.

Dr. Alexei Vranich
310.825.3050

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA

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Hyslop, John
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Protzen, Jean- Pierre
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Collin McEwan and Maarten Van de Guchte
1992 Ancestral Time and Sacred Space in Inca State Ritual. IN The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, ed. R. F. Townsend, The Art Institute, Chicago, pp. 359-371.

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