Peru Delegation: NCGE, NABT,

NAEE, Holbrook Travel, Prom Peru

*Lambayeque Culture-750-1375 AD*Bodies buried with animals, in layers (often three). Incas on top of Lambayeque*Designs include felines, seagull catching fish*Young women of 8-17 years were sacrificed for fertility reasons *Bodies buried with heads to east, legs to west

Huaca (Burial Mounds) Chotuna

Fiesta Gourmet, Gran Hotel Chiclayo, Lords of Sipan Museum with Dr. Walter Alba

.. to Cocachimba…roadside burials, crops, people

Maranon River Crossing

• Alluvial fields, flat plains, scrub

• brown pelicans, torrent ducks

Beautiful views

• 17 Mega-diverse countries in the world

• Peru is one of 5 in South America

Reforestation Project

• Eucalyptus plants are taking over (not native)

• Over 2000 white potatoes/1000 sweet potatoes are native

Concerns being addressed: *Resources*Pollution and garbage removal*Loss of language*Response to globalization*Response to hazards

Explore ideas:*Resources*Climate Change*Adaptation*Progression of agriculture*Migration*Religion and legends*Geo-spatial technologies*Infrastructure*Sense of Community*Social Practices

Museo Leymebamba with Dr. Sonia Guillen; a model of self-sustainability?

Preservation efforts on Chachapoyandiscoveries from cliff tombs

KuelapFortress

Dr. Alfredo Narvaez has been heading archaeological

recoveries here in the maze of structures buried in the cloud forest region where many ceremonies took the lives of hundreds of men.

Choctamal school..voting..literacy