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At the Convention Center of the Municipality of Cusco. In tribute to Cusco in its jubilee festivities, the director of the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco, Architect Guido Bayro inaugurated today the fourteenth Cycle of Conferences on Regional Archeology (CODAR XIV) at the Convention Center of the Municipality of Cusco.
Before an auditorium full of researchers, professionals, university professors and students of Social Sciences, the official highlighted the important research work carried out by professionals from the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco in the different parks, areas and archaeological sites of the region, to expand knowledge about Inca culture and pre-Inca cultures.
There is no better way to pay tribute to our sacred land than by publicizing the important advances and results of multidisciplinary research carried out throughout the Cusco region. This allows us to learn even more about our history and our past, strengthening our pride and cultural identity, stressed Architect Guido Bayro when inaugurating the academic contest.
On the first day of exhibitions, archaeologists Luz Marina Monrroy and Gory Tumi Echevarria addressed The Burials of Marcavalle, Archaeological Context and Social Implications for the First Settlement of Cusco. Likewise, Patricia Arroyo spoke on Women in the History of Cusco Archeology.
Exhibitions were also presented on the ceramic occupations in Machupicchu, the Usnu Inca of Tarawasi, the digital facial reconstruction of a skull from the Inca period, the mountain of Machupicchu, the qolqas of Raqchi, the archaeological landscape of Waqrapukara, the cultural material of Sinkunacancha, the Machuqolqa sector in Chinchero, the manufacture of ceramics in the Sacred Valley and the management of the Ollantaytambo Archaeological Park.
For Tuesday, June 4, exhibitions have been scheduled on artisanal technology for the production of bronze objects in San Pablo, pottery artisans from Kullupata, Acomayo; restoration of the Paqchayoc sector of the Choquequirao Archaeological Park, Wari architecture in Kaninkunka, Huaro; the Formative occupation of Chitapampa and importance of archaeological interventions in the Historic Center of Cusco.
Likewise, topics such as the ceramic styles and restoration process of Pikillaqta, the Kanamarca Archaeological Zone, 3D registration and virtualization of museums, Lucre ceramics, the Pikillaqta - Santo Tomas transversal route and other topics of regional archeology will be addressed.
