Index
Password protected pages are incomplete, confusing or badly written. However, the password is 256Shades. This is all being rewritten (mainly reducing repetition and unnecessary detail) the latest version is on the right hand column, Shades of Grey 2 etc.
A good place to start is
1aa – To begin in the beginning 2016 1aa – To begin in the beginning 2016
1a First Contact August 2016. 1a First Contact August 2016.
2 – More questions than answers
4 – 256 Shades of Grey 4b 256 Shades of Grey 2
5 Rock art in Peru 5b Rock art in Peru 2
08 Llama trails past La Capilla – 15b Metalworking and War 2
09 Llamas in Cochineros – 16b Metalworking in Mala 2
8b Llama Trails past La Capilla 2
14Inca Domination and Sacrifice – 10b Desert Signposts 2
15 Metalworking and War – 11 b How many Llamas 2
16 Metalworking in Mala – 12 b Llama Sacrifice
17 The Staff God – 18b – The Huarochiri Manuscript 2
24b – Where men became gods Mexico
18 Tupus from Lurin to Yauyos 99b – Floods and Huaicos 2
20 The Sword and the Cross – 20b The Hill of Gold 2
21 The Hill of Gold – 21b The Sword and the Cross 2
22 The evolution of Whales, 22b The evolution of Whales 2
27 Huancor and Chincha 2. 27b – Jaguar People 2
28 The Huarochiri Manuscript. 30b – Floods in Cochineros 2
Maranga – 42 – a Trip to the Zoo, 42b – A trip to the zoo 2
43 -From the Zoo to Miraflores 43b – the Zoo to Miraflores 2
44 – Earth Mover, Earth Shaker 44b – Pilgrimage to Pachacamac 2
45 – Cardal and Pan. 45b – Cardal and Pan 2
53 Rapprochement or Repression
54 Return to Calango – 54b – Return to Calango 2
57 Wari wraps and Checas chacras 57b – Wari wraps and Checas chacras 2
73 – Swallows in the Amazon 73b – Swallows in the Amazon
74 -Archaeoastronomy in Peru 74b – Marker stones in the Landscape
75 – Huarochiri Rituals and Festivals 75b – Gary Urton and Chaupi Numca
75bb Sun and Stars at Cochineros
76 – Gary Urton and Chaupi Numca 76b – Huarochiri Rituals and Festivals
101 Hallucinogens july 2018 101 b – Hallucinogens July 2018
102 Five Day Fiesta 102b – Five Day Fiesta
110 Where did all the people go 110b – Where did all the people go?
120 Encomiendas, reducciones and .. 120b – Encomiendas, reducciones…2
125 Extirpaciones and Avila 125b – Extirpaciones and Avila 2
151b – The Rock of Paria Caca 2
111 Pedro Cieza de Leon odds and ends unfinished
And Conclusions
Conclusion 1 – Paria Caca Rock
Conclusion 2 – The Dark Images
Conclusion 3 – Rock Art Dating Paper
The attempts to understand the different layers of images on the stones, and work towards interpreting and dating them, is ongoing, and some of the ideas so far are here, but I have password protected them if they are incomplete or unclear.
4 256 Shades of Grey 4a A few more shades of grey
12 Brighter and darker – 29-Rock Varnish on the Orinoco
59 – What really happening JPEGS 2
And some bits and pieces about other aspects of Peru which are relevant but not fully tied in to the narrative (35 Keeping it in the Family – 36 Chasing Mobile Phones in Huacho – 38 Negotiating with the Gods –
To experience what the stones actually show, and their presence in the landscape, here might be a good place to start
01/The stones and their images
Photograph of the river bank and the stones
Piedra 1 – line drawings and images
Piedra 4 – line drawings and images
Piedra 6 – line drawings and images
Piedra 10 – line drawings and images