Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
Professional Development Workshops for Educators
PIER- Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
In search of Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
October 15, 2005
Yale University
High in the Peruvian cloud forest the Inca country palace of Machu Picchu is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the world. When local farmers first showed members of the 1911 Yale Peruvian Expedition to the site, it had survived in a near pristine state since the Inca abandoned it in the early 16th century.
The expedition was led by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham, who excavated hundreds of objects that tell the story of everyday life at Machu Picchu. Many of these objects will be on view to the public for the first time in the Peabody exhibition Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas. Together with the 11,000 photographs Bingham took, they form a unique scientific, historic and artistic resource that enables us to reconstruct the daily life of Machu Picchu at its zenith 500 years ago.
You are invited to participate in an intensive educational workshop involving the participation of the exhibition’s co-curators: Curator of Anthropology Professor Richard Burger and Curatorial Affiliate and archaeologist Lucy Salazar.
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Private Tour of the Machu Picchu Exhibtion at the Peabody Museum
Lucy Salazar, Co-curator, Machu Picchu Exhibition, Peabody Museum
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (Part I)
Lucy Salazar, Co-curator, Machu Picchu Exhibition, Peabody Museum
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Portrayals of Machu Picchu/ Different Lenses
Documentaries
Lucy Salazar & Carolina Belalcázar
Odyssey - The Incas
Public Broadcasting Service, 1980Secrets of the Inca Empire, Machu Picchu – Searching for Lost Worlds
A CineNova Production for Discovery Channel, 1998
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (Part II)
Richard Burger, Co-curator, Machu Picchu Exhibition, Peabody Museum
Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (Book that corresponds to the workshop)
by Richard L. Burger (Editor), Lucy C. Salazar (Editor)
Yale University, 2004; ISBN 0300097638.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded for this 8 hrs. workshop(s)/ (.8 CEUs); CEU’s will be submitted when the Professional Development Workshops for Fall 2005 come to an end in December.
Location:
Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Luce Hall, Room 202
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06520
Sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, the U.S. Department of Education through a Title VI National Resource Grant & the Yale Peabody Museum.
For more information & registration please contact PIER-CLAIS Outreach Director, Carolina Belalcázar at carolina.belalcazar@yale.edu, 203-432-5605 or 230-432-3422.