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A list of things I have done in the past week:

-Eaten cuy (guinea pig! Deep fried is the traditional way to make it, and it is delicious. Like a cross between dark meat of chicken and duck. Lots of little bones, though...)
-Played in the traditional futbol match we have versus some of the guys that help us on the dig. They beat us only slightly badly, but it was lots of fun, for sure.
-Watched the local match (Acari vs Nasca). Futbol here is quite the event. It´s a big dirt field in a stadium sort of thing (though the walls are low-- at one point, the ball went out of the staduim and had to be retrieved), and the spectators will heckle any player, no matter what team they´re on. It was hilarious.
-Mastered the hamate (it´s a carpal bone. For the record, if you need one of them identified or sided, I will rock it). Seriously, we´ve spent a lot of time in the lab cleaning and IDing bones, which is a blast. The field isn´t so exciting-- lots of clean sand in our unit, a few artifacts and an infant´s hand.
-Today was a lab day, to help set up the museum of local artifacts that Lidio is starting here. Not much happening, really, hence more internet. But I´ll probably go get ice cream from the new love of my life, this adorable man and his wife, who practice English on me, and indulge my attempts at Spanish. Plus, he sells the best ice cream ever.
-Oh, right, and last night we celebrated Kyra´s birthday, so there was lots of food, and lots of dancing and singing. It was pretty fun.

That´s all-- only a few days left down here, until we go to Lima and I head home!!

posted by Julia @ 9:40 AM