"Clash of the Andean Titans:  Huari and Tiwanaku at Cerro Baul"

Thursday, March 7, 2002 at 7 p.m.
The Bodwell Area, Maine Center for the Arts, The University of Maine, Orono

Patrick Ryan Williams, Curator of Archaeological Science, The Field Museum, Chicago

For 400 years the Huari held sway over the sacred peak of Cerro Baul, ruling over the Moquega Valley of Peru while Tiwanaku peoples toiled in the fields and built temples in the nearby colonial towns of Omo and Chen Chen.  Recent research has
revealed startling new insights into the lives of the Huari governors and their interactions with the Tiwanaku rulers of the towns just beyond the mountain.  Excavations illuminate the dynamic relationship between two empires that ultimately led to
the demise of both.  This lecture is free and open to the public.

Sponsored and funded by the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee (Arthur R. Lord Fund); Executive Vice President and Provost; Dean of Cultural Affairs and Libraries and the Hudson Museum.

Stephen L. Whittington
Director
Hudson Museum
University of Maine
5746 Maine Center for the Arts
Orono, ME 04469-5746
USA
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