Pikillacta: The Wari Empire in Cuzco

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments The fieldwork on which this study is based was made possible by grants from the University of Texas Latin American Archaeological Program, the Fulbright-Hays Research Abroad Fellowship program, and National Science Foundation Grants BNS-8112729, BNS-8819481, and BNS-9044446. Excavations were conducted under the authority of the Peruvian National Institute of Culture permit no. 067-81 and Supreme Resolution 268-89-ED. I would like to express my appreciation to Richard P. Schaedel, Ramiro Matos, and Luis Lumbreras, all of whom offered advice and encouragement on this project. In Cuzco very special thanks go to Luis Barreda of the Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. It can truly be said that the Pikillacta project would never have succeeded without his enthusiastic support. I am also very grateful to Jorge Flores and to Manuel Chávez Ballon, of the University of San Antonio Abad, for support and advice. Over the years quite a few people worked on the Pikillacta Project. My thanks to my Peruvian field assistants Lizandro Lantaron, Julio Maza, Roberto Perez, Nemesio Holguin, Wilbert Palomino, Leoncio Vera, and Wilbert Vera for their excellent work and to Leonidas Wilson and the men of the village of Huacarpay who formed the bulk of our labor force. Thanks also to Jean-Pierre, Elsbeth, and Maurice Protzen, Elizabeth Blulle, Jeff King, Mark Hewitt, Donald McEwan, Daniel Julien, Alana Cordy-Collins, Nicole Couture , Mary Glowacki, Ann Hutflies, Rahilla Abbass, and Kathy Reese. Thanks also to Don Rice for advice on the project proposal and to Nicole Couture, Mary Glowacki, Heather Lechtman, John Verano, and Alfredo Valencia, who all contributed to the present volume. Editorial advice from Inga Calvin and Teddy Dewalt, who read many drafts of various chapters of this work is greatly appreciated. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my wife, Nancy, for endless patience and constant support through the many years of this project. ...