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  One year after his 1911 “rediscovery” of Machu Picchu, Bingham returned to the site with his Expedition team, which included two topographers, a medical doctor, a geologist, an osteologist (bone specialist) and an “archaeological engineer.” Even with this interdisciplinary team of experts, Bingham was unable to ascertain the purpose and use of Machu Picchu. Although his methods were flawed and often overlooked the context in which many of the artifacts were found, the collections he recovered in 1912 still have much to teach us.Continue to Lives of the Inca >> |
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