Project Members:

For the past 29 years, our project team has maintained an interdisciplinary and international character. It has drawn students and/or professional investigators from such diverse fields as archaeology, artifact conservation, botany, chemistry, geology, history, metallurgy, physical anthropology, remote sensing, and zoology. They have come from Cuba, England, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Peru, Spain, and the United States.

Members of the five most recent seasons are listed below:

2007 (Laboratory work):

Izumi Shimada (director), Aniko Bezúr (archaeometry, metallurgist), Gabriela Cervantes (archaeologist), Julia Day (artifact conservation), Angela Elliots (artifact conservation), Judy Jungels (artifact conservation), Kelly Knudson (stable isotope analyst), Kimberly Machovec-Smith (artifact conservation), Elvis Mondragon (archaeologist), Sarah Muno (physical anthropologist), Eraina Nossa (archaeologist), César Samillán (illustrator), Ken-ichi Shinoda (physical anthropologist, ancient DNA specialist).

2006 (Excavation at Huaca Loro west cemetery):

Izumi Shimada (director), Carlos Elera (co-director), Aniko Bezúr (archaeometry, metallurgist), Gabriela Cervantes (archaeologist), Katsutomo Kato (physical anthropologist), Go Matsumoto (archaeologist), Elvis Mondragon (archaeologist), Melody Shimada (zooarchaeologist), Ken-ichi Shinoda (physical anthropologist, ancient DNA specialist), César Samillán (illustrator), Ursel Wagner (archaeometrist), Hirokatsu Watanabe (ground penetrating radar specialist).

2001 (Excavation at Huaca Sialupe multi-craft workshop):

Izumi Shimada (director), Jorge Montenegro (co-director), Rosabella Álvarez-Calderón (archaeologist), David Goldstein (paleoethnobotanist), Natalia Guzmán (archaeologist), Haagen Klaus (physical anthropologist), Cristina Rospigliosi (archaeologist), Melody Shimada (zooarchaeologist), Ken-ichi Shinoda (physical anthropologist, ancient DNA specialist), César Samillán (illustrator), Ursel Wagner (archaeometrist).

2000 (Laboratory work; field experiments):

Izumi Shimada (director), David Goldstein (paleoethnobotanist), César Samillán (illustrator), Ursel Wagner (archaeometrist).

1999 (Excavation at Huaca Sialupe multi-craft workshop):

Izumi Shimada (director), Luis Caceres (archaeologist), David Goldstein (paleoethnobotanist), Go Matsumoto (archaeologist), Cristina Rospigliosi (archaeologist), César Samillán (illustrator), Brian Schaffield (archaeologist), Elda Schaffield (archaeology volunteer), Sarah Taylor (archaeologist), Ursel Wagner (archaeometrist).