Blog Post – Ross Davison – 7/13/09

Nothing about our day was boring.  The day started with a ride up a cobblestone roadway in the back of a pick-up, weaving through herds of sheep and locals busily working their fields.  The view was nothing short of spectacular.  The valley stretched out before me, surrounded by green mountain, patch-worked with the farms of locals.  When we arrived at Capana Pucara, our start off point for the day, I was a little sad our ride was over, but one look down the path we would soon be traversing had me back in ecstasy.

After tromping through a few fields, and crossing a narrow water way, we spread out, at exactly twenty meters to begin looking for possible sites.  We crossed countless fields of unknown crops but found nothing.  At last, right after lunch, we found our first site.  Easton gave the call, ¨hey guys, packs down, we got a site.¨   We all dropped our gear and ran to the find.  Some pottery here, some there but it was enough.  As Easton began the documentation, we all headed out in different directions.  North and South, East and West we found the boarders.  The site was marked, surface samples were taken, and we were satisfied for the day.

-Ross Davison