Andean Aymara

AndeanAymara is very grateful to SystemC for the generous donation of much-needed school supplies. These materials will be distributed to the students of Muylaque and Sijuaya later this year where they will certainly be put to good use.
Thanks a lot!

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I’ve been meaning to introduce more linguistics to this blog, so let’s jump right into it. First things first though, sorry for the disorganization. I’m not going to start by analyzing morphemes, words, declarative phrases, interrogatives, etc etc… Actually, this blog will sort of dive into the topic, full speed ahead. OK, now for a [...]

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Apparently, according to the correspondence regarding the “documentary” mentioned below, the film was going to make some suggestions about the origins of Tiwanaku. For an intelligent and educated counter to such bogus claims, check out “Ancient Tiwanaku” (Cambridge University Press) by Janusek, from the “Case Studies in Early Socities” series. 
In fact, Janusek tackles this issue [...]

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Just last week, a researcher from Prometheus Entertainment wrote me asking for permission to use photos from this the website in a documentary which he claimed involved an examination of South American indigenous cultures. Naturally, I was intrigued; I thought that this may be a good forum for these pictures. Fortunately, before signing on, I [...]

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According to a story in the Peruvian Times, archaeolgists are hard at work in Chan Chan:
“A team of 500 archaeologists and workers has restored 2.5 kilometers of 12 meter-high walls in the city of Chan Chan - America’s largest pre-Hispanic mud-brick settlement - after rains in Peru’s normally arid northern coast caused ancient walls to [...]

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OWNAL: Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19 2009, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK
 
The Center for Tribal Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK, announces its 2nd annual Oklahoma Workshop on Native American Languages. OWNAL focuses on descriptive studies of indigenous languages of the Americas. This weekend workshop takes place at the end of the 37th [...]

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Herzog has returned again to Peru, the land where he filmed two excellent films, Aguirre der Zorn Gottes in 1972 and, a decade later, Fitzcarraldo both with Klaus Kinski. Apparently he is filming near the Vilcanota River (AKA Wilcamayu/Huilcamayo, Urubamba) in Cusco’s Sacred Valley. This should be good…

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The Regional Learning Project announced the release of another documentary directed by Dr. Sally Thompson (University of Michigan) which seems like it may be interesting, though I’ve yet to see it.
According to the description on the project website:
Tribal languages are disappearing at an alarming rate. This film reviews the history of indigenous language loss, documents [...]

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A shoot-out between squatters and police in the Pomac forest in Batán Grande resulted in the destruction or damage of roughly 400 pre-Inca ruins. 
Photos of sights in the forest itself can be seen here.

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There is a new version of ELAN now available for download. This program can be used to annotate video and audio so as to better analyze spoken/sign language and gesture. I don’t know of any study on Aymara that used this software, though I wonder of Nunez’s study could’ve benefited from it. 
In any case, you can [...]

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