Andean Aymara

It’s been a while since there’s been any update on this website, mainly because the description of Muylaq’ Aymara is rapidly coming to a close and I’m spending most of my time measuring vowel formants.
That being said, one can measure only so many formants before going crazy. That’s where the Internet comes in as [...]

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I’ve been meanig to post an update on the Muylaq’ Aymara documentation project for some time now, but things have been so busy that it’s only now that I’m getting to it. Here’s a summary of some of the latest developments:

Thanks to the help of Edwin Banegas and his family, the book of Aymara stories [...]

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Many cave paintings were rediscovered by Peruvian archaeologist Olivera in the Toquepala caves of the Western Andes in Utcubamba province. [link]
Pre-Incan cemetary and citadel found in the Bagua Grande region. Also found:  circular stone dwellings, a variety of tools. [link]
Kichua and Arbela indigenous communities block river traffic on Curacay and Napo Rivers on April 12 [...]

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We’ve been seeing more and more about the effects of global warming in the Andean highlands (check out this article if you need some convincing), and here’s another sad story, according to El Comercio:
Lluvias ocasionaron deslizamiento de lodo y rocas en campamento minero de Winchumayo. Al cierre de esta edición 20 personas seguían desaparecidas. Hay cuatro [...]

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Here is a video and some information from Radio Nederland regarding Morales at the UN conference on narcotics, speaking about coca.  After living in Amsterdam for the past 3+ years, I never knew that Radio Nederland has so much Spanish-language material and programs.

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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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Bad news for an amazing place:
“Heavy rains have damaged Peru’s famed Nazca lines, a top tourist attraction and one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries, reported daily Peru21 on Tuesday.”
PeruvianTimes
Lluvias afectaron ‘La Mano’ en Nasca
“En algunas partes de los dedos de dicha figura se ve una capa arcillosa causada por las precipitaciones. El arqueólogo residente [...]

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According to the Peruvian Times, the Regional Council in Puno passed a motion to rename the department the “Quechua and Aymara Autonomous Federal Region”, originally spearheaded by Aprista party Yunguyo province representative Neyellko Gutiérrez Quispe - though denouncement quickly followed from Lima bureaucrat and constitutional expert, César Valeg as well as Congressman Yonhy Lescano.
Articles [...]

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