ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

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The Agro-Archaeological Project of the Beni (University of Pennsylvania and Dirección Nacional de Arqueología y Antropología) wishes to thank the following sponsors and institutions for their generous financial and scholarly support of the research in the Bolivian Amazon.

 

Fieldwork and analysis were supported by

 

·       The National Science Foundation

·       The John Heinz Charitable Trust Foundation

·       The American Philosophical Society

·       University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Research Funds

·       Corporación del Beni (CORDEBENI)

 

Special Thanks:

 

Mr. Kenneth Lee pointed out the natural, cultural, archaeological, and historical importance of the Baures region in the late 1950s. [web link]

 

Dr. William Denevan was responsible for bringing the Llanos de Mojos to the attention of the scholarly world.

 

Dr. Alexei Vranich, Oscar Saavedra, and Freddy Bruckner did the first archaeological study of the Baures earthworks in 1995.

 

 

Dr. Clark Erickson (Director) and Archaeologist Wilma Winkler (co-director) wish to especially thank the following institutions and individuals:

 

·       Dirección Nacional de Arqueología y Antropología de Bolivia

·       The Prefectura of the Department of the Beni

·       The Alcaldia of Trinidad

·       Authorities of the towns of Baures and Bella Vista

·       Fundación para la Ciencia y el Desarrollo Sostenible del Beni [web link]

 

Kenneth Lee

Hans Schlink

Ricardo Bottega

Rodolfo Pinto Parada

Arnaldo Lijeron

Edwin Bruckner

Anita Bruckner

Conrad Bruckner

Oswaldo Rivera

Dr. Robert Langstroth

Dr. William Denevan

Dr. Alexei Vranich

Dr. John Walker

Dante Angelo

Dr. Kay Candler

Dina Liebowitz

Adriana López

Mary Mitchell

Dr. Peter Stahl

Robert and Monica Dunn

Dan Brinkmeier

Dr. William Balée

Zach Christman (Webmaster)

 

 

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