Live Archeology Dig! (intern Brian at Aldea)

Trujillo, Peru: While in Peru this past summer working as an intern for Southern Cross Humanitarian, I, along with Della Humphries and Kayla Barclay, had the opportunity to take part in a live archaeological dig.

During a weeks time, I gained a better understanding of Peruvian culture, both ancient and modern.

Under the supervision of the Head Archeologist, Doctor Cristobal Campana, we were able to be witnesses to the uncovering of ancient Peruvian relics including the uncovering of a human sacrifice. During this time we also helped the Peruvian people on both a national and local level.



At the archeological site the directors have created a program where children come to view their ancient ancestry and take part of it so that they will be culturally aware of the importance that these discoveries have in their lives.

We accompanied one such group of children through the archeological site and participated with them in discovering their heritage. Perhaps the most important thing that was accomplished was when Kayla used her title as Miss Utah 2008 to promote local and national involvement in the archaeology. Although interest in such archaeological endeavors has decreased amongst the Peruvian population in recent years, the archeologists were able to promote interest by showing that Miss Utah and other "gringos" were taking time out of their lives to learn more about the national heritage of Peru. In these ways we helped the Peruvian people while at the Archeological site of Chan Chan."