Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas

这个项目将提供一个5000平方英尺的关于马丘比丘伟大的印加考古遗址的全国之旅，并将为全国公众提供机会，让他们有机会看到独一无二的、很少展出的印加文物，同时也通过参与互动展览和展示来学习考古科学。这次展览展示了如何通过科学来理解过去，从而确定印加皇家庄园的目的、活动和日常生活的性质。实验室研究是游客体验的核心，包括骨学、古病理学、天文学、稳定碳同位素分析、动物骨骼的动物群分析、金属的成分和结构分析以及秘鲁马丘比丘国家保护区动植物的生态分析。项目资金还将用于创建一个网站，其中包括虚拟展览之旅、马丘比丘自助游和用于课堂的基于网络的考古科学课程。更大的项目还包括一个名为“印加库斯科考古”的国际学术研讨会。该展览将于2003年1月在耶鲁皮博迪博物馆开幕，六个月后，将前往洛杉矶、匹兹堡、丹佛、华盛顿特区和芝加哥，然后返回纽黑文，在皮博迪博物馆长期展出。该项目预计将吸引超过200万的访客、学生和网站用户。

This project will provide for a national tour of a 5,000 square-foot exhibit about the great Inca archaeological site of Machu Picchu, and will give a national public audience the opportunity to view one-of-a-kind and seldom exhibited Inca artifacts, while also learning about archaeological science through engaging interactive exhibits and displays. The exhibit demonstrates how understanding the past through science has made it possible to determine the purpose, activities and the nature of daily life on a royal Inca estate. Laboratory research is at the core of the visitor experience, which will include osteology, paleopathology, astronomy, stable carbon isotope analysis, faunal analysis of animal bones, compositional and structural analysis of metals and ecological analysis of the flora and fauna of the Machu Picchu National Researve in Peru. Project funding will also create a Website including a virtual exhibit tour, a self-guided tour of Machu Picchu and web-based archaeological science curriculum for classroom use. The larger project also includes an international scholarly symposium entitled "The Archaeology of Inca Cuzco." The exhibit will open at the Yale Peabody Museum in January, 2003, and after six months, will travel to Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Denver, Washington, DC and Chicago, before it returns to New Haven for long-term installation at the Peabody. The project will reach an audience estimated at well over 2,000,000 visitors, school children, and Website users.