Mark engages with Paraguayan archaeology

Mark Robinson and project collaborator José Iriate, presented research at the Andrés Barbero Ethnographic Museum and Museo ITAIPU Tierra Guaraní in Paraguay. The Exeter based researchers, along with Yoshi Maezumi and Mike Ordemann (Max Planck), then joined Paraguayan archaeologist, Mirtha Alfonso, to assist with a new international fieldwork program that explores the cultural and environmental history of the country, including collecting palaeoenvironmental lake cores in Lago Ypacaraí and assessing stratigraphy at the rock art sites in the Parque Nacional Cerro Corá. A massive thanks is extended to Mirtha, Débora Soto Vera, Guillermo Lamenza, and Migue Torales Peña (and the wider group of Paraguayan researchers), for their warm welcome and for sharing the beautiful and interesting landscapes and history of the region. We hope this is the start of a wonderful long collaboration.