Professor of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University
Professor of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, he launched the Sicán Archaeological Project in 1978
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Izumi Shimada
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Archeologists Excavate 1000 Year-Old Tombs in Northern Peru Archaeologists working in Peru announced yesterday that they have made an important find, a complex of tombs that casts new light on the Sicán culture, which pre-dates the Incas. The excavations , about 400 miles northwest of Lima, were launched by an anthropology professor at Southern Illinois University and the director of Perú's Sicán National Museum .
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