La ley y el Patrimonio. Recortes

Unpacking artifacts' future in Peru Yale and Peru | Part 3 of 3 The artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu nearly 100 years ago will return to Peru this spring. Photo by Sarah Nutman . . By Sarah Nutman Senior Reporter Wednesday, February 16, 2011 This is a three-part series exploring Yale's decision to return artifacts from Machu Picchu to Peru : the history behind it, the negotiations leading up to it, and its ramifications. Part 3 investigates the viability of the agreement between Yale and Peru, and how the artifacts will be treated once in Peru. (Read part 1 and part 2 .) When University President Richard Levin signed Friday’s agreement establishing future plans for the Machu Picchu artifacts in the Yale Corporation Room of Woodbridge Hall, it finalized a shift in Yale’s tone from one of resistance to one of cooperation. The message is one he has tried to achieve over the past decade and one that has required many rounds of negotiations; ultimately it was only possible thr...

Digging into Peru deliberations Yale and Peru | Part 2 of 3 For archeologists, even small pottery fragments from Machu Picchu can be important in helping develop a more complete idea of ancient Incan culture. Photo by Sarah Nutman . . By Sarah Nutman Tuesday, February 15, 2011 This is a three-part series exploring Yale's decision to return artifacts from Machu Picchu to Peru : the history behind it, the negotiations leading up to it, and its ramifications. Part 2 investigates the deliberations surrounding the repatriation of the artifacts. (Read part 1 and part 3 .) Peruvian President Alan García held a press conference on the morning of Nov. 18. He had just returned from an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting where he had met with President Barack Obama. A reporter asked if he had spoken with Obama about the Machu Picchu artifacts at Yale — a question he should have expected after sending a letter to Obama two weeks earlier requesting his intervention in the matter. Photo b...