The third and last batch of Machu Picchu pieces returned by Yale University arrived in Cusco. 127 is about 35,000 boxes of pottery fragments and 684 lithic pieces, intact and fragmented. The archaeological material is in the Machu Picchu Museum - Casa Concha to be verified and inventoried by a team of specialists from the Ministry of Culture, headed by the Director General of Audit and Control, Blanca Alva Guerrero.
Alva said that "with this installment concludes the agreement reached between the Peruvian government and Yale University signed in 2010," after a long court case. He added that after this, "the final work will start contrast between verified by the Ministry of Culture at the headquarters of the Yale in 2008 and total pieces repatriated between 2011 and 2012."
By an agreement signed with the Ministry of Culture, the San Antonio Abad University of Cusco, is responsible for the custody and exhibit cultural property returned by the U.S. university. To which, the Machu Picchu Museum - Casa Concha, owned by this university, has been refurbished to accommodate all the parts in good condition.
This latest batch of pieces, not considered museum pieces, will be subjected to studies by Peruvian and foreign researchers, said the head of the International Centre for the Study of Machu Picchu and Inca Culture (CIEMCI), Key Miranda. He said that evaluates the exposure of stone pieces, along with about 300 pieces and displayed in this museum.
As recalled in April 2011 came the first batch of 363 pieces, including ceramics, bones and metals were extracted by explorer Hiram Bingham 100 years ago. In December of the same year, Yale University delivered the second batch with 176 bones.
