Field notes, v1516
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AK Pearson 1969 13 We were doing cyto-tax work in the tent both afternoon and evening. The temperature dropped spectacularly as the m[illegible] disappeared, and we had spent the night in the tent. July 9, 1969 4:ten ENE Pucusa, Dep't 2 Lina. Woke up with a wild headache this morning. We broke camp while Carl figured up showa (my traps had nothing), and headed down the road. Myrnel also was having a bad headache- the first symptom of distress she has shown. We picked up Myrna, Ray, & OP's traps down the road and then went downhill to San Jorates where we had breakfast at a little roadside restaurant .... our first meal out in Peru! Arrived in Lina about 11, had a wash-up visit at the Davis' house where we also picked up some mail, and then back to Papa Leon Tree. I drove over to "cactus hill" set where Carl wanted to set some traps. There is an archeological sample on the side of a hill there, showing about 1 1/2' of human sedimentation - shell fragments interspersed with dark dirt and fibrous stuff. The site seems sort of strange: neither at the top of the hill nor at the bottom. Carl & I pulled apart carnivore droppings after supper while the others were working with mice. Among the prey items were (from 5-6 drosoph)