The methodology employed in site location and initial recording was the orthodox methodology developed for total coverage pedestrian archaeological survey in arid and semi-arid areas, and is therefore broadly comparable to that of prior settlement research carried out in the Titicaca Basin (See [Albarracín-Jordan and Mathews 1990,Mathews 1992,Albarracín-Jordan 1996a,Stanish et al. 1997,Stanish 1994]) and in much of the Americas (cf. [Fish and Kowalewski 1990,Parsons 1976]). Coverage was achieved by walking parallel North-South transects with a crew of between five and seven persons. Crew members were spaced at 30 meter intervals. When prehistoric cultural materials were encountered I personally inspected the potential site.
Most sites consisted of ceramic scatters. Some agricultural features were observed and were assigned site numbers. These were unusual, however.