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[Exhumation at two sites at the Instituto Nacional de Educación Básica Experimental (INEBE) in Rabinal], 13 August 2002

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Scope and Contents

Footage from two exhumations at a secondary school, the Instituto Nacional de Educación Básica Experimental (INEBE) in Rabinal, the site of a former military base. Video cuts back and forth between shots from the two sites, one inside a well and one in the middle of a school yard. Various high-angle shots of people digging inside a deep well and in the school yard. Various high-angle shots of anthropologists digging and draining water from site with sponges. Various shots of school children and others watching exhumation. CU unearthed clothing, skulls, and other remains with numbered markers. Chalkboard at one site with marked remains reads "INEBE, Rabinal B.V., FAFG-213-II-7, 13/08/02." CU anthroopologist cutting through clothing and brushing dirt off a skeleton. Various high-angle shots inside deep well, supplies being lifted out of a well, anthropologist climbing out of a well. Various shots of anthropologists carefully removing bones, examining them and placing in marked paper bags. MS of two women in traditional clothing kneeling over the side of the pit observing the exhumation. MS woman lighting candles and arranging a small altar with flowers at the side of the pit. CU anthropologist sketchking the site on graph paper. CU anthropologists' equipment. Another chalkboard inside a pit reads "INEBE, Rabinal, B.V., FAFG-2130II-1, 14/08/02."

Dates

  • Creation: 13 August 2002