Participants in the Cruz Mayor Expedition to Papua New Guinea 2008

• Mr. Antonio Cruz-Mayor Prendes: mentor and unique financier of the expedition. Other expeditions brought about: National Park Manú (Peru) in 1982; living with the Aucas Indians  (Ecuador) in 1985; investigation and studio in the south of Algeria and Libya, etc... Antonio Cruz-Mayor Prendes' website
• Dr. Nancy Sullivan: Anthropologist, with 20 years of residency in Papua New Guinea, specialized in Yimas and Awim cultures. Teacher of the Divine Word University in PNG. Dr. Sullivan will be in charge of obtaining the ethnographic informations with the registered places. Member of the Explorers Club. Nancy Sullivan's web page
• Mr. Edmundo Edwards Eastman: Archaeologist and researcher associated to the Study Center of the Pascua Island, of Chile University and Vicepresident of  Eastern Pacific Research Foundation in USA. Specialist in performing archaeological prospecting and in the registration of  cave painting art in the Pacific. Responsible Director for the organization of this expedition. Member of Explorers Club.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  
• Dr. Bassam Ghaleb: Geologist , Researcher of the  Centre de Recherche en Géochimie et Géodynamique of the McGill University in Canada, and who has recently dated the cavern of Chauvet in France. Dr. Ghaleb will be in charged of obtaining samples by non destructive methods to date the paintings.
• Mrs. Mara Riroroko Laharoa: Archeologist, Edmundo Edwards' wife and assistant.
• Mr. Roberto Forster Mújica: Architect and studious of cave paintings of the Pacific. Author of countless  pictorial  works on cave paintings, scriptwriter, writer and chronicler of the Expedition.
• Mr. Gonzalo Rojas: Cameraman, and art director with extensive computational experience. He will be in charged of developing the documentary of the Expedition in collaboration with Roberto Forster.
• Mr. Sebastián Riroroko Tuki: Camera assistant.
• Mr. Jaime Riroroko Laharoa: Sound assistant, vast experience in archeologic register.
• Mr. Roberto Glaría: Biologist and climter, responsible for the safety of the team.
• Mr. Criss, Mr. Cristo, Mr. Wanda & Mr. Joshua: native students of anthropology in the Papua University.
• Supporting group of the Awim ethnic group.