OnthecoastofEcuadorandPeruformerhuaqueros(fromhuaca,meaning“holyplaceorobject”)recalltheperiodwhentheywereinvolvedintheillegalexcavationandtradeinprehispanicarchaeologicalobjects.Inaconsciousexplorationoftheboundarybetweenfactandfiction,thefilmfeaturesre-enactmentsofthehuaqueros’experiences. Someoftheobjectssoldweregenuine,butswindlewasalsoinvolved:objectswereeithersecretlyrepairedorwerecompletelyfaked.Weseetheclayforonesuchreplicabeingcarefullyandpreciselyshaped,finishedandtreatedtomakeitlookancient. Thefilmmakersusethewashedoutcolorsof16mmfilmtoevokethenostalgiasurrounding20thcenturytravelfilmsandimplicitlyshowhowthecultureofindigenouscommunitiessufferedundercolonialrule.Byfocusingonthehumanexcavatorsandtheirstories,Huaquerostaysclosetothelocalperspective.