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Research paper thumbnail of Becoming Moche": An Examination of Models of Ethnogenesis Using Archaeological and Bioarchaeological Data for teh Early Itermediate Period (AD 200-750) in the Moche Valley, Peru

Research paper thumbnail of Pampa La Cruz: a New Mass Sacrificial Burial Ground during the Chimú Occupation in Huanchaco, North Coast of Peru

Ñawpa Pacha

En este artículo describimos seis eventos sacrificiales llevados a cabo durante el Periodo Interme... more En este artículo describimos seis eventos sacrificiales llevados a cabo durante el Periodo Intermedio Tardío y el inicio del Horizonte Tardío en Pampa La Cruz (PLC), ubicado en el valle de Moche, costa norte del Perú. El contexto arqueológico y las circunstancias en que los niños y los camélidos fueron sacrificados en PLC son diferentes al sitio previamente investigado de Huanchaquito Las Llamas. PLC plantea la pregunta de si la naturaleza y el propósito del sacrificio humano entre los Chimú fue más diverso y complejo de lo que se pensaba en un principio. Aquí, discutimos posibles escenarios o causas para los diversos eventos de sacrificio identificados en este sitio, intentando amarrar estos eventos a la secuencia cronológica Chimú en general. Ochenta fechas AMS publicadas aquí por primera vez, constituyen la serie más grande y precisa de fechas absolutas para la sociedad Chimú obtenidas de un solo sitio en toda la costa del Perú y por lo tanto se vuelve en una herramienta útil para estudiar esta sociedad prehispánica.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigación de cambios en estructura poblacional, biodistancia y distancia social entre individuos enterrados en San José de Moro a partir de sus características fenotípicas dentales: Temporada 2011

Programa Arqueologico San Jose De Moro Informe De Excavaciones Temporada, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The Pre‑Columbian Peopling and Population Dispersals of South America

Journal of Archaeological Research, 2020

This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular, and bioa... more This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular, and bioarchaeological understanding of the initial peopling and subsequent population dynamics of South America. Well-dated sites point to a colonization by relatively few broad-spectrum foragers from northeastern Asia between ~13,000 and 12,000 cal BC via the Panamanian Peninsula. By ~11,500–11,000 cal BC, a number of regional, specialized bifacial technologies were developed, with evidence for the seasonal scheduling of resources and the colonization of extreme environments. Restricted mobility, landscape modification, and the cultivation of domesticates were underway by ~8000 cal BC. The early migration routes followed by colonists resulted in a broad east-west population structure among ancient South Americans. Genetic, demographic, and skeletal morphological data indicate that a subsequent demographically driven dispersal into South America largely replaced preexisting central Andeans ~5000 BC, due to increased fertility associated with the shift to agriculture. Beyond the Andes, however, there is little evidence of impact of these later expansions on foragers and horticulturists of the Amazon and Southern Cone who were largely descended from Paleoindians and early Holocene populations.

Research paper thumbnail of The Ethnogenesis of Pescador Identity: The Implications of Biodistance Analyses of Initial Period (1550 - 1250 BC) Human Remains from Gramalote, Peru, for Our Understanding of the Social and Economic Dynamics of Ancient Andean Maritime Communities

Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Population Structure Analyses using Phenetic Deciduous Tooth Trait Data from San José de Moro, Peru (A.D. 500 – 850)

Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives, 2016

Population structure analyses based upon deciduous tooth traits for 55 subadults from Middle Moch... more Population structure analyses based upon deciduous tooth traits for 55 subadults from Middle Moche (550–700), Late Moche (700–850), and Terminal (AD 850–950) period graves at San José de Moro, Jequetepeque Valley, Perú, are reported here. The three temporal subadult samples considered here produced an unbiased Fst = 0.037 (S.E. = 0.038) and are highly correlated with results derived from permanent dentitions from the same site (r = 0.997; p = .001) and are similar to the regional population structure analysis and biodistance results reported by Sutter and Castillo (2015), which indicate that biological distances between the three temporal samples increase through time as do indicators for extralocal gene flow into the Jequetepeque Valley. Based upon these results we suggest that population structure estimates derived from deciduous dentitions are useful and represent a largely underutilized form of data

Research paper thumbnail of Tale of Two Cities: Continuity and Change following the Moche Collapse in the Jequetepeque Valley, Perú

Research paper thumbnail of Nonmetric subadult skeletal sexing traits: I. A blind test of the accuracy of eight previously proposed methods using prehistoric known-sex mummies from northern Chile

Journal of forensic sciences, 2003

While a number of nonmetric sex-related traits have been proposed, the accurate assignment of sex... more While a number of nonmetric sex-related traits have been proposed, the accurate assignment of sex to subadult skeletal materials is generally considered problematic. Eight previously proposed nonmetric traits of the ilia and mandible have been demonstrated by other researchers to be related to the known-sex of subadults, yet there has been relatively little research attempting to evaluate the utility of these traits using independent collections of known-sex subadult skeletal remains. These eight traits include: elevation of the auricular surface, angle of the greater sciatic notch, depth of the greater sciatic notch, the "arch criteria," curvature of the iliac crest, gonial eversion, mandibular protrusion, and mandibular arcade shape. The present study blindly tested these eight nonmetric traits using 85 autopsied prehistoric known-sex mummified subadult remains from northern Chile that range in age between newborn and 15 skeletal years of age. The two primary questions e...

Research paper thumbnail of Population Structure during the Demise of the Moche (550–850 AD): Comparative Phenetic Analyses of Tooth Trait Data from San José de Moro, Perú

Population structure analyses and biodistance comparisons for Middle Moche (550–700 AD), Late Moc... more Population structure analyses and biodistance comparisons for Middle Moche (550–700 AD), Late Moche (700–850 AD), and Transitional (850–950 AD) period skeletal samples from San José de Moro with a previously reported Middle Moche period sample from Pacatnamú, a nearby Jequetepeque Valley site, and eight samples from Huaca de la Luna and Cerro Oreja, two sites in the Moche Valley, suggest that substantial levels of extralocal gene flow into the Jequetepeque Valley from the adjacent highlands to the east occurred during the demise of the Moche polity there. This process strongly corresponds to evidence for a temporal increase in exotic grave offerings at San José de Moro during the Late Moche and subsequent Transitional periods. The broader implications of these results for our understanding of the demise of the Moche are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric population dynamics in the Peruvian Andes

Research paper thumbnail of The prehistoric peopling of South America as inferred from epigenetic dental traits

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of Moche Human Sacrifice

Current anthropology, Jan 1, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Biodistance analysis of the Moche sacrificial victims from Huaca de la Luna Plaza 3C: Matrix method test of their origins

American journal of physical …, Jan 1, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Continuity and Transformation During the Terminal Middle Horizon (AD 950–1150): A Bioarchaeological Assessment of Tumilaca Origins Within the Moquegua Valley, …

Latin American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric genetic and culture change: a bioarchaeological search for pre-Inka altiplano colonies in the coastal valleys of Moquegua, Peru, and Azapa, Chile

Latin American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of The Biological Origins and Relations Among the Moche Valley Gallinazo of Cerro Oreja and Other Prehistoric Northern Andean Mortuary Populations

Research paper thumbnail of A bioarchaeological assessment of prehistoric ethnicity among early Late Intermediate period populations of the Azapa Valley, Chile

Us & Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean …, Jan 1, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Nonmetric Cranial Trait Variation and Prehistoric Biocultural Change In the Azapa Valley, Chile

American journal of physical …, Jan 1, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The test of competing models for the prehistoric peopling of the Azapa Valley, Northern Chile, using matrix correlations

Chungará (Arica), Jan 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley

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Research paper thumbnail of Becoming Moche": An Examination of Models of Ethnogenesis Using Archaeological and Bioarchaeological Data for teh Early Itermediate Period (AD 200-750) in the Moche Valley, Peru

Research paper thumbnail of Pampa La Cruz: a New Mass Sacrificial Burial Ground during the Chimú Occupation in Huanchaco, North Coast of Peru

Ñawpa Pacha

En este artículo describimos seis eventos sacrificiales llevados a cabo durante el Periodo Interme... more En este artículo describimos seis eventos sacrificiales llevados a cabo durante el Periodo Intermedio Tardío y el inicio del Horizonte Tardío en Pampa La Cruz (PLC), ubicado en el valle de Moche, costa norte del Perú. El contexto arqueológico y las circunstancias en que los niños y los camélidos fueron sacrificados en PLC son diferentes al sitio previamente investigado de Huanchaquito Las Llamas. PLC plantea la pregunta de si la naturaleza y el propósito del sacrificio humano entre los Chimú fue más diverso y complejo de lo que se pensaba en un principio. Aquí, discutimos posibles escenarios o causas para los diversos eventos de sacrificio identificados en este sitio, intentando amarrar estos eventos a la secuencia cronológica Chimú en general. Ochenta fechas AMS publicadas aquí por primera vez, constituyen la serie más grande y precisa de fechas absolutas para la sociedad Chimú obtenidas de un solo sitio en toda la costa del Perú y por lo tanto se vuelve en una herramienta útil para estudiar esta sociedad prehispánica.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigación de cambios en estructura poblacional, biodistancia y distancia social entre individuos enterrados en San José de Moro a partir de sus características fenotípicas dentales: Temporada 2011

Programa Arqueologico San Jose De Moro Informe De Excavaciones Temporada, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The Pre‑Columbian Peopling and Population Dispersals of South America

Journal of Archaeological Research, 2020

This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular, and bioa... more This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular, and bioarchaeological understanding of the initial peopling and subsequent population dynamics of South America. Well-dated sites point to a colonization by relatively few broad-spectrum foragers from northeastern Asia between ~13,000 and 12,000 cal BC via the Panamanian Peninsula. By ~11,500–11,000 cal BC, a number of regional, specialized bifacial technologies were developed, with evidence for the seasonal scheduling of resources and the colonization of extreme environments. Restricted mobility, landscape modification, and the cultivation of domesticates were underway by ~8000 cal BC. The early migration routes followed by colonists resulted in a broad east-west population structure among ancient South Americans. Genetic, demographic, and skeletal morphological data indicate that a subsequent demographically driven dispersal into South America largely replaced preexisting central Andeans ~5000 BC, due to increased fertility associated with the shift to agriculture. Beyond the Andes, however, there is little evidence of impact of these later expansions on foragers and horticulturists of the Amazon and Southern Cone who were largely descended from Paleoindians and early Holocene populations.

Research paper thumbnail of The Ethnogenesis of Pescador Identity: The Implications of Biodistance Analyses of Initial Period (1550 - 1250 BC) Human Remains from Gramalote, Peru, for Our Understanding of the Social and Economic Dynamics of Ancient Andean Maritime Communities

Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Population Structure Analyses using Phenetic Deciduous Tooth Trait Data from San José de Moro, Peru (A.D. 500 – 850)

Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives, 2016

Population structure analyses based upon deciduous tooth traits for 55 subadults from Middle Moch... more Population structure analyses based upon deciduous tooth traits for 55 subadults from Middle Moche (550–700), Late Moche (700–850), and Terminal (AD 850–950) period graves at San José de Moro, Jequetepeque Valley, Perú, are reported here. The three temporal subadult samples considered here produced an unbiased Fst = 0.037 (S.E. = 0.038) and are highly correlated with results derived from permanent dentitions from the same site (r = 0.997; p = .001) and are similar to the regional population structure analysis and biodistance results reported by Sutter and Castillo (2015), which indicate that biological distances between the three temporal samples increase through time as do indicators for extralocal gene flow into the Jequetepeque Valley. Based upon these results we suggest that population structure estimates derived from deciduous dentitions are useful and represent a largely underutilized form of data

Research paper thumbnail of Tale of Two Cities: Continuity and Change following the Moche Collapse in the Jequetepeque Valley, Perú

Research paper thumbnail of Nonmetric subadult skeletal sexing traits: I. A blind test of the accuracy of eight previously proposed methods using prehistoric known-sex mummies from northern Chile

Journal of forensic sciences, 2003

While a number of nonmetric sex-related traits have been proposed, the accurate assignment of sex... more While a number of nonmetric sex-related traits have been proposed, the accurate assignment of sex to subadult skeletal materials is generally considered problematic. Eight previously proposed nonmetric traits of the ilia and mandible have been demonstrated by other researchers to be related to the known-sex of subadults, yet there has been relatively little research attempting to evaluate the utility of these traits using independent collections of known-sex subadult skeletal remains. These eight traits include: elevation of the auricular surface, angle of the greater sciatic notch, depth of the greater sciatic notch, the "arch criteria," curvature of the iliac crest, gonial eversion, mandibular protrusion, and mandibular arcade shape. The present study blindly tested these eight nonmetric traits using 85 autopsied prehistoric known-sex mummified subadult remains from northern Chile that range in age between newborn and 15 skeletal years of age. The two primary questions e...

Research paper thumbnail of Population Structure during the Demise of the Moche (550–850 AD): Comparative Phenetic Analyses of Tooth Trait Data from San José de Moro, Perú

Population structure analyses and biodistance comparisons for Middle Moche (550–700 AD), Late Moc... more Population structure analyses and biodistance comparisons for Middle Moche (550–700 AD), Late Moche (700–850 AD), and Transitional (850–950 AD) period skeletal samples from San José de Moro with a previously reported Middle Moche period sample from Pacatnamú, a nearby Jequetepeque Valley site, and eight samples from Huaca de la Luna and Cerro Oreja, two sites in the Moche Valley, suggest that substantial levels of extralocal gene flow into the Jequetepeque Valley from the adjacent highlands to the east occurred during the demise of the Moche polity there. This process strongly corresponds to evidence for a temporal increase in exotic grave offerings at San José de Moro during the Late Moche and subsequent Transitional periods. The broader implications of these results for our understanding of the demise of the Moche are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric population dynamics in the Peruvian Andes

Research paper thumbnail of The prehistoric peopling of South America as inferred from epigenetic dental traits

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of Moche Human Sacrifice

Current anthropology, Jan 1, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Biodistance analysis of the Moche sacrificial victims from Huaca de la Luna Plaza 3C: Matrix method test of their origins

American journal of physical …, Jan 1, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Continuity and Transformation During the Terminal Middle Horizon (AD 950–1150): A Bioarchaeological Assessment of Tumilaca Origins Within the Moquegua Valley, …

Latin American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric genetic and culture change: a bioarchaeological search for pre-Inka altiplano colonies in the coastal valleys of Moquegua, Peru, and Azapa, Chile

Latin American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of The Biological Origins and Relations Among the Moche Valley Gallinazo of Cerro Oreja and Other Prehistoric Northern Andean Mortuary Populations

Research paper thumbnail of A bioarchaeological assessment of prehistoric ethnicity among early Late Intermediate period populations of the Azapa Valley, Chile

Us & Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean …, Jan 1, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Nonmetric Cranial Trait Variation and Prehistoric Biocultural Change In the Azapa Valley, Chile

American journal of physical …, Jan 1, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The test of competing models for the prehistoric peopling of the Azapa Valley, Northern Chile, using matrix correlations

Chungará (Arica), Jan 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley

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Research paper thumbnail of Kasapata and the Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley

Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is kno... more Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its pre-Inca inhabitants. Until recently it was widely believed that the first inhabitants of the Cuzco Valley were farmers who lived in scattered villages along the valley floor (ca. 1000 BC) and that there were no Archaic Period remains in the region. This perspective was challenged during a systematic survey of the valley, when numerous preceramic sites were found. Additional information came from excavations at the site of Kasapata, the largest preceramic site identified during the survey. It is now clear that the Cuzco Valley was inhabited, like many other regions of the Andes, soon after the retreat of the Pleistocene glaciers and that it supported thriving cultures of hunters and foragers for hundreds of generations before the advent of permanent settlements. This edited volume provides the first overview of the Archaic Period (9000 - 2200 BC) in the Cuzco Valley. The chapters include a detailed discussion of the distribution of Archaic sites in the valley as well as the result of excavations at the site of Kasapata. Separate chapters are dedicated to examining the lithics, human burials, faunal remains, and obsidian recovered at this remarkably well-preserved site.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies

by J. Heath Anderson, Ronald "Sonny" Faulseit, Gary Feinman, Tristram Kidder, Nicola Sharratt, Julie A Hoggarth, Christina Conlee, Jakob Sedig, Andrea Torvinen, Scott Hutson, Kari A. Zobler, Thomas E Emerson, Kristin Hedman, Maureen E Meyers, Chris Rodning, Jayur Mehta, Rebecca Storey, Matthew Peeples, Christopher Pool, Victor Thompson, and Richard Sutter

The last several decades have seen the publication of a considerable amount of scholarly and popu... more The last several decades have seen the publication of a considerable amount of scholarly and popular literature concerning the collapse of complex societies, yielding a fair amount of comparative data and hypotheses regarding this phenomenon. More recently, scholars have begun to challenge these works, rejecting the notion of collapse altogether in favor of focusing on concepts such as resilience and transformation. Driven by these developments, archaeologists have turned their attention to what occurs in the aftermath of sociopolitical decline, attempting to identify factors that contribute to the regeneration, transformation, or reorganization of complex sociopolitical institutions. Subsequent research has provided important data shedding light on political environments that were once characterized as “dark ages.” In that time, general theoretical approaches have transformed as well, and recent frameworks reconsider collapse and reorganization not as unrelated or sequential phenomena but as integral components in a cyclical understanding of the evolution of complex societies. The most recent of these approaches incorporates the tenets of Resilience Theory, as developed by environmental scientists.
In March 2013, an international conference held at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale brought together scholars with diverse theoretical perspectives to present and synthesize new data and approaches to understanding the collapse and reorganization of complex societies. No restrictions were imposed regarding chronological periods, geographical regions or material specialties, resulting in a wide-ranging potential for comparative analysis. This publication is the outcome of that meeting. It is not organized merely as a collection of diverse case studies, but rather a collaborative effort incorporating various data sets to evaluate and expand on theoretical approaches to this important subject. The works contained within this volume are organized into five sections: the first sets the stage with introductory papers by the editor and distinguished contributor, Joseph Tainter; the second contains works by distinguished scholars approaching collapse and reorganization from new theoretical perspectives; the third presents critical archaeological analyses of the effectiveness of Resilience Theory as a heuristic tool for modeling these phenomena; the fourth section presents long-term adaptive strategies employed by prehistoric societies to cope with stresses and avoid collapse; the final section highlights new research on post-decline contexts in a variety of temporal and geographic ranges and relates these data to the more comprehensive works on the subject.

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Research paper thumbnail of Andean Past 6 2000/2001

by Monica Barnes, Dan Sandweiss, David Fleming, Thomas Zoubek, Maria Masucci, David Blower, Robert Bednarik, Tamara Bray, Lucy Salazar, Richard Sutter, Christine Hastorf, and Francis A. Riddell

This volume contains the following articles, research reports, and obituaries: "Editor's Preface"... more This volume contains the following articles, research reports, and obituaries: "Editor's Preface" by Monica Barnes; Lynda Elliot Spickard, July 14, 1944 - August 10, 1999" by Robin M. Brown; "The Nanchoc Lithic Tradition of Northern Peru: Microscopic Use-Wear Analysis" by Tom D. Dillehay and Jack Rossen; "Archaeological Investigations at the Initial Period Center of Huaca El Gallo/Huaca La Gallina, Viru Valley, Peru: the 1994 Field Season" by Thomas A. Zoubek; "Bodiless Human Heads in Paracas Necropolis Textile Iconography" by Anne Paul; "The Miraflores El Nino Disaster: Convergent Catastrophes and Prehistoric Agrarian Change in Southern Peru" by Dennis R. Satterlee, Michael E. Moseley, David K. Keefer, and Jorge E. Tapia A.; "The Jeli Phase Complex at La Emerenciana, a Late Valdivia Site in Southern El Oro Province, Ecuador by John Edward Staller; "Defining Ceramic Change and Cultural Interaction: Results of Typological, Chronological, and Technological Analyses of Guangala Phase Ceramics" by Maria Masucci; "The Many Facets of Mullu: More Than just a Spondylus Shell" by David Blower; "Inca Estates and the Encomienda: Hernando Pizarro's Holdings in Cusco" by Catherine Julien; "Age Estimates for the Petroglyph Sequence of Inca Huasi, Mizque, Bolivia" by Robert G. Bednarik; "The Puzolana Obsidian Source: Locating the Geologic Source of Ayacucho Type Obsidian" by Richard L. Burger and Michael D. Glascock; "The Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory: The First Eighteen Years" by Richard E. Daggett; "The Origins and the First 25 years (1973-1997) of the Midwestern Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory" by David L. Browman; "Pimampiro Project" by Tamara L. Bray; "Hacienda La Florida, Ayalan Cemetery, Anllulla Shell Midden Mound, and Ferdon's Surface Collection" by Earl H. Lubensky; "Pichincha Province" by Ronald D. Lippi; "Batan Grande, Lambayeque Valley" by Izumi Shimada and Julie Farnum; "Zana-Niepos Project" by Jack Rossen; "Beach Ridges, Santa Valley" by Dan Sandweiss, Daniel F. Belknap, Stacy H. Schafer Rogers, and Jeffrey N. Rogers; "Villa Salvador and Huaca Pucllana, Lima" by Kate Pechenkina; "Manchay Bajo, Lurin Valley" by Richard Burger and Lucy Salazar Burger; "La Paloma, Chilca Valley" by Bob Benfer; "Antibal, Chilca Valley" by Bob Benfer, Neil Duncan, Kate Pechenkina, and Bernardino Ojeda; "Asia Site" by Kate Pechenkina, Julie Farnum, Joe Vrandenburg, and Bob Bener; "Nazca Drainage" by Donald A. Proulx, Ana Nieves, Henry Falcon Amado, and Miriam Gavilan Roayza; "California Institute of Peruvian Studies on the South Coast" by Francis A. Riddell, Richard Brooks, Anna Noah, Alina Aparicio, Sheilagh Brooks, Sandra Asmussen, J. Arthur Freed, Marie Cottrell, Lidio Valdez, William Fowlks, Zasha Trivisonno, Frances Durocher, John Schaller, Nathan Parker, Dwight Wallace, Julio Manrique, Grace Katterman, Oscar Bendezu, Catherine Julien, Margaret Enrile, and Juan Segura; "Chivay, Colca Valley" by Dan Sandweiss, Hal Borns, and Bernardino Ojeda; "Quebrada Jaguay" by Dan Sandweiss, Roland Paredes, Bernardino Ojeda, Maria del Carmen Sandweiss, Heather McInnis, Trevor Ott, Osvaldo Chozo, Miguel Cabrera, Arturo Santos, Ted McClure, Ben Tanner, Fred Andrus, Oswaldo Chozo, Julissa Ugarte, Dave Sanger, Dolores Piperno, Elizabeth Reitz, Howard Melville, and Bruce Smith; "Dental Research" by Rick Sutter; "Taraco Project" by Christine Hastorf, Matt Bandy, Lee Stedman, Kate Moore, William Whitehead, Jose Luis Paz, Melissa Goodman, Ian Hodder, Donald Johnson, John Southon, Susan D. de France, David W. Steadman, Kate Moore, Deborah Blom, Sonia Alconini, Sigrid Arnott, Emily Dean, David Kojan, Rene Ayon, Franz Choque, and Mario Montano Aragon.

Research paper thumbnail of Andean Past 7 2005

This volume contains the following articles and obituaries: "Editor's Preface" by Daniel H. Sandw... more This volume contains the following articles and obituaries: "Editor's Preface" by Daniel H. Sandweiss; "Frederic-Andre Engel (1980-2002)" by Robert A. Benfer, Jr.; "Francis Allen (Fritz) Riddell (1921-2002) by Jonathan Kent; "Susana Meneses de Alva (1948-2002)" by Christopher B. Donnan; "Early Paracas Cultural Contexts: New Evidence from Callango" by Lisa DeLeonardis; "New Studies on the Settlements and Geoglyphs in Palpa, Peru" by Johny Isla and Markus Reindel; "Exchange of Quispisisa Obsidian in Nasca: New evidence from Marcaya" by Kevin J. Vaughn and Michael D. Glascock; Monkey Saw, Monkey Did: a Stylization Model for Correlating Nasca and Wari Chronology" by Patricia J. Knobloch; "Gardens in the Desert: archaeobotanical Analysis from the Lower Ica Valley, Peru" by Anita G. Cook and Nancy Parrish; "Regional Autonomy during the Late Prehispanic Period: an Analysis of Ceramics from the Nasca Drainage" by Christina A. Conlee; "The Prehistoric Peopling of South America as Inferred from Epigenetic Dental Traits" by Richard C. Sutter; "Early Inca Expansion and the Incorporation of Local Groups: Ethnohistory and Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Region of Acos, Department of Cusco, Peru" by Dean E. Arnold; "Alfred Kidder II in the Development of American Archaeology; a Biographical and Contextual View" by Karen L. Mohr Chavez.