As the only place simultaneously occupied by the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1000) Andean
states, the Tiwanaku and the Wari, the Moquegua Valley in southern Peru is of critical …

Within the framework of the Research Project for the Development of New Scientific Methods
and Technologies in Archaeological Research, the settlement history of the Nasca–Palpa …

The long-distance movement of craft items and ideas about their manufacture contribute to
imperial projects; facilitating the dissemination of ideologies, serving as tribute, and acting …

Abstract The Elemental Analysis Facility (EAF) at the Field Museum have been generating
compositional data for Andes ceramics since 2005. Although the experimental approaches …

Agate and carnelian beads, imported from South Asia, were widely exchanged in Southeast
Asia during the Iron Age period (500 BCE–500 CE). Recent studies have identified changes …

In order to develop more rigorous methods for ceramic-specific chemical composition
analyses using a portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), this article compares pXRF and …

Abstract During the Middle Horizon (ad 500–1000), the Tiwanaku state dominated the south
central Andes. The production and circulation of goods were important components of …

Abstract The Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (RLW) is a distinctive Late Bronze Age ware
produced from high quality red clay with an array of particular forms and a polished red …

Maya Blue, a nano-structured clay–organic complex of palygorskite and indigo, was used
predominantly before the Spanish Conquest. It has fascinated chemists, material scientists …

Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is becoming a
versatile and mature analytical technique for quantitative major, minor, and trace element …