How does the human past help us figure out how to solve the biggest problems facing
humanity today? For humans, getting things done is always social. Institutions are organized …

Description: First edition.| Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021.| Includes bibliographical
references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020056890 ISBN 978-1-4773-2320-5 (cloth) ISBN …

The destruction of archaeological sites and the loss of archaeological landscapes remains a
global concern as populations and urban areas continue to expand. Archaeological sites …

In this paper, I examine the relationship between technological and aesthetic shifts in
Andean North Coast prestige ceramics and sociopolitical change by focusing on pottery as a …

This dissertation addresses the role of ritual violence in the expansion of the Chimú Empire
(1000/1100-1450/1470 CE) and how sacrifice endured following Inka conquest (1450-1532 …

Abstract Understanding pre-Hispanic Andean medical practices through skeletal evidence
of surgery has been the focus of a number of bioarchaeological investigations in recent …

La investigación arqueológica de las sociedades prehispánicas tardías de la costa
norcentral de Perú, identificadas como Casma y extendidas entre los valles de Chao y …

The subject of the present study is pre-Columbian pyro-engraved gourd vessels (mates
pirograbados) discovered at Castillo de Huarmey–a necropolis of the Wari Empire elites …

Zooarchaeologists have documented the importance of marine resources in the ancient
Andes, and the first field season at Cerro San Isidro (Ancash, Peru) proves no different. The …

Summary The Inca Empire (c. 1400–1532) was the largest Indigenous state to develop in
the Americas, spanning the extraordinarily rich landscapes of the central Andes. Scholarly …