Jennings, Justin, Biwer, Matthew E., and Conlee, Christina A.

Most conceptualizations of the state in archaeology remain rooted in Enlightenment ideas of interlocking institutions that existed external to individuals and their interactions. These static conceptualizations often run...

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Biwer, Matthew E., Bautista, Stefanie L., Álvarez, Willy Yépez, and Jennings, Justin

In the pre-Columbian Andes, the use of hallucinogens during the Formative period (900–300 BC) often supported exclusionary political strategies, whereas, during the Late Horizon (AD 1450–1532), Inca leaders emphasised corporate...

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Melton, Mallory A. and Biwer, Matthew E.

Chuño is created by subjecting Solanum subspecies or other tubers to a process of freeze-drying that reduces their weight and renders them highly storable. Despite the importance of chuño within traditional Andean foodways, we...

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