Langlie, BrieAnna S., Christine A. Hastorf, Maria C. Bruno, Marc Bermann, Renee M. Bonzani, and William Castellón Condarco. "Diversity in Andean Chenopodium Domestication: Describing a New Morphological Type from La Barca,...
Introduction: The Valuation of Flavorful Plants: Staple crops have long been a focus of archaeobotanical studies of fields and gardens worldwide. For example, abundant studies present the domestication, dissemination,...
As archaeobotanists we query the archaeological plant record to understand ancient wild plant gathering, agriculture, and foodways: the quintessential components of human interactions with the plant world. When working with...
Marsh, Erik J., Maria C. Bruno, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Paul Baker, José M. Capriles, and Christine A. Hastorf. "IntCal, SHCal, or a Mixed Curve? Choosing a 14C Calibration Curve for Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Records...
One of the major models for the rise of the Tiwanaku state has been trade between people and colonies outside of the Titicaca Basin. Another major model has been the increased intensity of rituals and feasting at the center to...
Roddick, Andrew P., Maria C. Bruno, and Christine A. Hastorf. Political Centers in Context: Depositional Histories at Formative Period Kala Uyuni, Bolivia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 36 (2014): 140-157....
Significance: Food production systems are critical components in the emergence of complex socioecological systems. In the Andes, societal complexity has often been related to the increasing production and consumption of maize...
The Late Formative period immediately precedes the emergence of Tiwanaku, one of the earliest South American states, yet it is one of the most poorly understood periods in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin (Bolivia). In this...
