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...
Weinstein, Karen J. "Body Proportions in Ancient Andeans from High and Low Altitudes." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128, no. 3 (2005): 569-585. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.20137, For more...
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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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12231-018-9416-4, Bruno, Maria C., Milton Pinto, and Wilfredo Rojas. "Identifying Domesticated and Wild Kañawa...
For millennia, qeros have been a primary component of ceremonially and politically important toasting rituals in the Andes and retain their cultural significance to this day. These wooden drinking vessels underwent a stylistic...
Published as: Weinstein, Karen J. "Morphological Signatures of High-Altitude Adaptations in the Andean Archaeological Record: Distinguishing Developmental Plasticity and Natural Selection." Quaternary International 461...
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....
This study uses isotope and microbotanical data from the analysis of teeth and dental calculus to investigate camelid diet and foddering practices at Quilcapampa (AD 835–900). By providing taxonomically specific evidence of...
For more information on the published version, visit Wiley's Website., Weinstein, Karen J. "Thoracic Skeletal Morphology and High-Altitude Hypoxia in Andean Prehistory." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134, no.1...