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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Marsh, Erik J., Vranich, Alexei, Ancapichún, Santiago , Knudson, Kelly J. , Popović, Danijela , Cunietti, Gianni , Blom, Deborah , Bruno, Maria , Davis, Katharine , Augustine, Jonah , and Couture, Nicole C.

The timing of Tiwanaku’s collapse remains contested. Here we present a generational-scale chronology of Tiwanaku using Bayesian models of 102 radiocarbon dates, including 45 unpublished dates. This chronology tracks four...

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Nash, Donna J., Biwer, Matthew E., and Witte, Emilee

Chicha (a fermented beverage) was an essential element of the political economy for some prehistoric Andean societies. In this article we outline the archaeological correlates of chicha production for the Wari Empire (ca....

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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. , Alaica, Aleksa K. , Biwer, Matthew E. , González La Rosa, Luis Manuel , Gordon, Gwyneth, Knudson, Kelly J., VanDerwarker, Amber M. , and Jennings, Justin

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...

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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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Bruno, Maria C., Hastorf, Christine A., Janusek, John W., Smith, Scott C., Roddick, Andrew P., and Marsh, Erik J.

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...

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Newton, Elizabeth, Goeckner, Ryan, Scaggs, Shane A., Hunter, Chelsea E., Arceño, Mark Anthony, Biwer, Matthew E., Gremillion, Kristen, Field, Julie S., Kawa, Nicholas C., Rhue, Steven J., McCorriston, Joy, Willow, Anna, Moritz, Mark, and Downey, Sean S.

Humanity faces a number of wicked problems, from global climate change and the coronavirus pandemic to systemic racism and widening economic inequality. Since such complex and dynamic problems are plagued by disagreement among...

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