Bruno, Maria C., Nicole C. Couture, and Deborah E. Blom. "Proyecto Qochamama?: Experiences, Perceptions, and Representations of Three Female Co-Directors at Tiwanaku, Bolivia." The SAA Archaeological Record 12, no. 2 (2012):...
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...
One of the indigenous staple crops of Andean South America is the pseudocereal quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.). While it was traditionally placed in its own family Chenopodiaceae, recent genetic work located it within the...
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...
Bruno, Maria C., José M. Capriles, Christine A. Hasdorf, Sherilyn C. Fritz, D. Marie Weide, Alejandra I. Domic, and Paul A. Baker. "The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural and Environmental Interactions in the...
Paleoethnobotany or archaeobotany, simply defined as the study of plant remains from archaeological sites, has become a central component of archaeological practice across the globe. Not only are its methods for the recovery...
Sayre, Matthew P., and Maria C. Bruno, eds. "Social Perspectives on Ancient Lives From Paleoethnobotanical Data." Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2017., Maria Bruno is a professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Dickinson...
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...
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...
For more information on the published version, visit ScienceDirect's Website., Weinstein, Karen J. "Thoracic Morphology in Near Eastern Neandertals and Early Modern Humans Compared with Recent Modern Humans from High and Low...