Proyecto Arqueológico Jach’a Machaca
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TEAM
![]() Llama impersonator, Jinchun Kala
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Project Directors
John Janusek Vanderbilt University Sociedad de Arqueologia, La Paz (SALP)
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Archaeologists
Randi Gladwell Vanderbilt University Faunal analysis; camelids; food and ritualized consumption (Khonkho Wankane, Tiwanaku, etc.) Lic. Carlos Lemuz, Sociedad de Arqueologia, la Paz (SALP): Regional settlement analysis; qocha productive systems (Khonkho Wankane, Iruhito, Tiwanaku, etc.) Erik Marsh, University of California, Santa Barbara: Household organization; domestic activities (Khonkho Wankane, Tiwanaku) Arik Ohnstad, Vanderbilt University: Landscape; ceremonialism; monolithic iconography (Khonkho Wankane) Lic. Maribel Perez, University of Pittsburgh: Iruhito; Faunal analysis; regional settlement analysis; residential organization (Khonkho Wankane, Iruhito) Lic. Adolfo "Fito" Perez, Sociedad de Arqueologia, La Paz (SALP): Residential organization; ceramic analysis; lithic analysis; regional analysis (Iruhito and the Desaguadero Basin, Khonkho Wankane) Scott Smith University of California, Riverside: History of ceremonial construction, ceremonialism and political authority, Geographical Information Systems (Khonkho Wankane) Jennifer Zovar, Vanderbilt University: Late Intermediate Period; community/ethnic reformulation; state collapse; ceramic analysis; ritual consumption (Pukara de Khonkho, Khonkho Wankane)
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Specialists and Project Collaborators
Leonardo Benitez: Archaeoastronomy
Carrie Anne Berryman, Vanderbilt University: Bioarchaeology: Dietary anlysis
Dr. Deborah E. Blom, University of Vermont: Bioarchaeology
Dr. Chris Dayton, Boston University: Geophysical Survey
Catherine Domanska, University of Pennsylvania: Bioarchaeology
Amanda Garrison, University of California, Santa Barbara: Groundstone analysis
Dr. Martin Giesso, Northeastern Illinois University: Lithic analysis
Dr. Kelly Knudson, Arizona State University: Bioarchaeology; specialized chemical analyses
Dr. James Pokines, Central identification Laboratory, Hawaii: Micro-faunal analysis
Ben Vining, Boston University: Geophysical survey
Dr. Patrick Ryan Williams, Field Museum of Natural History: Geophysical survey
Community Development:
Joel Zovar, University of Illinois: Museology and community development
Lic. Ludwing Cayo, UNAR: Conservator; Monumental curation and reconstruction
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