archeology

South America

Ancient Peru: An online photo exhibit from the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/cent/1_7.html

Andean Art: Chavin art is explored in this paper available on PDF from Dumbarton Oaks.
www.doaks.org/chavin.pdf

Andean States: Taken from lecture notes, this page hosted by the University of British Columbia's U-Web Student Web Service provides a concise points guide and good study aid to Andean state society.
www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~hes0/Anth3/Lecture24.htm

Andean Stewardship: A PDF file detailing Andean mountain ecology.
georgewright.org/171sarmiento.pdf.

Andes Research: Research done by resident anthropologist Karen Wise. One article explores the Chinchorro Mummies at Villa Del Mar, Peru. Another article briefly discusses the origin of settlement in Peru.
nhm.org/research/anthropology

Caral, Oldest City in the World: Text and audio from Anthropology Channel's interview with Dr. Ruth Shady of the Museum of Archaeology at the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
archaeologychannel.org

Early Andean Cities: Online version of an article originally published in Scientific America in 1994.
mc.maricopa.edu

El Brujo Project: This site provides a graphical reconstruction of the ceiling of the Huaca Cao Viejo at the El Brujo archeological site. The project is the product of a joint Scientific Research Agreement by the Augusto N. Wiese Foundation, the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and IBM Peru.
http://www.research.ibm.com

Earth Movers of the Amazon: Online version of an article By Charles C Mann.
sas.upenn.edu

An Early Intermediate Period Deposit Of Huarpa Style Ceramics From The Site of Huari,Department of Ayacucho, Peru: Online manuscript on Huarpa potteryfrom San Diego State University.
rohan.sdsu.edu

Gender in PreHispaninc Andes: Various academic authors explore gender dynamic of Pre-Hispanic Andes. The site is hosted by Dumbarton Oak's Research Library and Collection:
www.doaks.org/KLGEet.html

Huarochirí a Peruvian Culture in Time: This site offers an ethnographic and historical tour of some Huarochirí communities and offers samples from Huarochirí Quechua Manuscripts . www.anthropology.wisc.edu/chaysimire/index.htm

High Altitude Ceremonial Sites in the Peruvian Andes: Environmental data is shared in this PDF presentation that examines the location of Andean burial sites. www.karto.ethz.ch/ica-cmc/mt_hood/pdfs/racoviteanu2.pdf

Loving it to Death: The Gran Pajaten Predicament: PDF file detailing issues surrounding the archeological site of Gran Pajaten. http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/164church.pdf

Native Traditions in a Post Conquest World: This url links you to a web page with access to PDF file chapters of Elizabeth Boones paper on Native traditions in the Andes region, from Pre-Columbian studies at Dumbarton Oaks. www.doaks.org/BONTC.html

The Peopling of South America as Inferred from Epigenetic Dental Traits: PDF file from University of India by Richard P Sutter. www.ipfw.edu/soca/SutterAndeanPast7.pdf.

Peru Images: A collection of images of early ceramic work in Peru., This online exhibit is provided by the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum in Lima. museolarco.perucultural.org.pe/english/epocas.htm

Politywide Analysis and Imperial Political Economy: The Relationship between Valley Political Complexity and Administrative Centers in the Wari Empire of the Central Andes: A PDF version of an article from the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. titicaca.ucsb.edu/~craig/research/jennings_craig/jennings_craig2001.pdf

Pukara Domestic Archeology Project: Papers and a presentation about the archaeological excavations at the site of Pukara in the Lake Titicaca Basin can be accessed through this project support site. titicaca.ucsb.edu/pukara\

Sechin Alto Images: A slide show of Sechin Alto reliefs. www.anthroarcheart.org/sechin2.htm

Rise, Fall and Semiperipheral Development in the Andean World System: An online article originally published in the Journal of World-Systems Research, VI, 1, Spring 2000. jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol6/number1/lalone/index.shtml

Tairona Heritage Cultural Centre: Detailed articles on South America's Tairona Empire can be found at this academic site devoted to the study of the indigenous groups which inhabit the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. It is based out of the University of Wales, Lampeter, UK, and it has devolved from the work of the Tairona Heritage Trust. www.lamp.ac.uk/tairona/index.html

Who Was Who in Middle Horizon Andean Prehistory: Anthropologist Dr. Patricia Jean Knobloch's web site on iconography and art of the Middle Horizon Andes provides a catalogue of images and descriptions of well known figures in Andean iconography.wwwrohan.sdsu.edu/~bharley/WWWHome.html

Andes

Andean Art: Chavin art is explored in this paper available on PDF from Dumbarton Oaks. www.doaks.org/chavin.pdf
Andean States: Taken from lecture notes, this page hosted by the University of British Columbia's U-Web Student Web Service provides a concise points guide and good study aid to Andean state society. www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~hes0/Anth3/Lecture24.htm

Andean Stewardship: A PDF file detailing Andean mountain ecology. www.georgewright.org/171sarmiento.pdf.

Andes Research: This section on the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles's web site provides access to anthropological research done by resident anthropologist Karen Wise. One article explores the Chinchorro Mummies at Villa Del Mar, Peru. Another article briefly discusses the origin of settlement in Peru. hwww.nhm.org/research/anthropology/Pages/Research.htm

Early Andean Cities: This is an online version of an article originally published in Scientific America in 1994. www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/readings/andean_cities

Earth Movers of the Amazon: An online version of an article By Charles C Mann originally published in Science Magazine, a publication of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. www.sas.upenn.edu/~cerickso/baures/Mann2.html

An Early Intermediate Period Deposit Of Huarpa Style Ceramics From The Site of Huari,Department of Ayacucho, Peru: A manuscript on Huarpa pottery is made available on line from the Library and information database of San Diego State University. www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~bharley/HuarpaNPms4Web.html

Gender in PreHispaninc Andes: Various academic authors explore gender dynamic of Pre-Hispanic Andes. The chapters are available in PDF format. The site is hosted by Dumbarton Oak's Research Library and Collection: www.doaks.org/KLGEet.html

Loving it to Death: The Gran Pajaten Predicament: PDF file detailing issues surrounding the archeological site of Gran Pajaten. http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/164church.pdf

The Peopling of South America as Inferred from Epigenetic Dental Traits: PDF file from University of India by Richard P Sutter. www.ipfw.edu/soca/SutterAndeanPast7.pdf.

Peru Images: A collection of images of early ceramic work in Peru., This online exhibit is provided by the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum in Lima. museolarco.perucultural.org.pe/english/epocas.htm

Sechin Alto Images: A slide show of Sechin Alto reliefs. www.anthroarcheart.org/sechin2.htm

Chavin de Huanter

Andean Art at Dumbaton Oaks:PDF file. www.doaks.org/chavin.pdf

Buried Civilizations of the Earth: Quick study notes directed primarily at Chavin civilization from Professor Keith W. Kintigh's Archeology course at Arizona University. www.public.asu.edu/~kintigh

Exploring Chavin de Huantar: Trough text pictures and aa virtual tour this site explores this early horizon settlement. www.stanford.edu/~johnrick/chavin_wrap/chavin/

Form and Meaning in Chavin Art:Anthropologist John Rolwand Howe examines form and meaning in the online text from the Emeritus Lecture series at U.C.Berly. sunsite.berkeley.edu/Anthro/rowe/pub/chavin/index.html

Inca

Ice Mummies of the Incas: Image rich and informative companion site to the three-part BBC documentary on archaeologist Johan Reinhard's 96 expedition to the summit of Sara Sara in Peru in search of frozen sacrificial mummies. The site offers daily accounts and images from the expedition, e-mail questions and the responsesfrom the team.
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/index.html

Inca: This page provides a brief rundown on the Inca and the drop down menu takes you to a virtual museum and archeological images archived at the Minnesota State University.
mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures

The Incas And Their Predecessors: Online photo exhibit with text of artifacts on exhibit at the Tampere Art Museum. Clicking on topic head will take you to information and images.
tampere.fi/tamu/peru

Inca Pottery Slide Show: Images from Henri Stierlin's book "Art of the Incas" online.
www.theincas.com/pottery

Macchu Picchu: Civil EngineerMagazine provides an online version of their article in which a water engineer uncovers some fascinating aspects about the ancient city's water supply.
pubs.asce.org/ceonline/0101feat.html

Applied Archeology in the Bolivian Amazon: Dr Clark Ericksons from the University of Pennsylvania provides published articles and research findings on traditional agricultural systems of the Bolivian Amazon.
sas.upenn.edu/~cerickso/applied2.html

Upper Colca Archaeological Research Project:Information in the form of PDF files as well as survey maps about the project and its findings are available on the Incan archaeological site hosted by the University of Santa Barbra. titicaca.ucsb.edu/colca/

What is Khipu: Text and images are used to describe the Incan accounting system.
wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/chaysimire/titulo2/khipus/what.htm

Moche

The Burial Theme in Moche Iconography: The PDF file version of an article in the journal Studies in Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology, no. 21. www.doaks.org/moche.pdf

Deity Of the Sky: One Way ToInterpret Moche Iconography: A page examining Moche iconography from the Institute of Estonian Languages. haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol10/sky.htm

Moche Map: history.binghamton.edu/hist130/images/h130maps Tearing Down Old Walls in the New World: A PDF file of a paper originally published in Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research at the College of Charleston Volume 1, 2002. www.cofc.edu/chrestomathy/vol1/proffitt.pdf

Tiwanaku

Coastal Colonies and the Collapse of Tiwanaku: The Coastal Osmore Valley, Peru. An online version of a paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology 57th Annual Meeting, 1992. members.aol.com/OwenBruce/saa92_1.htm

The Collapse of the Tiwanaku State: A View from the Osmore Drainage: This online academic paper looks at the details of Tiwanaku. sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa

The Evolution of Settlement and Agriculture at the Tiwanaku V Site of Chen Chen, Moquegua, Peru: A full text online version of a poster presentation from the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans 1996. people.bu.edu/prwill/saa96.htm

Tiwanaku: Research resources and information on the Tiwanaku polity in Peru and Bolivia by Alvaro Higueras, Ph.D. The site offers information and links in both Spanish and English as well as Flash presentations about Tiwanaku history and society. www.tiwanakuarcheo.net

The Tiwanaku Occupation of Chen Chen:The PDF report of the findings of 1995 salvage excavations at Chen Chen. andean.kulture.org/bandy/saa_1996.pdf

Were Wari and Tiwanaku in Conflict, Competition, or Complementary Coexistence: Survey Evidence from the Upper Osmore Drainage, Peru: An online version of a paper by Bruce Owen presented at the American Archaeology 59th Annual Meeting,1994. members.aol.com/OwenBruce

Nazca

Nazca Lines:Discovery Channel's mystic places section on Nazca lines provides science and news online accompanied by, enhanced by photographs, video, and interactive features. exn.ca/mysticplaces/nazcalines.asp
Tierra Sajama: Information and pictures from the fieldwork of a Studio-Seminar examining the Sajama Lines. cml.upenn.edu/tierrasajama/Sajama_English

Archeology

Archeological Resource Guide for Europe: Links to evaluated web resources (web pages as well as discussion lists) on European archaeology.odur.let.rug.nl/arge

Archeological Resource Guide for Europe:This database provides links to evaluated web resources (web pages as well as discussion lists) concerning European archaeology. odur.let.rug.nl/arge

Internet Sacred Text Archive: sacred-texts.com

Women in Archeology: Appalachin State university's Archeology site's e-collection of papers on women's roles in prehistory. acs.appstate.edu/dept/anthro/ebooks/gender

Associations & Organizations

Canadian Archeological Society: www.canadianarchaeology.com

Society for Archeological Sciences: SAS is a forum for communication among scholars applying physical science methods to archaeology and aims to broaden the archaeological community's assesment of the potentials and problems of those methods.SAS fosters communication through the SAS Bulletin, Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science Series,and an electronic forum on the internet. www.socarchsci.org

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