Articles

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How far to Conchucos? A GIS approach to assessing the implications of exotic materials at Chavin de Huantar, World Archaeology (2011)

Chavin de Huantar has long been recognized as a site of pan-regional importance in the...

 

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La cronología de Chavín de Huántar y sus implicancias para el Periodo Formativo (with John W. Rick, Christian Mesia, Silvia R. Kembel, Rosa M. Rick, Matthew Sayre, and John Wolf), Boletín de Arqueología PUCP (2011)

Chavín de Huantar es uno de los sitios fundamentales para entender el Periodo Formativo en...

 

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Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru (with Nicholas Tripcevich), Latin American Antiquity (2011)

Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but the geological...

 

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Shining Light on Looting: Using Google Earth to Quantify Damage and Raise Public Awareness (with Neil Brodie), SAA Archaeological Record (2010)
 

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The Utility of Publicly-Available Satellite Imagery for Investigating Looting of Archaeological Sites in Jordan (with Neil Brodie), Journal of Field Archaeology (2010)

International response to the problem of looting of archaeological sites has been hampered by the...

 

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A Mito-Style Structure at Chavín de Huántar: Dating and Implications, Latin American Antiquity (2010)

Excavations west of the monumental core at Chavín de Huántar, Peru in 2005 revealed a...

 

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Huaqueros and remote sensing imagery: assessing looting damage in the Virú Valley, Peru, Antiquity (2010)

This article presents a new initiative in combating looting from the air, building on previous...

 

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Landscape and Environment: Insights from the Prehispanic Central Andes, Journal of Archaeological Research (2010)

Attention to human–environment relationships in the central Andes has a long history. Although the area...

 

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Implications of the Fluvial History of the Wacheqsa River for Hydrologic Engineering and Water Use at Chavín de Huántar, Peru (with David K. Keefer), Geoarchaeology (2009)

Channeling of water through a variety of architectural features represents a significant engineering investment at...

 

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Reconstructing landscape at Chavin de Huantar, Peru : A GIS-based approach, Journal of Archaeological Science (2009)

The landscape around the prehistoric Peruvian ceremonial center of Chavin de Huantar has undergone extensive...

 

Contributions to Books

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Reconstructing an Engineered Environment in the Central Andes: Landscape Geoarchaeology at Chavín de Huántar, Peru, The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments (2010)

Chavín de Huántar, a Formative Period ceremonial center in the Peruvian Central Andes, has been...

 

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Geomorfología y Paisaje en Chavín de Huántar, Museo Nacional Chavín (2008)

El sitio arqueológico de Chavín de Huántar tiene varias décadas como enfoque de investigaciones arqueológicas,...

 

Press Coverage

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La nueva mirada, Computer Hoy (2011)
 

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GIS: A Rising Tool in the Geoarchaeologist's Toolbox, Earth (2011)

Researchers use GIS to see ancient landscapes, trace historical water use and preserve archaeological sites.

 

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Google Earth Shows Clandestine Worlds, Science (2010)
 

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Buying, Selling, Owning the Past, Stanford Report (2009)

Stanford Report coverage of my work with Neil Brodie on using remote sensing to quantify...

 

Other

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Using Google Earth to Identify Looting Damage in Jordan (2009)

One of the results of my work with Neil Brodie on using Google Earth to...

 

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Sociopolitical and Geomorphologic Dynamics at Chavín de Huántar, Peru (2007)

The research presented here links questions of human-environment interaction and emergent sociopolitical complexity in the...