
Physical Anthropology
Genetics
Archaeobiology
Archaeology
Geoarchaeology
Quaternary Studies

Director, Paleobiology University of Tübingen, Germany

Paleobiology University of Tübingen, Germany

U. San Marcos Museum of Natural History Paleontologist, co-founder and senior researcher of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of the San Marcos University’s Natural History Museum in Lima. In his 30+ years of career he has substantially contributed to the Paleontology, Geology, Natural History and more recently Anthropology of southern coastal Peru (Ica and Arequipa regions).

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology and Environmental Science and Policy Michigan State University, USA Emily is investigating camelid use and seasonality at Cuncaicha rock shelter by applying new methods in zooarchaeology, stable isotopes, and microscopy.

Postdoctoral researcher, Dept. of Early History, University of Tübingen, Germany

Research Assistant DFG Center Words Bones Genes Tools University of Tübingen, Germany

Director, Paleoanthropology, Institute of Archaeological Sciences Principal Investigator, DFG Center Words Bones Genes Tools University of Tübingen, Germany

DFG Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Words, Bones, Genes, Tools’. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. alexandros.karakostis@uni-tuebingen.de

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Department of Anthropology of the Americas, University of Bonn, Germany

Research Associate, Paleoanthropology Institute of Archaeological Sciences University of Tübingen, Germany

Ph.D. candidate, Paleoanthropology Institute of Archaeological Sciences University of Tübingen, Germany

Director, Department of Archaeogenetics Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena, Germany

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Archaeogenetics Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena, Germany

School of Geography & Archaeology National University of Ireland - Galway

Associate Professor, Biology State University of New York - Fredonia, USA

Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Geosciences Northern Illinois University, USA

Trinity College - Dublin, Ireland Margaret studies tropical glaciers and glaciation, and how changes in the tropical climate system are reflected in glacial landscapes.

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Licenciado in Archaeology, Magíster en Linguistics, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Diplomado in Art History and Museology, Universidad La Salle – Arequipa. Full-time docent of Archaeology and Research Methodology, CENFOTUR (Lima, Perú) Experience and interest in the archaeology of central coastal Peru, Formative Period, indigenous religious belief, analysis of ancient art and systems of communication

Director, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Lab University of Arizona, USA

Ph.D. candidate, Archaeology University College London, UK Dani specializes in early Hunter-Gatherer settlement patterns and lithic curation.

Curator of Lithic Collections in the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru, Lima

Director, Geoarchaeology Institute of Archaeological Sciences University of Tübingen, Germany

Ph.D. student, Geoarchaeology Institute of Archaeological Sciences University of Tübingen, Germany

MS, Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., USA

PhD Student, Anthropology Michigan State University Her archaeological focus is on human-environmental interactions in the Central Andes of Peru, and she specializes in geoarchaeology.

Practice Professor of Anthropology Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA

Director, Maple Leaf Paleobotanical Services Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

Paleoclimatologist Researcher at LOCEAN, Paris, Head of Biogeoscience lab at UPCH, Lima MC studies natural climate variability at seasonal to millenial time scales, and especially how the El Niño phenomenon responded to past global climate change. He uses preferentially stable isotope records in fossil mollusk shells, delicately collected with a big hammer.

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology University of Florida, USA Steph Gruver is a geoarchaeologist interested in the relationship between the early humans of South America and the environment. She uses the mollusk Mesodesma donacium to recreate past environmental conditions.

MA student, Anthropology, U. of Saskatchewan, Canada Brett is studying the macrobotanical remains from Cuncaicha and Quebrada Jaguay.

Working Group Leader Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Michigan State University, USA Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany Directs archaeological investigations throughout the Andean region

Licenciada in Arqueología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal Diplomado en Conservatión of material culture, Instituto de Conservación y Restauración Yachaywasi. Specialization in conservation of archaeological remains, Instituto de Conservación y Restauración Pachamama (Brasil) and Instituto Mexicano de Conservación y Restauración (México). Experience and interest in conservation, restoration, and analysis of pre-Hispanic textiles from central coastal Peru.

Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute University of Maine, USA Dan led the first excavations at Quebrada Jaguay in 1996/1999. He is interested in coastal adaptations.

Postdoctoral Fellow Field Museum of Chicago, USA

Elizabeth is an anthropology major at Michigan State hoping to go into archaeology. She is also studying GIS, Spanish, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies.











