Director, Paleobiology
University of Tübingen, Germany

Paleobiology
University of Tübingen, Germany

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology and Environmental Science and Policy
Michigan State University, USA

Student Researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany

Emily is investigating camelid use and seasonality at Cuncaicha rock shelter by applying new methods in zooarchaeology, stable isotopes, and microscopy.

Ph.D. student, Paleobiology
University of Tübingen, Germany

Research Assistant
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University of Tübingen, Germany

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

Scientific Coordinator, DFG Center Words Bones Genes Tools
University of Tübingen, Germany

Research Fellow
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University of Tübingen, 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

Head, Paleogenetics
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Ph.D. student, Paleogenetics
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

School of Geography & Archaeology
National University of Ireland - Galway

Department of Geography, Michigan State University

Dr. Yansa studies human-environment interactions through the analysis of fossil plants.

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

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

Margaret Jackson
PhD Candidate, Dartmouth College, USA
Margaret studies tropical glaciers and glaciation, and how changes in the tropical climate system are reflected in glacial landscapes.

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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

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, Canada

Brett is studying the micro and macro botanical remains from Cuncaicha and Quebrada Jaguay. Learn more about Brett's 2018 summer research through the link below.

Working Group Leader

Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Michigan State University, USA

Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany

Directs archaeological investigations throughout the Andean region

Professor, 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.

Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology
University of Illinois-Chicago, USA

Ph.D Student, Anthropology
Michigan State University

Matthew is interested in the ecology of high elevation environments.

MA Student, Anthropology
Michigan State University, USA

Taylor is studying Peruvian lithic technologies. Flintknapping and resource procurement, how raw material availability affects technological organization, typology, and 3D morphometric comparison of lithic artifacts.