Inkan commoners – not just elites – wove khipus, knot-based recordkeeping systems; the study is published in Science Advances
Ancient DNA reveals new clues about the incredible journey of dogs in the Americas; they went south not with the first hunter-gatherers, but with mobile farming communities
Coastal heritage is globally threatened by climate change, according to a new study published in PNAS Nexus
An ancient temple and theater have been discovered in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas, Peru; the carving of a mythological bird figure hints at origins of ancient religion
Study reveals evidence of violence shortly after the collapse of the Chavín culture, a time of crisis in ancient Peru Analysis of skeletons…
UW anthropologists’ research unveils early stone plaza at Callacpuma, in the Cajamarca Valley in the Andes, Peru
New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative: in the Andes, between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago, diet was composed of 80 percent plant matter and meat played a secondary role
A new type of settlement, an architectural complex of large dimensions, from the time of the Wari State, has been found in Peru…
‘Woman the hunter’: studies aim to correct history, the last one being published in the November issue of Scientific American
Ancient DNA reveals diverse community at Machu Picchu, according to a new study published on Science Advances
