Despite being one of the most famous archaeological cemeteries in Peru, many questions
remain about the people who were buried at the Paracas Necropolis of Wari Kayan, which …

The modern manifestation of mummy studies began to take shape in the 1970s and has
experienced significant growth during the last several decades, largely due to biomedical …

Because of a rich cultural history and excellent preservation of archaeological materials the
south coast of the Central Andes is a region where many anthropological questions can be …

Identity is a very complex socio-psychological construct that relates to a great variety of
individual and communal aspects. Identity, according to Mead (1998), is not something …

Skeletal and mummified remains from South America have had a significant impact on the
progress of paleopathological research. In 1997, John Verano synthesized the state of …

The focus of this research considers the culture of the Ancestral Puebloans from the
American Southwest region. This project reflects and examines the cultural arts and …