Research Interests:
    Andean South America, the use of space, political interaction  and power relations in complex societies,
    material coorelates of ethnicity vs. expressed identity and control vs. influence, household archaeology,
    cosmology, architecture, maritime subsistence, Wari and their Middle Horizon peers.

Honors, Grants, and Fellowships:
     Research Associate, The Field Museum (2001)
     Charles H. Fairbanks Scholarship (2001)
     National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (1999)
     Latin American Studies Research Grant, University of Florida (1998)
     CLAS Tuition Scholarship Award, University of Florida (1997;1998)
     President's Honor Roll, University of Florida (1993)
     Golden Key National Honor Society (1992)
     Eta Sigma Phi, Classical Studies Honor Society (1989)

Professional Memberships:
     Society for American Archaeology
     National Register of Archaeologists, Peru
     Florida Anthropological Student Association, Secretary 1998-99; 1992-93

Archaeological Research & Work Experience:
     July 2002- Present
     Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Americas Hall Renovation Project,
     Content Specialist.  Field Museum of Natural History.

     May - July 2002
     Field Director, Cerro Baul Excavation Project (P. R. Williams & Michael E.
     Moseley, P. I.s), Moquegua, Peru

     May - September 2001
     Field Director, Cerro Baul Excavation Project (P. R. Williams & Michael E. Moseley,
     P. I.s), Moquegua, Peru

     March-May 2000
     Curatorial Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History (Sup. Dr. Susan Milbrath).

     Janaury 1998-March 2000
     Assistant Curator, Down Like Lead: Four Hundred Years of Florida Shipwrecks.
     Traveling Exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
      Florida.

     August 1999-February 2000
     Director, Wari Administration and Residential Space in the Osmore Drainage,
     Excavation and materials analysis of a Wari tertiary center occupied ca. 700-750 A. D.

     May-July 1999
     Lab Supervisor, Cerro Baul Ceramic Reconstruction Project.

     July-August 1998
     Field Supervisor, 1998 Cerro Baul Excavation Project. Moquegua, Peru.

     June-July 1998
     Director, Wari Residential Mapping Project, Moquegua, Peru.
     Mapping of Wari provincial architectural remains in the vicinity of Cerro Baul.

     May-June 1998 & October 1998-May 1999
     Curatorial Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History (Sup. Dr. Susan Milbrath).

     June-August 1997
     Field Supervisor & Lab Director, 1997 Cerro Baul Excavation Project, Moquegua,
     Peru. Excavation of a Wari provincial center occupied ca. 600 A. D.

     October-February 1995-1996
     Field Archaeologist, Moquegua Ancient Agriculture Project, Moquegua, Peru.
     Mapping and survey in the Osmore drainage (Formative Period through Inka)

     May-July 1994
     Director, Cerro Petroglifo Mapping Project, (Sup. Dr. Michael E. Moseley)
     Moquegua, Peru.  Master's research, mapping and architectural study (Wari site)

     June-August 1993
     Field Archaeologist, Ilo Preceramic Project, (Dir. Dr. Karen Wise) Ilo, Peru. Test
     excavations at Kilometer 4 (Late Archaic coastal site).

     January-June 1993
     Student Research Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History Southwest Florida
     Project, (Sup. Prof. William Marquardt). Shell classification from the Year of the
     Indian Project 2 excavations at the Pineland Site, Pine Island, Florida.

     September-December 1992
     Student Research Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History Southwest Florida
     Project, (Sup. Prof. William Marquardt). Cataloging and artifact classification from
     the Year of the Indian Project 2 excavations at the Pineland Site, Pine Island,
     Florida.

     May-August 1992
     Research Student, Florida Museum of Natural History Southwest Florida Project,
     (Sup. Prof. William Marquardt). Lithic analysis from the Year of the Indian Project 1
     excavations at the Pineland Site, Pine Island, Florida.

     March-May 1992
     Field Archaeologist, Year of the Indian Project 2, (Dir. Dr. William Marquardt) Fort
     Myers, Florida. Excavations at Pineland (Calusa and their predecessors 150-1560
     AD).

     September-December 1991
     Research Volunteer, African Studies Laboratory University of Florida (Sup. Prof.
     Steve Brandt). Lithic analysis from African Paleolithic excavations.

Teaching Experience:
     February 2003
     Guest Lecturer.  Andean Archaeology.  University of Chicago.  Professor: Dr.
     Nicole Couture

     January- March 2002
     Tutorial Lecturer.  Science and Engineering Research and Teaching Synthesis.
     Professor: Dr. William Leonard, Northwestern University.

     January-May 1999
     Graduate Teaching Assistant. Human Sexuality and Culture.
     Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Guillette, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology.

     September-December 1998
     Graduate Teaching Assistant. Human Sexuality and Culture.
     Professor: Dr. Brian Du Toit, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology.

     January -May 1998
     Graduate Teaching Assistant. Human Sexuality and Culture.
     Professor: Dr. William Leonard, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology.

     September-December 1997
     Graduate Teaching Assistant. Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents.
     Professor: Dr. Michael Moseley, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology.

Publications and Conference Presentations:
    Nash, D. J.
     2003   A Speculative Hypothesis of Wari Southern Administration.  Midwest Conference of Andean & Amazonian Archaeology & Ethnohistory.
                Chicago.

     2002   The Archaeology of Space: Places of Power in the Wari Empire.  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation.
                Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. pdf download

    1996   Cerro Petroglifo: Settlement Pattern and Social Organization of a Residential Wari Community.  Unpublished Masters Thesis
               Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. , Department of Anthropology, University of Florida.

    1995   Wari Domestic Architecture and Site Planning: A View from the Moquegua Drainage. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Meeting
              of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May.

    Nash, D. J., and P. R. Williams
     nd       Architecture and Power Relations on the Wari-Tiwanaku Frontier.  Manuscript submitted for publication in Foundations and Relations of Power
                in the Prehispanic Andes. eds. K. Vaugn, C. Conlee, & D. Ogburn. Archaeological papers of the American Anthropological Association.
 
     2003   Wari Political Organization on the Southern Periphery. Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
                Milwakee, April.

     1999   Military Might or Natural Right: The Nature of the Wari Fortress at Cerro Baul.  Paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting
               of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March.

     1998   Wari Second Storey and Roof Construction Technology at Cerro Baul. Poster presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the
                Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, March.

     1997   Wari Architecture: A Case Study from the Moquegua Valley, Peru. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the
                 Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, April. (Text later published in WILLAY: Newsletter of Andean Research)

   Milbrath, S. and D. J. Nash
     2000   Down Like Lead: Four Hundred Years of Florida Shipwrecks. Traveling Exhibit produced by the Florida Museum of Natural History,
                Gainesville Florida.

   Williams, P. R., M. E. Moseley, and D. J. Nash
     2000   Empires of the Andes. Discovering Archaeology March/April 2000, pp 68-73.

   Williams, P. R. and D. J. Nash
     2002   Imperial Interaction in the Andes: Wari and Tiwanaku at Cerro Baúl.  In
               W. Isbell & H. Silverman, eds. Andean Archaeology. pp 243- 266. New York: Plenum.

     1997   Burning Down the House: Differential Patterns of Construction and Abandonment on Cerro Baul. Paper presented at the16th
                annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory. University of Maine, Orono. October 3-5 1997.

    Williams, P. R., D. J. Nash, y J. Isla C.
     2003   La Frontera Wari en Cerro Baúl: Limite Imperial con Tiwanaku.  Procedimientos de la Conferencia Huari-Tiwanaku
                auspiciado por la Pontifica Universidad Católica Peruana, Lima y redactado por P. Kaulicke y W. Isbell. pp#