Decorative band on a Chiribaya coca bag from El Algodonal

Andean Archaeology Papers

by Bruce Owen

New items added 11 February 2006

This page contains full text and figures of selected papers by Bruce Owen about archaeological research in Peru, including publications, conference papers, reports to the Peruvian Instituto Nacional de Cultura, and my dissertation. All are nearly identical to the original paper documents, including pagination. They may be cited. I will add more as time permits. To view these PDF files, your browser must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

This archive is made possible through the support of Matt Bandy and Andean.Kulture.org. The same papers are also available at Archaeology Research in Peru by Bruce Owen. Try my home page to access all my web pages, including Sonoma State University class web pages and the Museo Contisuyo pages in English and Spanish.

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2005. Distant Colonies and Explosive Collapse: The Two Stages of the Tiwanaku Diaspora in the Osmore Drainage. Latin American Antiquity 16(1):45-80. 10.3 M.

2002. Marine Carbon Reservoir Age Estimates for the Far South Coast of Peru. Radiocarbon 44(3):701-708. 1.3 M.

2001. Tiwanaku en Moquegua: Interacciones Regionales y Colapso. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP 5:169-188. (B. Owen and P. Goldstein). 4.9 M.

2001. From Sequence to Social Organization: Tiwanaku Multicomponent Society in Moquegua, Perú. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans. 1.2 M.

1999. Proyecto "Vecinos de Cerro Baúl" 1997: Informe de Campo e Informe Final. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura. Test excavations at La Cantera (an Omo style Tiwanaku temple), Cancha de Yacango (a Chen Chen style Tiwanaku village and cemetery), Cerro San Miguel (a Tumilaca village), and two other Tumilaca sites. Site maps, unit descriptions and interpretations, initial artifact inventory, but no artifact analysis. In my approximation of Spanish. 1.2 M.

1997. Informe de Excavaciones en los Sectores Mortuorios de Chen Chen, Parte del Proyecto Rescate de Chen Chen, Temporada de 1995. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura. Maps of the central cemeteries of Chen Chen tested in 1995 and each of 22 4x8 meter exposures. Mostly tombs, intact and looted, some before the AD 1600 Huaynaputina ash fall, plus one area of storage pits. Tabulation of cemetery areas, burial densities, and estimate of total number of burials. Certain canals were apparently abandoned before the use of some cemeteries. Inventory lists of contexts and artifacts. In my approximation of Spanish. 1.7 M.

1996. Inventario Arqueológico del Drenaje Superior del Río Osmore: Informe del Campo y Informe Final. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura. Background text, references, and maps showing the locations of all sites recorded during systematic surface survey of the upper drainage of the Osmore valley (Cerro Baúl, Tumilaca valley, Torata valley, etc.), with a table listing ceramics and other features of each. UTM coordinates (PSAD56 datum) of all sites. Various official documents. In my approximation of Spanish. Large: 8.7 M.

1995. Warfare and Engineering, Ostentation and Social Status in the Late Intermediate Period Osmore Drainage. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis. 180 K.

1994. Were Wari and Tiwanaku in Conflict, Competition, or Complementary Coexistence? Survey Evidence from the Upper Osmore Drainage, Perú. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim. 970 K.

1994. Inventario Arqueológico del Valle Osmore Costero: Informe del Campo y Informe Final. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura. Background text, references, and maps showing the locations of all sites recorded during systematic surface survey of the coastal Osmore valley, with a table listing ceramics and other features of each. Similar to Appendix F of my dissertation, but better reports UTM coordinates (PSAD56 datum). In my approximation of Spanish. 1.8 M.

1993. Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report. Paper presented at the Institute of Andean Archaeology annual meeting, 1993. 320 K.

1993. A Model of Multiethnicity: State Collapse, Competition, and Social Complexity from Tiwanaku to Chiribaya in the Osmore Valley, Perú
Dissertation. Survey, excavation, and lab analysis primarily concerning Ilo-Tumilaca/Cabuza and Chiribaya cultures near Ilo, Peru, framed by a model of varying numbers of distinct social groups under different circumstances. Contrary to expectations, there were no Tiwanaku colonies near Ilo. Instead, former Tiwanaku colonists moved into the coastal valley around cal A.D. 1000 as the Tiwanaku state collapsed. Some aspects of chronology and interpretation have been superceded by later work.

1992. Coastal Colonies and the Collapse of Tiwanaku: The Coastal Osmore Valley, Perú. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh. 220 K.

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