Sergio Jorge Chávez, Ph.D

Anthropology

Anspach Hall 118
(989) 774-3656
chave1sj@cmich.edu
 
 

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1992
M.A., Michigan State University, 1979
B.S., Central Michigan University, 1972
 
 

Teaching Expertise

Archaeology of the Americas
Archaeology Field and Laboratory Techniques
Prehistoric Economic Systems
Lab Techniques and Scientific Illustration in Archaeology
Rise of Urbanism/State Societies
The Origins of Agriculture
Physical Anthropology
Cultures of Latin America
 
 

Research Interests

Andean and New World Archaeology
Origins and development of complex societies
Rise of food production
Development of method and theory in archaeology
Andean Iconography and Iconology
Ethnoarchaeology
Ethonohistory
 
 

Selected Publications

"The Yaya-Mama Religious Tradition as an Antecendent of Tiwanaku" and "The Carved Slab of Copacabana" in TIWANAKU; ANCESTORS OF THE INCA, edited by Margaret Young-Sanchez, Denver Art Museum and University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2004.

"The Yaya-Mama Religious Tradition as an Antecedent of Tiahuanaco," and "The Carved Slab from Coapacabana:  Analysis and Comparisons," in Gateway of the Sun:  The Tiwanaku Civilization of Ancient South America, Denver Art Museum (forthcoming, October 2004).

2004 Pre-publication revisions, final editing corrections, authoring an introduction, and illustrations for an original draft submitted by my late wife and colleague Dr. Karen L. Mohr Chavez, to Andean Past (Vol. 7, forthcoming), entitled "Alfred Kidder II in the Development of American Archaeology:  A Biographical and Contextual View."  Cornell University Latin American Studies Program.

2003 Comment on "Sweet Beginnings:  Stalk Sugar and the Domestication of Maize" by John Smalley and Michael Blake, Current Anthropology (Vol. 44, No. 5, December).

Chavez, Sergio, with Helene Silverman and William Isbell (eds.)., "Identification of the Camelid Woman and Feline Man Themes, Motifs, and Designs in Pucara-style Pottery."  Published in Andean Archaeology, Vol. II, subtitle Art, Landscape, and Society.  Plenum Publishers, New York, 2002.

Chávez, Sergio J., Richard L. Burger, Karen L. Chávez.  "Though the Glass Darkly:  Prehispanic Obsidian Procurement and Exchange in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia."  Journal of World Prehistory.  Vol. 14, No.3 (2000):  267 - 362.

 "Corbel Vaulted Sod Structures in the Context of Lake Titicaca Basin Settlement Patterns."  Andean Past, Vol.5, 1999.

"The Yaya-Mama Archaeology Project, Bolivia."  Willay, No. 44,  1997.

 

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