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Chávez, Karen (Ph.D., Pennsylvania 1977). Andean South America, Archaeology of the Americas, Ethnoarchaeology, Resource utilization and regional interaction, Pre-state pottery-using societies, Rise of state societies; Professor. k.chavez@cmich.edu (1998-99, Visiting Professor, Yale University).
Chávez, Sergio (Ph.D., Michigan State University 1992). Andean archaeology, Ethnohistory, Method and theory in archaeology; Assistant Professor. s.chavez@cmich.edu (1998-99, Visiting Professor, Yale University).
Hastings, Charles M. (Ph.D., Michigan 1985). Archaeology, Ethnohistory, Ecological anthropology; Central Andes and Eastern Woodlands, Assistant Professor. c.hastings@cmich.edu
Kirk, Rodney (Ph.D., Michigan State 1975). Cultural Anthropology, Race/ethnic/minority relations, Latin America; Professor. r.kirk@cmich.edu
Klymyshyn, A. M. Ulana (Ph.D., Harvard University 1976). Archaeology of South America, Development of complex societies, Multicultural education; affiliated with the Department, and Director of the CMU Multicultural Programming Center. a.m.klymyshyn@cmich.edu
Lieberman, Leonard (Ph.D., Michigan State 1970). Knowledge, Physical anthropology, Concept of race and racism; Professor. l.lieberman@cmich.edu
Littlefield, Alice (Ph.D., Michigan State 1976). Economic anthropology, Sex and gender, Native American cultures; Professor. a.littlefield@cmich.edu
McLean, Athena (Ph.D., Temple 1990). Social production of Western medical knowledge, anthropology of health and illness, aging; Assistant Professor. a.mclean@cmich.edu
White, Carmen M. (Ph.D., Washington University1998). Anthropology and education; Assistant Professor. c.m.white@cmich.edu
Chávez, Karen, and
Chávez, Sergio
This husband - wife team has worked extensively for many years in the southern highlands of Peru and the Titicaca Basin of Bolivia. Some of Karen Chávez' work includes ethnoarchaeology of pottery production near Cuzco, and identifying the widespread Yaya-Mama Religious Tradition in the Titicaca Basin. Sergio Chávez' research in these same areas includes studies of funerary practices, architectural traditions, musical instruments, and high-altitude maize. For the past decade both have been conducting excavations and analysis on the Yaya-Mama tradition, which had a unifying influence on communities of the lake basin more that 2500 years ago. Both are visiting scholars at Yale University for 1998-1999.
Hastings, Charles M.
Hastings' Andean fieldwork has been in the Peruvian desert coast, the central highlands of Peru and, most extensively, the eastern flanks of the Andes in transitional zones between highland and tropical lowland environments. His most recent eastern Andean research was in northeastern Cochabamba, Bolivia, and eastern Jujuy, Argentina. His principal expertise is in eastern zones of Peru's Department of Junín, where he studies settlement patterns, land use strategies, cultural boundaries, and concepts of Andean "verticality."
Klymyshyn, A. M. Ulana
Klymyshyn's archaeological research interests concern the origins and development of prehistoric complex societies. Her Central Andean research has been concentrated in multiple valleys of the desert North Coast of Peru, where she has investigated important sites of the pre-Inca Chimú civilization.