Charles M. Hastings, Ph.D

Anthropology

Anspach Hall 118
(989) 774-4398
hasti1cm@cmich.edu
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Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985
M.A., University of Michigan, 1975
B.A., Cornell University, 1972
 
 

Teaching Expertise

Archaeology of the Americas
South American Archaeology
Michigan Archaeology
Field School in Archaeology
Introduction to Environmental Studies
North American Indian Cultures
Archaeological Method and Theory
 

Research Interests

Origin and development of complex societies
Regional settlement systems
Cultural boundaries and ethnicity
Andean and Upper Amazonian Regions
Upper Great Lakes; Eastern Woodlands

 Current projects

Hastings has long been interested in anthropological, archaeological, and ethnohistorical research in the Central Andes of South America.  His major interest is in the transitional zones between highlands and lowlands in the eastern Andes of central Peru, where he studies changing patterns of settlement and subsistence through time.  Most recently, he has been directing the mapping and excavation of a late prehistoric outpost that may shed light on the nature of cultural and ethnic boundaries in this region.  This is a collaborative effort with Peruvian students and institutions that wish to promote research activities and sustainable development in a protected tract of cloud forest.

 

Selected Publications

“Reconstruyendo el Estado en la Sierra Central del Perú:  La Interacción entre Pastores y Agricultores durante el Período Intermedio Tardío en la Región de Tarama-Chinchaycocha” in Investigaciones Sociales:  Revista del Instituto de Investigaciones Histórico Sociales 12:  55-98.  Lima:  Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (con J. R. Parsons y R. Matos M.).  2004

Prehispanic Settlement Patterns of the Upper Mantaro and Tarma Drainages, Department. of Junín, Peru. Volume 1:
The Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region. Ann Arbor: Museum of Anthropology Memoirs, University of Michigan (with J. R.
Parsons and R. Matos M.), 2000

"Rebuilding the State in Highland Peru: Herder-Cultivator Interaction during the Late Intermediate Period in the
Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region". Latin American Antiquity, 8(4):317-341, (co-author with J. R. Parsons and R. Matos M.), 1997
 
 

 

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