Jo Osborn
Biographic Data
| ID | 268656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jo Osborn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jo |
| FAMILY NAME | Osborn |
| SIGNATURE | OSBORN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9929-6144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Stretching for 1.5km and consisting of approximately 5200 precisely aligned holes, Monte Sierpe in southern Peru is a remarkable construction that likely dates to at least the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000–1400) and saw continued use by the Inca (AD 1400–1532). Yet its function remains uncertain. Here, the authors report on new analyses of drone imagery and sediment samples that reveal numerical patterns in layout, potential parallels with In…
For the Love They Bear Them
Following the Spanish invasion and the collapse and overthrow of the Inca Empire, millions of Indigenous Andean people died from diseases, famine, and violence. Simultaneously, the twinned forces of Spanish evangelization and treasure hunting caused widespread destruction to Andean cemeteries and legally prohibited traditional Indigenous mortuary practices. Such prohibitions severed the mutual relationships of care and nurturing ( uyway ) between…
Animals of the Serranía de la Lindosa
The Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon hosts one of the most spectacular global rock art traditions. Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the artwork depicts abstract and figurative designs – including a high diversity of animal motifs – and holds key information for understanding how Amazonians made sense of their world. We compare a zooarchaeological assemblage with painted depictions of animals at the Cerro Azul site, and utilise rel…
Reassessing the Chronology of Topará Emergence and Paracas Decline on the Peruvian South Coast
Through Bayesian analysis of new radiocarbon dates, this paper demonstrates that the Topará tradition did not emerge until after Paracas monumental sites were ritually closed in the Chincha Valley of the Peruvian south coast. These findings controvert a long-held hypothesis of Topará as a foreign tradition which intruded into the Paracas heartland and initiated the period of transformation known as the Paracas-Nasca transition. We present the fir…
Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)
The effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are notoriously hazardous for human populations of the hyperarid Peruvian coast. Yet, ENSO climate fluctuations are fundamental to the ecology of desert plant and animal resources that have been incorporated into human subsistence economies for millennia. We examine marine shellfish exploitation among early complex societies in southern coastal Peru at the end of the first millenium BCE to better…
A Bayesian Approach to Andean Faunal Assemblages
Faunal assemblages offer rich data for exploring domestication, subsistence, ritual practice, and political economy. Issues of equifinality, however, frequently complicate interpretations because different agents and processes may create similar archaeological signatures. Analysts are often forced to make interpretations based on qualitative observations, which can be difficult to justify or replicate. I present an alternative method for classify…
A Bayesian Approach to Andean Faunal Assemblages
Faunal assemblages offer rich data for exploring domestication, subsistence, ritual practice, and political economy. Issues of equifinality, however, frequently complicate interpretations because different agents and processes may create similar archaeological signatures. Analysts are often forced to make interpretations based on qualitative observations, which can be difficult to justify or replicate. I present an alternative method for classify…
Animals of the Serranía de la Lindosa
The Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon hosts one of the most spectacular global rock art traditions. Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the artwork depicts abstract and figurative designs – including a high diversity of animal motifs – and holds key information for understanding how Amazonians made sense of their world. We compare a zooarchaeological assemblage with painted depictions of animals at the Cerro Azul site, and utilise rel…
Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)
The effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are notoriously hazardous for human populations of the hyperarid Peruvian coast. Yet, ENSO climate fluctuations are fundamental to the ecology of desert plant and animal resources that have been incorporated into human subsistence economies for millennia. We examine marine shellfish exploitation among early complex societies in southern coastal Peru at the end of the first millenium BCE to better…
For the Love They Bear Them
Following the Spanish invasion and the collapse and overthrow of the Inca Empire, millions of Indigenous Andean people died from diseases, famine, and violence. Simultaneously, the twinned forces of Spanish evangelization and treasure hunting caused widespread destruction to Andean cemeteries and legally prohibited traditional Indigenous mortuary practices. Such prohibitions severed the mutual relationships of care and nurturing ( uyway ) between…
A Bayesian Approach to Andean Faunal Assemblages
Faunal assemblages offer rich data for exploring domestication, subsistence, ritual practice, and political economy. Issues of equifinality, however, frequently complicate interpretations because different agents and processes may create similar archaeological signatures. Analysts are often forced to make interpretations based on qualitative observations, which can be difficult to justify or replicate. I present an alternative method for classify…
Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)
The effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are notoriously hazardous for human populations of the hyperarid Peruvian coast. Yet, ENSO climate fluctuations are fundamental to the ecology of desert plant and animal resources that have been incorporated into human subsistence economies for millennia. We examine marine shellfish exploitation among early complex societies in southern coastal Peru at the end of the first millenium BCE to better…
Reassessing the Chronology of Topará Emergence and Paracas Decline on the Peruvian South Coast
Through Bayesian analysis of new radiocarbon dates, this paper demonstrates that the Topará tradition did not emerge until after Paracas monumental sites were ritually closed in the Chincha Valley of the Peruvian south coast. These findings controvert a long-held hypothesis of Topará as a foreign tradition which intruded into the Paracas heartland and initiated the period of transformation known as the Paracas-Nasca transition. We present the fir…
Animals of the Serranía de la Lindosa
The Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon hosts one of the most spectacular global rock art traditions. Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the artwork depicts abstract and figurative designs – including a high diversity of animal motifs – and holds key information for understanding how Amazonians made sense of their world. We compare a zooarchaeological assemblage with painted depictions of animals at the Cerro Azul site, and utilise rel…
For the Love They Bear Them
Following the Spanish invasion and the collapse and overthrow of the Inca Empire, millions of Indigenous Andean people died from diseases, famine, and violence. Simultaneously, the twinned forces of Spanish evangelization and treasure hunting caused widespread destruction to Andean cemeteries and legally prohibited traditional Indigenous mortuary practices. Such prohibitions severed the mutual relationships of care and nurturing ( uyway ) between…
Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Stretching for 1.5km and consisting of approximately 5200 precisely aligned holes, Monte Sierpe in southern Peru is a remarkable construction that likely dates to at least the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000–1400) and saw continued use by the Inca (AD 1400–1532). Yet its function remains uncertain. Here, the authors report on new analyses of drone imagery and sediment samples that reveal numerical patterns in layout, potential parallels with In…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (2 works)