C A Hastorf

Biographic Data

ID4683
NAMEC A Hastorf
GIVEN NAMESC A
FAMILY NAMEHastorf
SIGNATUREHASTORF C A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Berkeley
ORCID0000-0002-4661-5524
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS63
TOTAL CITATIONS939
AUTHOR COUNT63
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX19

  • Identification of archaeological macrobotanical geophytes from the Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia

    Open AccessC A Hastorf, Venicia SlottenARTICLEVegetation History and…2026

    The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture initiated fundamental changes in the way people interacted with plant communities both in the loci of domestication and beyond. The South American Andes is one domestication center that provided some of the world’s most important foods. The domestication processes of underground storage organs (USOs) such as Solanum, Oxalis, Ullucus, Tropaeolum and Lepidium began across the high plains of t…

  • Ancient Conflagration

    Open AccessMelissa Goodman‐Elgar, Melissa A Goodman-Elgar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2023References: 42

    In this study, we assess competing interpretations of a burnt ceremonial structure from the terminal Middle Formative period (ca. 300–100 BCE) by analyzing the stepped platform mound at Chiripa, Bolivia, through a systematic reconstruction of the fire that destroyed it. We developed a model of potential fire pathways, their social contexts, and material indicators. Our approach contrasts incipient fires from accident or arson to planned fires ini…

  • Formative Exchange in the Andean Titicaca Basin

    C A Hastorf, Katherine M Moore et al.ARTICLEÑawpa Pacha2023References: 79

    The Andean mountains have a mosaic distribution of resources, and no one place has everything a community requires for subsistence, social life and ritual. Therefore, from the very beginning of human habitation there is evidence for short-and long-distance movement and trade. Settled societies in the Andes most commonly used llama caravans that crisscrossed the mountains and highland valleys, although these are hard to identify. Here we present s…

  • Agriculture as Metaphor of the Andean State

    C A Hastorf, Charles L Redman et al.BOOKPolities and Power2022Cited by: 1

    This chapter explores how agriculture served as a powerful metaphor for the Andean state, shaping its ideology, organization, and relationship with the natural world. Hastorf argues that the Andean state's control and manipulation of agricultural production, particularly through large-scale irrigation systems and terracing, became a central symbol of its power and legitimacy. This agricultural metaphor permeated various aspects of Andean society,…

  • The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka

    Open AccessM C Bruno, J M Capriles et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2021

  • Cultural implications of crop introductions in Andean prehistory

    C A HastorfCHAPTEREmergence of Agriculture2020

    This chapter looks at the onset of agriculture and the entrance of crop use seen archaeologically along the west coast of Peru with a focus on the tempo of uptake of foreign crops. It uses the example of Peruvian coastal plant data, spanning the time of the first plants up to the evidence for the political developments of the Early Horizon. The regular use of domestic crops in the early days of farming, especially among the more sedentary forager…

  • The Life Force Materialized in the Andean Religion

    Open AccessC A HastorfCHAPTERArchaeological Interpretations2020

  • The flavors archaeobotany forgot

    Open AccessC A Hastorf, M C BrunoARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2020Cited by: 2References: 25

  • Temporal Inflection Points in Decorated Pottery

    Open AccessE J Marsh, Andrew P Roddick et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2019Cited by: 16References: 38

    The Late Formative period immediately precedes the emergence of Tiwanaku, one of the earliest South American states, yet it is one of the most poorly understood periods in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin (Bolivia). In this article, we refine the ceramic chronology of this period with large sets of dates from eight sites, focusing on temporal inflection points in decorated ceramic styles. These points, estimated here by Bayesian models, index spe…

  • The Lost Half of Andean Architecture

    Open AccessStella Nair, Sonia Archila et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2018Cited by: 2References: 14

    This paper examines an eighteenth-century roof in Chinchero, Peru to show the critical role played by roofs in Andean communities across time. Roofs can reveal identity constructions, continuation of traditions, adaptations to new influences, and relationships to local environments and the sacred. We present a discussion of the importance of roofs in architectural history, the critical role played by roofs in Inca architecture, and a description …

  • A ~6000 yr diatom record of mid- to late Holocene fluctuations in the level of Lago Wiñaymarca, Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia)

    Open AccessD Marie Weide, Sherilyn C Fritz et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2017

    A multidecadal-scale lake-level reconstruction for Lago Wiñaymarca, the southern basin of Lake Titicaca, has been generated from diatom species abundance data. These data suggest that ~6500 cal yr BP Lago Wiñaymarca was dry, as indicated by a sediment unconformity. At ~4400 cal yr BP, the basin began to fill, as indicated by the dominance of shallow epiphytic species. It remained somewhat saline with extensive wetlands and abundant aquatic plants…

  • Where the Land Meets the Sea

    J M Adovasio, C Fred T Andrus et al.BOOKWhere the Land Meets the Sea2017

  • The actions and meanings of visible and hidden spaces at Formative Chiripa

    C A HastorfARTICLEÑawpa Pacha2017Cited by: 1References: 19

    The material evidence for a ceremonial tradition in the Titicaca Basin region began in the Formative phase. It includes a dispersed range of places and material evidence that entail both open and enclosed spaces. This paper investigates the evidence for how newly sedentary populations on the Taraco peninsula created meaningful places in the landscape during the Early and Middle Formative periods. The early buildings at Chiripa referenced an anima…

  • The social and political aspects of food surplus

    C A Hastorf, Lin FoxhallARTICLEWorld Archaeology2017Cited by: 12References: 20

    This article looks at how surplus is not only an economic reality but a state of mind, created by and reflecting the social and political relations of a group, by considering examples of historic and prehistoric food surplus. The state of one's surplus is not just what one stores, but also how others see it and think about it. Individuals are not alone, but always think of their surplus within a larger network of social and political interactions…

  • Identifying 'plantscapes' at the Classic Maya village of Joya de Cerén, El Salvador

    Open AccessA Farahani, Katherine L Chiou et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2017Cited by: 10References: 17

  • Documenting Cultural Selection Pressure Changes on Chile Pepper (Capsicum baccatum L.) Seed Size Through Time in Coastal Peru (7,600 B.P.–Present)

    Open AccessKatherine L Chiou, C A Hastorf et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2014

  • Fishing and environmental change during the emergence of social complexity in the Lake Titicaca Basin

    J M Capriles, Katherine M Moore et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2014

  • Political centers in context

    Open AccessAndrew P Roddick, Andrew Roddick et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2014

  • Flotation versus dry sieving archaeobotanical remains

    Katherine L Chiou, Anita G Cook et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2013Cited by: 6References: 8

    During excavations at the site of Casa Vieja located in the Peruvian coastal desert, archaeological plant remains were systematically collected to assess whether it is more productive and informative to sieve sandy sediments in dry environments or to process such samples by water flotation, a persistent methodological concern. At Casa Vieja, dual subsamples were collected and analyzed using both of these procedures. For dry, sandy sediment condit…

  • Calculating ceramic vessel volume

    Open AccessErin Christine Rodríguez, C A HastorfARTICLEAntiquity2013Cited by: 2References: 11

    Calculating the volume of ceramic vessels found whole or in fragments on archaeological sites is a key analytical endeavour that can have implications for economic and social activity, including storage and feasting. Established methods for estimating volumes are mostly based on the assumption that vessel shapes approximate to a circular form in plan-view. This new study shows that such an assumption may not be warranted and that methods that ass…

  • Let's Drink Together

    Open AccessAmanda L Logan, C A Hastorf et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2012Cited by: 44References: 66

    Since the Formative times, maize is and has been a highly valued social commodity in the Andes, particularly in the form of a traditional beer called chicha. While chicha production is well attested in the archaeology and ethnohistory of Andean states, the emergence of maize symbolism in earlier societies has not been systematically addressed. In this study phytolith and starch grain analyses are used to trace production, processing, and consumpt…

  • Diversity In Andean Chenopodium Domestication

    Open AccessBrieanna S Langlie, C A Hastorf et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2011

    The domestication of Chenopodium in the Andean altiplano of South America was a complex process that took place during the Formative period (1800 B.C.-A.D. 400). We identified a new archaeological morphological type of Chenopodium sp. at the La Barca site, located in the Department of Oruro, Bolivia. We analyzed testa texture, margin configuration, beak prominence, seed diameter, and testa thickness using scanning electron microscopy. As a member…

  • Integrated Contextual Approaches to Understanding Past Activities Using Plant and Animal Remains from Kala Uyuni, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

    Katherine M Moore, Katherine Moore et al.CHAPTERIntegrating Zooarchaeology and…2010

  • Tradition Brought to the Surface

    Open AccessAndrew P Roddick, Andrew Roddick et al.ARTICLECambridge Archaeological Journal2010Cited by: 33References: 14

    Based on more than a decade of research on the Taraco Peninsula, Titicaca Basin, Bolivia, we discuss the role of memory, tradition and ancestral participation from the earliest settled communities to the founding and influence of the Tiwanaku order. We examine the shifting role of social memory vis-à-vis public ceremonies, pottery and food production. While the earlier phases give a sense of familial community and the construction of place throug…

  • The fish of Lake Titicaca

    Open AccessMelanie J Miller, J M Capriles et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 23References: 2