Beth K Scaffidi
Biographic Data
| ID | 152165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beth K Scaffidi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beth K |
| FAMILY NAME | Scaffidi |
| SIGNATURE | SCAFFIDI B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Merced |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0852-2829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Landscapes of Pre-Hispanic Andean Kinship: Ancestors, Ayllus and Relationality
This study investigates trends in the conceptualization, methods and analysis of kinship throughout the corpus of bioarchaeological research from the pre-Hispanic Andes in recent years (since 2000). Building on a summary of key shifts in archaeogenetics and definitions of foundational concepts like ayllu social organization and relationship kinship in the Indigenous Americas, the study carries out bibliometric analysis of four methods-based searc…
Celebrating Cleft Lip? Osteological and Artistic Evidence of Lip Deformity in a Trophy Head Individual from Southern Peru
Geographic insularity and intra-lifetime mobility in Late Intermediate Period (ca. 1000 – 1450 CE) Arequipa, Peru determined from 87Sr/86Sr isobiographies
Animals, Ancestors, and the Others: Weaving Geographic Distance into Pre-Hispanic Andean Mortuary Landscapes in Early Intermediate Period to Middle Horizon ( c. 100 bce –750 ce ) Southern Peru
This study examines geographic origins of basketry, animal and human grave offerings (including a feline trophy head, camelid bone instruments and human trophy heads) interred as grave goods at the cemetery of Uraca in the Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru during the Early Intermediate Period to Middle Horizon ( c. 100 bce –750 ce ). We aim to identify whether any of these human or non-human beings or artifacts were non-local to the Majes Valley and e…
Flexible agropastoral strategies during the 1st millennium CE in southern Peru: Examining yunga Arequipa camelid husbandry practices during Wari expansion through stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15…
Seasonality or short-term mobility among trophy head victims and villagers: Understanding late-life dietary change in the pre-Hispanic Andes through stable isotope analysis (δ13C/δ15N) of archaeologic…
This study aims to determine whether adults from the site of Uraca in the Lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru altered their diets in late-life—if so, were those short-term changes related to accessing distinct foods during periods of short-term mobility, seasonal subsistence strategies without accompanying mobility, or some other type of short-term change. We address these questions by comparing stable isotope variability (δ13C/δ15N) of Uraca hair…
Non-Local Enemies or Local Subjects of Violence: Using Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and Lead (206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb) Isobiographies to Reconstruct Geographic Origins and Early Childhood Mobil…
Throughout much of the pre-Hispanic Andes, bioarchaeological and iconographic evidence shows that the decapitation, dismemberment, and display of human heads were important aspects of ritual practices. Researchers have debated about the social identities of these decapitated heads-were they revered local ancestors, non-local enemies captured in raids or war, or locals injured in distant combat partially repatriated for home burial-answers which h…
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
Power, Mediation, and Transformation: Dismembered Heads from Uraca (Majes Valley, Peru) and the Andean Feline-Hunter Myth
An archaeological strontium isoscape for the prehistoric Andes: Understanding population mobility through a geostatistical meta-analysis of archaeological 87Sr/86Sr values from humans, animals, and ar…
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
Bioarchaeological Approaches to Understanding Conflict and Collaboration: The Circulation of Violence as a Heterarchical Structure
An archaeological strontium isoscape for the prehistoric Andes: Understanding population mobility through a geostatistical meta-analysis of archaeological 87Sr/86Sr values from humans, animals, and ar…
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
Non-Local Enemies or Local Subjects of Violence: Using Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and Lead (206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb) Isobiographies to Reconstruct Geographic Origins and Early Childhood Mobil…
Throughout much of the pre-Hispanic Andes, bioarchaeological and iconographic evidence shows that the decapitation, dismemberment, and display of human heads were important aspects of ritual practices. Researchers have debated about the social identities of these decapitated heads-were they revered local ancestors, non-local enemies captured in raids or war, or locals injured in distant combat partially repatriated for home burial-answers which h…
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
Seasonality or short-term mobility among trophy head victims and villagers: Understanding late-life dietary change in the pre-Hispanic Andes through stable isotope analysis (δ13C/δ15N) of archaeologic…
This study aims to determine whether adults from the site of Uraca in the Lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru altered their diets in late-life—if so, were those short-term changes related to accessing distinct foods during periods of short-term mobility, seasonal subsistence strategies without accompanying mobility, or some other type of short-term change. We address these questions by comparing stable isotope variability (δ13C/δ15N) of Uraca hair…
Bioarchaeological Approaches to Understanding Conflict and Collaboration: The Circulation of Violence as a Heterarchical Structure
Power, Mediation, and Transformation: Dismembered Heads from Uraca (Majes Valley, Peru) and the Andean Feline-Hunter Myth
An archaeological strontium isoscape for the prehistoric Andes: Understanding population mobility through a geostatistical meta-analysis of archaeological 87Sr/86Sr values from humans, animals, and ar…
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
Bioarchaeological Approaches to Understanding Conflict and Collaboration: The Circulation of Violence as a Heterarchical Structure
Seasonality or short-term mobility among trophy head victims and villagers: Understanding late-life dietary change in the pre-Hispanic Andes through stable isotope analysis (δ13C/δ15N) of archaeologic…
This study aims to determine whether adults from the site of Uraca in the Lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru altered their diets in late-life—if so, were those short-term changes related to accessing distinct foods during periods of short-term mobility, seasonal subsistence strategies without accompanying mobility, or some other type of short-term change. We address these questions by comparing stable isotope variability (δ13C/δ15N) of Uraca hair…
Non-Local Enemies or Local Subjects of Violence: Using Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and Lead (206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb) Isobiographies to Reconstruct Geographic Origins and Early Childhood Mobil…
Throughout much of the pre-Hispanic Andes, bioarchaeological and iconographic evidence shows that the decapitation, dismemberment, and display of human heads were important aspects of ritual practices. Researchers have debated about the social identities of these decapitated heads-were they revered local ancestors, non-local enemies captured in raids or war, or locals injured in distant combat partially repatriated for home burial-answers which h…
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
Flexible agropastoral strategies during the 1st millennium CE in southern Peru: Examining yunga Arequipa camelid husbandry practices during Wari expansion through stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15…
Celebrating Cleft Lip? Osteological and Artistic Evidence of Lip Deformity in a Trophy Head Individual from Southern Peru
Geographic insularity and intra-lifetime mobility in Late Intermediate Period (ca. 1000 – 1450 CE) Arequipa, Peru determined from 87Sr/86Sr isobiographies
Animals, Ancestors, and the Others: Weaving Geographic Distance into Pre-Hispanic Andean Mortuary Landscapes in Early Intermediate Period to Middle Horizon ( c. 100 bce –750 ce ) Southern Peru
This study examines geographic origins of basketry, animal and human grave offerings (including a feline trophy head, camelid bone instruments and human trophy heads) interred as grave goods at the cemetery of Uraca in the Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru during the Early Intermediate Period to Middle Horizon ( c. 100 bce –750 ce ). We aim to identify whether any of these human or non-human beings or artifacts were non-local to the Majes Valley and e…
Landscapes of Pre-Hispanic Andean Kinship: Ancestors, Ayllus and Relationality
This study investigates trends in the conceptualization, methods and analysis of kinship throughout the corpus of bioarchaeological research from the pre-Hispanic Andes in recent years (since 2000). Building on a summary of key shifts in archaeogenetics and definitions of foundational concepts like ayllu social organization and relationship kinship in the Indigenous Americas, the study carries out bibliometric analysis of four methods-based searc…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Biology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · History (3 works)