C A Conlee
Biographic Data
| ID | 19312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C A Conlee |
| GIVEN NAMES | C A |
| FAMILY NAME | Conlee |
| SIGNATURE | CONLEE C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3602-7294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 223 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Wari across the Andes: Modeling the radiocarbon evidence
Reconsidering chronologies and cultural change on the south coast of Peru: A compilation and analysis of radiocarbon dates from Nasca, Ica, and Paracas
Assembling the early expansionary state: Wari and the southern Peruvian coast
The Impact of Coastal-Highland Interactions and Population Movements on the Development and Collapse of Complex Societies in Nasca, Peru (AD 500-1450)
Coastal-highland relationships were important in the development, expansion, and collapse of ancient societies in Nasca, Peru. Connections between the regions began with the earliest occupants and extended through Inca rule; they consisted of the exchange of goods, sharing of ideas, migration, and political dominance. By the end of the Early Intermediate period (Late Nasca, AD 500-650), highland relationships intensified, and during the Middle Ho…
Early imperialism in the Andes: Wari colonisation of Nasca
The highland Wari (AD 600-1000) were an influential and expansive Andean civilisation, yet the nature and organisation of Wari power is debated. For example, it is suggested that coastal Nasca was governed by Wari, but doubts remain about its role in the region. Recent excavations at Huaca del Loro in Nasca have uncovered rectilinear compounds, a D-shaped temple, a large cemetery and a domestic area. The authors suggest that this evidence reflect…
An analysis of the fabrics from La Tiza, a site in the southern Nasca drainage
From the site of La Tiza, fragmentary fabric specimens were recovered from contexts spanning the Preceramic through the Late Intermediate Period. Presented here is a summary of the analysis of a large sample of the total assemblage and a discussion of observed patterns. The bulk of the assemblage is comprised of specimens from the Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period and, thus, much of the discussion is focused on intra-site comparison of …
Plazas and communal space in Nasca: Changing patterns of public ritual through the Formative and Early Intermediate periods (800 B.C.– A.D. 650) on the south coast of Peru
Documented plaza use in the southern Nasca region (SNR) has demonstrated that communal spaces were absent at residential sites during the Early Nasca epoch. Indeed, communal rituals and performance were apparently limited to the pilgrimage center of Cahuachi and associated features of the built environment such as the Nasca geoglyphs. This pattern differs significantly from the pre and post-Cahuachi eras, when plazas, and the communal activities …
Cabeza Trofeo Nasca Y Sacrificio Humano en La Tiza
En ninguna parte del Perú prehispánico se tiene un mayor número de cabezas trofeo como las encontradas en la costa sur de Perú y, en particular, que datan de la cultura Nasca (1-750 d.C.). Existe un debate en relación con esta práctica, si las cabezas trofeo fueron tomadas durante la guerra como trofeos, asociadas a contextos rituales de fertilidad o como ritos ceremoniales de adoración a sus antepasados. A pesar de ser frecuente las representaci…
Nasca culture integration and complexity: A perspective from the site of La Tiza
The consequences of Wari contact in the Nasca region during the Middle Horizon: Archaeological, skeletal, and isotopic evidence
An exploration of looted Middle Horizon tombs from Nasca
In the Middle Horizon new tomb forms and burial practices appeared in the Nasca region that entailed the burial of multiple individuals in above-ground tombs. Such tombs found at the site of La Tiza were associated with elites, contained richer grave goods, and involved a greater investment in construction than previous burial types. The mortuary structures contained the interments of both local people and foreigners providing new evidence of cul…
Refining oxygen isotope analysis in the Nasca region of Peru: An investigation of water sources and archaeological samples
The development of complex societies, irrigation agriculture and sociopolitical transitions are of interest to researchers working in the Nasca region on the south coast of Peru. Occupied for thousands of years, many questions regarding the circumstances of these changes in the area are being investigated. Oxygen isotope analysis provides a method for exploring residential mobility of past peoples during these transitions. This study presents new…
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
Identifying foreigners versus locals in a burial population from Nasca, Peru: An investigation using strontium isotope analysis
Obsidian hydration dating on the South Coast of Peru
Decapitation and Rebirth: A Headless Burial from Nasca, Peru
Decapitation was a common type of ritual sacrifice in the ancient Andes. Images of disembodied heads and decapitation were ubiquitous in the art of the Nasca culture, and the large numbers of physical remains of trophy heads found in the archaeological record of the area are unprecedented. However, few headless bodies have been recovered in the region. A burial from the site of La Tiza is the first documented decapitated burial that dates to Midd…
Ceramic production in ancient Nasca: Provenance analysis of pottery from the Early Nasca and Tiza cultures through Inaa
The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes: An Introduction
The Expansion, Diversification, and Segmentation of Power in Late Prehispanic Nasca
During the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000–1476) the organization and foundation of power in Nasca was transformed from earlier times. Previously, religious resources were central to the development and maintenance of the political and social hierarchy. After the collapse of the Wari Empire and a period of balkanization, the resources used to establish and maintain power broadened considerably. The expansion of the power base into new realms …
Local Elites and the Reformation of Late Intermediate Period Sociopolitical and Economic Organization in Nasca, Peru
The Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1476) was a time between empires in the Andes when many regional groups reorganized and gained power. In the Nasca drainage this period has often been misrepresented, in part due to a focus on earlier cultural developments that were considerably different. Recent research attempts to provide a clearer picture of this time period by investigating sociopolitical and economic organization, and in particular th…
Local Elites and the Reformation of Late Intermediate Period Sociopolitical and Economic Organization in Nasca, Peru
The Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1476) was a time between empires in the Andes when many regional groups reorganized and gained power. In the Nasca drainage this period has often been misrepresented, in part due to a focus on earlier cultural developments that were considerably different. Recent research attempts to provide a clearer picture of this time period by investigating sociopolitical and economic organization, and in particular th…
Identifying foreigners versus locals in a burial population from Nasca, Peru: An investigation using strontium isotope analysis
Ceramic production in ancient Nasca: Provenance analysis of pottery from the Early Nasca and Tiza cultures through Inaa
Decapitation and Rebirth: A Headless Burial from Nasca, Peru
Decapitation was a common type of ritual sacrifice in the ancient Andes. Images of disembodied heads and decapitation were ubiquitous in the art of the Nasca culture, and the large numbers of physical remains of trophy heads found in the archaeological record of the area are unprecedented. However, few headless bodies have been recovered in the region. A burial from the site of La Tiza is the first documented decapitated burial that dates to Midd…
The consequences of Wari contact in the Nasca region during the Middle Horizon: Archaeological, skeletal, and isotopic evidence
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
The Impact of Coastal-Highland Interactions and Population Movements on the Development and Collapse of Complex Societies in Nasca, Peru (AD 500-1450)
Coastal-highland relationships were important in the development, expansion, and collapse of ancient societies in Nasca, Peru. Connections between the regions began with the earliest occupants and extended through Inca rule; they consisted of the exchange of goods, sharing of ideas, migration, and political dominance. By the end of the Early Intermediate period (Late Nasca, AD 500-650), highland relationships intensified, and during the Middle Ho…
Early imperialism in the Andes: Wari colonisation of Nasca
The highland Wari (AD 600-1000) were an influential and expansive Andean civilisation, yet the nature and organisation of Wari power is debated. For example, it is suggested that coastal Nasca was governed by Wari, but doubts remain about its role in the region. Recent excavations at Huaca del Loro in Nasca have uncovered rectilinear compounds, a D-shaped temple, a large cemetery and a domestic area. The authors suggest that this evidence reflect…
Refining oxygen isotope analysis in the Nasca region of Peru: An investigation of water sources and archaeological samples
The development of complex societies, irrigation agriculture and sociopolitical transitions are of interest to researchers working in the Nasca region on the south coast of Peru. Occupied for thousands of years, many questions regarding the circumstances of these changes in the area are being investigated. Oxygen isotope analysis provides a method for exploring residential mobility of past peoples during these transitions. This study presents new…
Nasca culture integration and complexity: A perspective from the site of La Tiza
Obsidian hydration dating on the South Coast of Peru
Assembling the early expansionary state: Wari and the southern Peruvian coast
Plazas and communal space in Nasca: Changing patterns of public ritual through the Formative and Early Intermediate periods (800 B.C.– A.D. 650) on the south coast of Peru
Documented plaza use in the southern Nasca region (SNR) has demonstrated that communal spaces were absent at residential sites during the Early Nasca epoch. Indeed, communal rituals and performance were apparently limited to the pilgrimage center of Cahuachi and associated features of the built environment such as the Nasca geoglyphs. This pattern differs significantly from the pre and post-Cahuachi eras, when plazas, and the communal activities …
An exploration of looted Middle Horizon tombs from Nasca
In the Middle Horizon new tomb forms and burial practices appeared in the Nasca region that entailed the burial of multiple individuals in above-ground tombs. Such tombs found at the site of La Tiza were associated with elites, contained richer grave goods, and involved a greater investment in construction than previous burial types. The mortuary structures contained the interments of both local people and foreigners providing new evidence of cul…
An analysis of the fabrics from La Tiza, a site in the southern Nasca drainage
From the site of La Tiza, fragmentary fabric specimens were recovered from contexts spanning the Preceramic through the Late Intermediate Period. Presented here is a summary of the analysis of a large sample of the total assemblage and a discussion of observed patterns. The bulk of the assemblage is comprised of specimens from the Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period and, thus, much of the discussion is focused on intra-site comparison of …
The Expansion, Diversification, and Segmentation of Power in Late Prehispanic Nasca
During the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000–1476) the organization and foundation of power in Nasca was transformed from earlier times. Previously, religious resources were central to the development and maintenance of the political and social hierarchy. After the collapse of the Wari Empire and a period of balkanization, the resources used to establish and maintain power broadened considerably. The expansion of the power base into new realms …
Cabeza Trofeo Nasca Y Sacrificio Humano en La Tiza
En ninguna parte del Perú prehispánico se tiene un mayor número de cabezas trofeo como las encontradas en la costa sur de Perú y, en particular, que datan de la cultura Nasca (1-750 d.C.). Existe un debate en relación con esta práctica, si las cabezas trofeo fueron tomadas durante la guerra como trofeos, asociadas a contextos rituales de fertilidad o como ritos ceremoniales de adoración a sus antepasados. A pesar de ser frecuente las representaci…
The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes: An Introduction
Local Elites and the Reformation of Late Intermediate Period Sociopolitical and Economic Organization in Nasca, Peru
The Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1476) was a time between empires in the Andes when many regional groups reorganized and gained power. In the Nasca drainage this period has often been misrepresented, in part due to a focus on earlier cultural developments that were considerably different. Recent research attempts to provide a clearer picture of this time period by investigating sociopolitical and economic organization, and in particular th…
The Expansion, Diversification, and Segmentation of Power in Late Prehispanic Nasca
During the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000–1476) the organization and foundation of power in Nasca was transformed from earlier times. Previously, religious resources were central to the development and maintenance of the political and social hierarchy. After the collapse of the Wari Empire and a period of balkanization, the resources used to establish and maintain power broadened considerably. The expansion of the power base into new realms …
Ceramic production in ancient Nasca: Provenance analysis of pottery from the Early Nasca and Tiza cultures through Inaa
The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes: An Introduction
Decapitation and Rebirth: A Headless Burial from Nasca, Peru
Decapitation was a common type of ritual sacrifice in the ancient Andes. Images of disembodied heads and decapitation were ubiquitous in the art of the Nasca culture, and the large numbers of physical remains of trophy heads found in the archaeological record of the area are unprecedented. However, few headless bodies have been recovered in the region. A burial from the site of La Tiza is the first documented decapitated burial that dates to Midd…
Obsidian hydration dating on the South Coast of Peru
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
Identifying foreigners versus locals in a burial population from Nasca, Peru: An investigation using strontium isotope analysis
An exploration of looted Middle Horizon tombs from Nasca
In the Middle Horizon new tomb forms and burial practices appeared in the Nasca region that entailed the burial of multiple individuals in above-ground tombs. Such tombs found at the site of La Tiza were associated with elites, contained richer grave goods, and involved a greater investment in construction than previous burial types. The mortuary structures contained the interments of both local people and foreigners providing new evidence of cul…
Refining oxygen isotope analysis in the Nasca region of Peru: An investigation of water sources and archaeological samples
The development of complex societies, irrigation agriculture and sociopolitical transitions are of interest to researchers working in the Nasca region on the south coast of Peru. Occupied for thousands of years, many questions regarding the circumstances of these changes in the area are being investigated. Oxygen isotope analysis provides a method for exploring residential mobility of past peoples during these transitions. This study presents new…
The consequences of Wari contact in the Nasca region during the Middle Horizon: Archaeological, skeletal, and isotopic evidence
Cabeza Trofeo Nasca Y Sacrificio Humano en La Tiza
En ninguna parte del Perú prehispánico se tiene un mayor número de cabezas trofeo como las encontradas en la costa sur de Perú y, en particular, que datan de la cultura Nasca (1-750 d.C.). Existe un debate en relación con esta práctica, si las cabezas trofeo fueron tomadas durante la guerra como trofeos, asociadas a contextos rituales de fertilidad o como ritos ceremoniales de adoración a sus antepasados. A pesar de ser frecuente las representaci…
Nasca culture integration and complexity: A perspective from the site of La Tiza
Plazas and communal space in Nasca: Changing patterns of public ritual through the Formative and Early Intermediate periods (800 B.C.– A.D. 650) on the south coast of Peru
Documented plaza use in the southern Nasca region (SNR) has demonstrated that communal spaces were absent at residential sites during the Early Nasca epoch. Indeed, communal rituals and performance were apparently limited to the pilgrimage center of Cahuachi and associated features of the built environment such as the Nasca geoglyphs. This pattern differs significantly from the pre and post-Cahuachi eras, when plazas, and the communal activities …
An analysis of the fabrics from La Tiza, a site in the southern Nasca drainage
From the site of La Tiza, fragmentary fabric specimens were recovered from contexts spanning the Preceramic through the Late Intermediate Period. Presented here is a summary of the analysis of a large sample of the total assemblage and a discussion of observed patterns. The bulk of the assemblage is comprised of specimens from the Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period and, thus, much of the discussion is focused on intra-site comparison of …
The Impact of Coastal-Highland Interactions and Population Movements on the Development and Collapse of Complex Societies in Nasca, Peru (AD 500-1450)
Coastal-highland relationships were important in the development, expansion, and collapse of ancient societies in Nasca, Peru. Connections between the regions began with the earliest occupants and extended through Inca rule; they consisted of the exchange of goods, sharing of ideas, migration, and political dominance. By the end of the Early Intermediate period (Late Nasca, AD 500-650), highland relationships intensified, and during the Middle Ho…
Early imperialism in the Andes: Wari colonisation of Nasca
The highland Wari (AD 600-1000) were an influential and expansive Andean civilisation, yet the nature and organisation of Wari power is debated. For example, it is suggested that coastal Nasca was governed by Wari, but doubts remain about its role in the region. Recent excavations at Huaca del Loro in Nasca have uncovered rectilinear compounds, a D-shaped temple, a large cemetery and a domestic area. The authors suggest that this evidence reflect…
Assembling the early expansionary state: Wari and the southern Peruvian coast
Wari across the Andes: Modeling the radiocarbon evidence
Reconsidering chronologies and cultural change on the south coast of Peru: A compilation and analysis of radiocarbon dates from Nasca, Ica, and Paracas
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