Luis Flores-Blanco
Biographic Data
| ID | 210855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis Flores-Blanco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis |
| FAMILY NAME | Flores-Blanco |
| SIGNATURE | FLORES-BLANCO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2344-6542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Early Social Complexity Without Institutionalized Hierarchy on the Andean Altiplano, 5300–2800 cal BP
Volcanic stone sculptures of were-animals at Tiwanaku: PXRF and statistical analyses suggest regional geochemical provenance of chachapuma statues
Kaillachuro: Early monumental architecture of the Titicaca Basin, 5300-3000 BP
Monumental constructions are often associated with developed power structures, exploiting unequal access to resources to control large labour forces. Yet archaeological research worldwide increasingly shows that this model is not only an oversimplification, but often is also wrong. Here, the authors explore the burial mounds at Kaillachuro in the Peruvian Andes, and present new radiocarbon dates that position these mounds as the earliest evidence…
Did archery technology precipitate complexity in the Titicaca Basin? A metric analysis of projectile points, 11–1 ka
The extent to which archery technology affected social organization in the Andes region of South America remains understudied. To identify the timing and consequences of archery technology in the Lake Titicaca Basin, this analysis examines metric data from 1179 projectile points from the region, 11–1.0 cal. ka. We find that the greatest decrease in projectile point size occurred across the Late/Terminal Archaic and Formative/Tiwanaku period bound…
Early Evidence of Atlatl Use in the Titicaca Basin: A Lithic, Microwear, and Typological Analysis
Why Did Projectile-Point Size Increase in the Andean Altiplano Archaic? An Experimental Atlatl Analysis
Archaic projectile points from the Andean Altiplano exhibit a curious trend of increasing size over time, in contrast to a well-documented size reduction throughout North America. Although a number of hypotheses exist to account for decreasing projectile-point size, there are currently no explicit explanations for increasing size. We consider several hypotheses and interrogate two techno-economic hypotheses. We posit that increasing point size co…
Reconstructing the sequence of an Inca Period (1470-1532 CE) camelid sacrifice at El Pacífico, Peru
Animal sacrifice has played an important role as a material expression of the ritual behavior practiced by different societies around the world. In the South American Andes, the ceremonial immolation of llamas is well documented by both ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources. Nevertheless, archaeological evidence of animal sacrifice remains poorly documented. In this paper, we report the burial of two young camelids from El Pacífico, a Formative …
El surgimiento del paisaje monumentalizado pensado desde los datos de la cuenca del lago Titicaca, Andes Centro-Sur
The present paper proposes a new interpretation on the origin of the monumentalized landscape in the Titicaca lake area (South-Central Andes), whose consequences were the emergence of barrow structures at the transition from the Formative to the Archaic periods. Such process could be detected through the analysis of the last complex hunter-gatherers’ houses, where domestic and funerary practices coexisted. Both of them allowed the houses to be se…
El arte rupestre de Carabaya, Puno: Una Propuesta De Secuencia Pictórica 1
Arqueología De Los Periodos Altiplano E Inca en Sandia Y Carabaya, Al Norte De La Cuenca Del Titicaca - Perú
Los autores entregan información sobre su visita por las regiones de Carabaya y Sandia, describiendo once sitios arqueológicos tardíos; la mayor parte es información inédita para la arqueología Andina. Esta publicación intenta dar algunas luces, y resaltar la potencialidad que tiene el estudio del pasado, desde la parte oriental del actual Puno, para entender el desarrollo de importantes culturas como las del período Altiplano y la Inka
Geologic constraints on rain-fed Qocha reservoir agricultural infrastructure, northern lake Titicaca Basin, Peru
Reflexiones para avanzar en los estudios del período arcaico en Los Andes centro -sur
ThoughTs on moving forward of The sTudy of The archaic period in The souTh-cenTral andes mark s. aldenderfer 2 y luis flores Blanco 3
Macusani obsidian from southern Peru: A characterization of its elemental composition with a demonstration of its ancient use
Macusani obsidian from southern Peru: A characterization of its elemental composition with a demonstration of its ancient use
Why Did Projectile-Point Size Increase in the Andean Altiplano Archaic? An Experimental Atlatl Analysis
Archaic projectile points from the Andean Altiplano exhibit a curious trend of increasing size over time, in contrast to a well-documented size reduction throughout North America. Although a number of hypotheses exist to account for decreasing projectile-point size, there are currently no explicit explanations for increasing size. We consider several hypotheses and interrogate two techno-economic hypotheses. We posit that increasing point size co…
Geologic constraints on rain-fed Qocha reservoir agricultural infrastructure, northern lake Titicaca Basin, Peru
Reflexiones para avanzar en los estudios del período arcaico en Los Andes centro -sur
ThoughTs on moving forward of The sTudy of The archaic period in The souTh-cenTral andes mark s. aldenderfer 2 y luis flores Blanco 3
Kaillachuro: Early monumental architecture of the Titicaca Basin, 5300-3000 BP
Monumental constructions are often associated with developed power structures, exploiting unequal access to resources to control large labour forces. Yet archaeological research worldwide increasingly shows that this model is not only an oversimplification, but often is also wrong. Here, the authors explore the burial mounds at Kaillachuro in the Peruvian Andes, and present new radiocarbon dates that position these mounds as the earliest evidence…
Early Evidence of Atlatl Use in the Titicaca Basin: A Lithic, Microwear, and Typological Analysis
Macusani obsidian from southern Peru: A characterization of its elemental composition with a demonstration of its ancient use
Geologic constraints on rain-fed Qocha reservoir agricultural infrastructure, northern lake Titicaca Basin, Peru
Reflexiones para avanzar en los estudios del período arcaico en Los Andes centro -sur
ThoughTs on moving forward of The sTudy of The archaic period in The souTh-cenTral andes mark s. aldenderfer 2 y luis flores Blanco 3
Arqueología De Los Periodos Altiplano E Inca en Sandia Y Carabaya, Al Norte De La Cuenca Del Titicaca - Perú
Los autores entregan información sobre su visita por las regiones de Carabaya y Sandia, describiendo once sitios arqueológicos tardíos; la mayor parte es información inédita para la arqueología Andina. Esta publicación intenta dar algunas luces, y resaltar la potencialidad que tiene el estudio del pasado, desde la parte oriental del actual Puno, para entender el desarrollo de importantes culturas como las del período Altiplano y la Inka
El surgimiento del paisaje monumentalizado pensado desde los datos de la cuenca del lago Titicaca, Andes Centro-Sur
The present paper proposes a new interpretation on the origin of the monumentalized landscape in the Titicaca lake area (South-Central Andes), whose consequences were the emergence of barrow structures at the transition from the Formative to the Archaic periods. Such process could be detected through the analysis of the last complex hunter-gatherers’ houses, where domestic and funerary practices coexisted. Both of them allowed the houses to be se…
El arte rupestre de Carabaya, Puno: Una Propuesta De Secuencia Pictórica 1
Reconstructing the sequence of an Inca Period (1470-1532 CE) camelid sacrifice at El Pacífico, Peru
Animal sacrifice has played an important role as a material expression of the ritual behavior practiced by different societies around the world. In the South American Andes, the ceremonial immolation of llamas is well documented by both ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources. Nevertheless, archaeological evidence of animal sacrifice remains poorly documented. In this paper, we report the burial of two young camelids from El Pacífico, a Formative …
Why Did Projectile-Point Size Increase in the Andean Altiplano Archaic? An Experimental Atlatl Analysis
Archaic projectile points from the Andean Altiplano exhibit a curious trend of increasing size over time, in contrast to a well-documented size reduction throughout North America. Although a number of hypotheses exist to account for decreasing projectile-point size, there are currently no explicit explanations for increasing size. We consider several hypotheses and interrogate two techno-economic hypotheses. We posit that increasing point size co…
Did archery technology precipitate complexity in the Titicaca Basin? A metric analysis of projectile points, 11–1 ka
The extent to which archery technology affected social organization in the Andes region of South America remains understudied. To identify the timing and consequences of archery technology in the Lake Titicaca Basin, this analysis examines metric data from 1179 projectile points from the region, 11–1.0 cal. ka. We find that the greatest decrease in projectile point size occurred across the Late/Terminal Archaic and Formative/Tiwanaku period bound…
Early Evidence of Atlatl Use in the Titicaca Basin: A Lithic, Microwear, and Typological Analysis
Kaillachuro: Early monumental architecture of the Titicaca Basin, 5300-3000 BP
Monumental constructions are often associated with developed power structures, exploiting unequal access to resources to control large labour forces. Yet archaeological research worldwide increasingly shows that this model is not only an oversimplification, but often is also wrong. Here, the authors explore the burial mounds at Kaillachuro in the Peruvian Andes, and present new radiocarbon dates that position these mounds as the earliest evidence…
Early Social Complexity Without Institutionalized Hierarchy on the Andean Altiplano, 5300–2800 cal BP
Volcanic stone sculptures of were-animals at Tiwanaku: PXRF and statistical analyses suggest regional geochemical provenance of chachapuma statues
Geography (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Geology (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Structural basin (5 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works)