This is the first in a series of edited volumes that reports on recent research in the south central Andes. Volume I contains 18 chapters that cover then entire range of human settlement in the region, from the Early Archaic to the early Colonial Period. The book contains both short research reports as well as longer synthetic essays on work conducted over the last decade. It will be a critical resource for scholars working in the central Andes and adjacent areas.
Contents: Introduction to "Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-I" Charles Stanish and Amanda B. Cohen; Archaic period research in the Rio Huenque Valley, Peru Cynthia J. Klink; A projectile point chronology for the south-central Andean highlands Cynthia Klink and Mark Aldenderfer; Preceramic period settlement patterns in the Huancan0-Putina River Valley, Northern Titicaca Basin, Peru Lisa M. Cipolla; The Upper (Middle and Late) Formative in the Titicaca Region Christine A. Hastorf; Pukara influence on Isla Soto, Lake Titicaca, Peru Joel Myres and Rolando Paredes; Tiwanaku expansion into the western Titicaca Basin, Peru Charles Stanish, Kirk Lawrence Frye, Edmundo de la Vega M., and Matthew T. Seddon; Excavations at Sillumocco-Huaquina Edmundo de la Vega; The Tiwanaku period occupation on the Island of the Sun Matthew T. Seddon; Residential diversity and the rise of complexity in Tiwanaku John W. Janusek; The Altiplano period in the Titicaca Basin Kirk L. Frye and Edmundo de la Vega; The cave burial from Molino-Chilacachi Edmundo de la Vega, Kirk L. Frye, and Tiffiny Tung; The Inca occupation of the Lake Titicaca region Kirk L. Frye; Inka ceremonial sites in the southwest Titicaca Basin Elizabeth Arkush; Archaeological reconnaissance in the Carabaya region, Peru Lawrence S. Coben and Charles Stanish; Settlement patterns, administrative boundaries, and internal migration in the Early Colonial period Matthew S. Bandy and John W. Janusek; Archaeological reconnaissance in the northern Titicaca Basin Charles Stanish, Amanda B. Cohen, Edmundo de la Vega, Elizabeth Arkush, Cecilia Chavez, Aimee Plourde, and Carol Schultze; Future directions in Titicaca Basin research