We are seeking highly motivated graduate students to join the team. Contact Dr. Kurt Rademaker at rademaker@tamu.edu
Kurt Rademaker presented “En el camino de los sudamericanos tempranos en los andes” in Sapiens en America: Una perspectiva sudamericana lecture series, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
National Science Foundation Archaeology grant “Early Human Ecology and Settlement Dynamics of the Central Andean Highlands” awarded to Principal Investigator Kurt Rademaker, Texas A&M University.
The Paleo Andes team carried out excavations at Uchcumachay (4110 masl) in the Junín highlands of central Peru in July and August. The project was sponsored by the Elfrieda Frank Foundation
Brett Furlotte successfully defended his MA thesis “Hunting for the Gathering: Paleoethnobotanical Investigations at the Quebrada Jaguay (QJ-280) Archaeological Site, Southern Coastal Peru,” Department of Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan
Rust Foundation grant “Investigating Early Holocene Forager Strategies: A Multi-Isotopic Analysis of Four Humans form the Pacific Coast, Peru” awarded to Principal Investigator Emily Milton, Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University
When and by which routes did Paleoindians enter the Americas, and how did they adapt to inhabit different ecological zones?
Our group seeks to understand the timing, routes, and environmental setting of the earliest human dispersals in western South America.
We integrate archaeology, physical anthropology, genetics, and Quaternary science to study prehistoric settlement systems - linked archaeological sites situated in multiple ecological zones from the Pacific coast to the high Andes.
This work provides information about the long-term history and co-evolution of humans and ecological systems, and the formation of landscapes.
