Journal Articles by Emily Sharp
Journal of Field Archaeology, 2022
This article explores temporality at the village of Jecosh (Ancash, Peru) using a place and socia... more This article explores temporality at the village of Jecosh (Ancash, Peru) using a place and social memory framework. Through excavations and materials analysis of domestic and mortuary contexts, we consider the memory work involved in making and re-making place at Jecosh over the longue durée. Initial site settlement coincided with the rise of Huarás villages in the 4th century b.c.; continued site occupation in the Recuay era expanded upon Huarás practices and included the remodeling of residences and new funerary rituals. People abandoned Jecosh around a.d. 1100, but later groups constructed mortuary monuments on the site’s western edge during the 14th century a.d. Eventual resettlement of Jecosh in the 15th century a.d. during Inka times included the adoption of old buildings and practices alongside site expansion. We argue that long-term site occupation does not necessarily indicate stasis; throughout regional transformations, people at Jecosh adapted memory work practices to claim and create place.
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Papers by Emily Sharp
The Late Intermediate Period (LIP, 1000–1400 C.E.) in the Peruvian Andes was characterized by dra... more The Late Intermediate Period (LIP, 1000–1400 C.E.) in the Peruvian Andes was characterized by dramatically different cultural and climatological contexts compared to the preceding Middle Horizon (600–1000/1100 C.E.) when the Wari empire exerted great influence over a vast region now known as Peru (Fig. 10.1). Given the dramatic differences between the two cultural eras, we examine how cultural and climatic conditions shaped human activities, particularly as they relate
to violence against children, childhood diet, and residential mobility. Did the
decline of Wari state infrastructure and the severe drought of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries contribute to poor morbidity among subadults, particularly as it related to violence-related trauma and changes in food access?
Teaching Documents by Emily Sharp
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Taking place in the heart of the highland Andes o... more www.piaraperu.org/fieldschool
Course Overview:
Taking place in the heart of the highland Andes of Peru, Analytical Methods in Archaeology is a unique approach to the traditional course in archaeological field methods. Through the course, students will not only learn the essential skills (mapping, excavation, artifact processing, etc.) of field archaeology, but also they will train in a range of specialized methods that are shaping innovations in the field today. Student participants will excavate monumental tombs and ritual spaces at Hualcayán (2400 BC–AD 1450), then focus their studies on either Bioarchaeology or Artifact Analysis. Students will also participate in supplementary training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D Photogrammetry. During the field school, participants will live and work with the rural, bilingual Quechua/Spanish-speaking community of Hualcayán (highland Ancash, Peru), which facilitates an important component of the field school: learning to ethically and respectfully conduct research on the remains of other people's heritage through community collaboration. Finally, students will travel to important archaeological sites and museums in four cities four cities—Lima, Caraz, Huaraz, Chavín—and visit stunning natural features likes high altitude lagoons and glaciers. This course is taught in conjunction with Dr. Rebecca Bria's research project called the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA; www.piaraperu.org), which has focused its investigations on the site of Hualcayán since 2009. Student instruction will be therefore embedded within the goals and practices of a long-term study of an ancient Peruvian community. As such, the scientific, student-produced results of the course will have a real impact on our knowledge of the ancient Andes.
Talks by Emily Sharp
"Getting to Know Jecosh: An Archaeological Site in the Callejón de Huaylas" is the title of a tem... more "Getting to Know Jecosh: An Archaeological Site in the Callejón de Huaylas" is the title of a temporary museum exhibit that was held at the Ancash Archaeology Museum (Museo Arqueológico de Ancash) in the city of Huaraz, Peru between July 6-August 26, 2018. The exhibit presented archaeological artifacts recovered from the site of Jecosh alongside explanatory posters. This was a collaborative effort between the co-directors of the Proyecto de Invesitgación Arqueológica - Jecosh (PIAJ; Jecosh Archaeological Research Project): M. Elizabeth Grávalos, Emily A. Sharp, and Denisse K. Herrera Rondan. Curators Grávalos and Sharp created exhibition posters and organized display cases geared toward a public audience. Our intention was to teach visitors about the ancient inhabitants of Jecosh, the practice of archaeology, and the systematic investigation and preservation of cultural heritage.
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Conference Papers by Emily Sharp
“Ritual violence or simply ritual? Evaluating the evidence for child sacrifice in Late Formative ... more “Ritual violence or simply ritual? Evaluating the evidence for child sacrifice in Late Formative Period Peru.” The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 29–April 2, 2017. Vancouver, Canada.
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to violence against children, childhood diet, and residential mobility. Did the
decline of Wari state infrastructure and the severe drought of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries contribute to poor morbidity among subadults, particularly as it related to violence-related trauma and changes in food access?
Teaching Documents by Emily Sharp
Course Overview:
Taking place in the heart of the highland Andes of Peru, Analytical Methods in Archaeology is a unique approach to the traditional course in archaeological field methods. Through the course, students will not only learn the essential skills (mapping, excavation, artifact processing, etc.) of field archaeology, but also they will train in a range of specialized methods that are shaping innovations in the field today. Student participants will excavate monumental tombs and ritual spaces at Hualcayán (2400 BC–AD 1450), then focus their studies on either Bioarchaeology or Artifact Analysis. Students will also participate in supplementary training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D Photogrammetry. During the field school, participants will live and work with the rural, bilingual Quechua/Spanish-speaking community of Hualcayán (highland Ancash, Peru), which facilitates an important component of the field school: learning to ethically and respectfully conduct research on the remains of other people's heritage through community collaboration. Finally, students will travel to important archaeological sites and museums in four cities four cities—Lima, Caraz, Huaraz, Chavín—and visit stunning natural features likes high altitude lagoons and glaciers. This course is taught in conjunction with Dr. Rebecca Bria's research project called the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA; www.piaraperu.org), which has focused its investigations on the site of Hualcayán since 2009. Student instruction will be therefore embedded within the goals and practices of a long-term study of an ancient Peruvian community. As such, the scientific, student-produced results of the course will have a real impact on our knowledge of the ancient Andes.
Talks by Emily Sharp
Please visit our Facebook page for more info about PIAJ and the exhibit: https://www.facebook.com/PIAJecosh/
Conference Papers by Emily Sharp
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to violence against children, childhood diet, and residential mobility. Did the
decline of Wari state infrastructure and the severe drought of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries contribute to poor morbidity among subadults, particularly as it related to violence-related trauma and changes in food access?
Course Overview:
Taking place in the heart of the highland Andes of Peru, Analytical Methods in Archaeology is a unique approach to the traditional course in archaeological field methods. Through the course, students will not only learn the essential skills (mapping, excavation, artifact processing, etc.) of field archaeology, but also they will train in a range of specialized methods that are shaping innovations in the field today. Student participants will excavate monumental tombs and ritual spaces at Hualcayán (2400 BC–AD 1450), then focus their studies on either Bioarchaeology or Artifact Analysis. Students will also participate in supplementary training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D Photogrammetry. During the field school, participants will live and work with the rural, bilingual Quechua/Spanish-speaking community of Hualcayán (highland Ancash, Peru), which facilitates an important component of the field school: learning to ethically and respectfully conduct research on the remains of other people's heritage through community collaboration. Finally, students will travel to important archaeological sites and museums in four cities four cities—Lima, Caraz, Huaraz, Chavín—and visit stunning natural features likes high altitude lagoons and glaciers. This course is taught in conjunction with Dr. Rebecca Bria's research project called the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA; www.piaraperu.org), which has focused its investigations on the site of Hualcayán since 2009. Student instruction will be therefore embedded within the goals and practices of a long-term study of an ancient Peruvian community. As such, the scientific, student-produced results of the course will have a real impact on our knowledge of the ancient Andes.
Please visit our Facebook page for more info about PIAJ and the exhibit: https://www.facebook.com/PIAJecosh/