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Texas State University

Dr. Christina Conlee

  • Chair - Professor - Anthropology
  • ELA 266
  • tel:+15122458272
  • cc65@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured grants

  • Conlee, Christina. The Rise and Fall of Huaca del Loro: Investigating Nasca-Wari Relationships on the Peruvian Coast, National Science Foundation, Federal, $239557. (Funded: September 2018 - September 2024). Grant.
  • Conlee, Christina (Principal). Investigating Prehistoric Cultural Boundaries and Lifeways in North-Central Oregon, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: February 2018 - August 2018). Grant.
  • Conlee, Christina (Principal). “Tracing the Remains of Imperial Resistance: An Archaeological Study of the Site of Huaca del Loro, Peru”, Curtiss T. Brennan and Mary G. Brennan Foundation, $5000. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
  • Conlee, Christina (Principal). National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration Grant. “Ancient Nasca Burial Practices”, National Geographic Society, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $19900. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.
  • Conlee, Christina (Principal). National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0314273 “Post-Collapse Transformations in Late Prehispanic Nasca.”, $131332. (Funded: 2003 - 2008). Grant.
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Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Conlee, C. A., Contreras, D. A., Ann, P. H., & Vaughn, K. J. (2024). Reconsidering Chronologies and Cultural Change on the South Coast of Peru: A Compilation and Analysis of Radiocarbon dates from Nasca, Ica, and Paracas. Quaternary International, 703, 97–111.
  • Conlee, C. A., Kellner, C., Walker, C., & Noriega Gutierrez, A. (2021). Early Imperialism in the Andes: the Wari Colonization of Nasca. Antiquity, 95, 1527–1546. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.118
  • Conlee, C. (2021). The Importance of Coastal-Highland Interactions and Population Movements on the Development and Collapse of Complex Societies in Nasca, Peru (AD 500-1470). Latin American Antiquity, 32, 405–420. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/latin-american-antiquity/article/impact-of-coastalhighland-interactions-and-population-movements-on-the-development-and-collapse-of-complex-societies-in-nasca-peru-ad-5001450/2D4644385516CB64B19DF6EC7921EF3A
  • Conlee, C. A. (2016). Beyond the Nasca Lines: Ancient Life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. Retrieved from http://upf.com/book.asp?id=CONLE001
  • Conlee, C. (2014). Nasca Culture Integration and Complexity: A Perspective from the Site of the La Tiza. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 35, 234–247.
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Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. February 15, 2017 - August 25, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper of 2022, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. December 6, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State University. November 11, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University Excellence Award in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Excellence Award for Scholarship/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 2008
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Featured service activities

  1. Chair

    Department of Anthropology

    August 2021 - Present
  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Antiquity, Current Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, Archaeometry, Latin American Antiquity, Ñawpa Pacha, Journal of Archaeological Research, Journal of Field Archaeology, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

    2000 - Present
  3. Reviewer / Referee

    National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

    January 2000 - Present
  4. Reviewer / Referee

    National Endowment for the Humanites

    September 2024 - December 2024
  5. Member

    College of Science and Engineering College Review Group

    January 2024 - February 2024
  6. Graduate Advisor

    PhD Program Coordinator

    August 2018 - December 2020
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