Faculty Profiles

Conlee, C. A. (n.d.). The Nasca Culture. In Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology. Oxford University Press.

Conlee, C. A. (n.d.). The Role of Wari Ancestors and Religion in the Provinces: A View from Nasca. In Empire of the Ancestors: The Wari of the Middle Horizon. University Press of Florida.

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.

Williams, P. R., Reid, D., Grávalos, M. E., Marsh, E., Bélisle, V., Conlee, C. A., … McEwan, G. (2024). Wari Across the Andes: Modeling the Radiocarbon Evidence. Quaternary International, 703, 49–66.

Noriega, A., & Conlee, C. (2023). Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huaca del Loro 2022, Informe Final.

Jennings, J., Biwer, M., & Conlee, C. (2022). Assembling the Early Expansionary State: Wari and the Southern Peruvian Coast. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, (65), 101395.

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

Noriega, A., & Conlee, C. (2019). Informe del Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huaca del Loro 2019. Lima, Peru: Ministerio de Cultura.

Mills, B., & Conlee, C. (2019). An Analysis of the Fabrics from La Tiza, a Site in the Southern Nasca Drainage. Nawpa Pacha, 39(2), 213–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/00776297.2019.1666539

Conlee, C., Boulanger, M. T., & Glascock, M. D. (2019). 1500 Years of Pottery Production on the South Coast of Peru: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis from the site of La Tiza. In H. Neff & K. Vaughn (Eds.), Ceramics of the Indigenous Cultures of South America: Production and Exchange (pp. 113–123). Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.

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

Vaughn, K. J., Conlee, C., Whalen, V., & Van Gijseghem, H. (2016). Plazas and Communal Space in Nasca: Changing Patterns of Public Ritual between the Formative and Nasca Periods on the South Coast of Peru. Nawpa Pacha, 36, 111–138.

Conlee, C. A. (2015). Reestablishment of Complex Societies Following Collapse and Abandonment in Nasca, Peru. In R. K. Faulseit (Ed.), Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization and Reorganization in Complex Societies. Carbondale, IL: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 42, Southern Illinois University.

Conlee, C. (2015). Transformations of Society and Power in Ancient Nasca. Peruvian Archaeology, 2, 1–35.

Conlee, C. (2014). Nasca Culture Integration and Complexity: A Perspective from the Site of the La Tiza. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 35, 234–247.

Conlee, C., & Noriega, A. (2014). Cabeza trofeo Nasca y sacrificio humano en La Tiza. Arqueología y Sociedad, 27, 49–58.

Buzon, M. R., Conlee, C., Simonetti, A., & Bowen, G. J. (2012). The Consequences of Wari Contact in the Nasca region during the Middle Horizon: Archaeological, Skeletal, and Isotopic Evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(8), 2627–2636.

Conlee, C. (2011). An Exploration of Looted Middle Horizon Tombs from Nasca. Ñawpa Pacha, Journal of Andean Archaeology, 31(1), 45–54.

Buzon, M. R., Conlee, C., & Bowen, G. J. (2011). Refining Oxygen Isotope Analysis in the Nasca Region of Peru: An Investigation of Water Sources and Archaeological Samples. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 21, 446–455.

Conlee, C. (2010). Nasca and Wari: Local Opportunism and Colonial Ties during the Middle Horizon. In J. Jennings (Ed.), Beyond Wari Walls: Exploring the Nature of Middle Horizon Peru away from Wari Centers (pp. 96–112). Albuquerque, United States: University of New Mexico Press.

Eerkens, J. W., Vaughn, K. J., Linares-Grados, M., Conlee, C., Schreiber, K., Glascock, M. D., & Tripcevich, N. (2010). Spatio-temporal Patterns in Obsidian Consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, 825–832.

Conlee, C., Buzon, M. R., Gutierrez, A. N., Simonetti, A., & Creaser, R. A. (2009). Identifying Foreigners versus Locals in the Burial Population of Nasca, Peru: An Investigation Using Strontium Isotope Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 2755–2764.

Conlee, C. (2009). La reorganización de la sociedad Nasca del periodo intermedio tardío: Investigaciones en la aldea de Pajonal Alto. Arkina, 13(160), 78–87.

Conlee, C., & Noriega, A. (2009). Informe del Proyecto La Tiza 2009.

Conlee, C. (2009). [Review of Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru. The Architecture and Pottery, by J. Marcus]. Cambridge Archaeological Journal.

Eerkens, J. W., Vaughn, K. J., Carpenter, T. R., Conlee, C., Grados, M. L., & Schreiber, K. J. (2008). Obsidian Hydration Dating on the South Coast of Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(8), 2231–2239.

Conlee, C. (2008). [Review of The Geoglyphs of Palpa, Peru: Documentation Analysis, and Interpretation, by K. Lambers]. Latin American Antiquity.

Conlee, C. (2007). Decapitation and Rebirth: A Headless Burial from Nasca, Peru. Current Anthropology, 48(3), 438–445.

Conlee, C. (2006). Regeneration as Transformation: Post-Collapse Society in Nasca, Peru. In G. M. Schwartz & J. J. Nichols (Eds.), After Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex Societies (pp. 99–113). Tucson, United States: University of Arizona Press.

Conlee, C., & Schreiber, K. (2006). The Role of Intermediate Elites in the Balkanization and Reformation of Post-Wari Society in Nasca, Peru. In C. Elson & A. Covey (Eds.), Intermediate Elites in Pre-Columbian States and Empires (pp. 94–111). Tucson, United States: University of Arizona Press.

Vaughn, K., Conlee, C., Neff, H., & Schreiber, K. (2006). Ceramic Production in Ancient Nasca: Provenance Analysis of Pottery from the Early Nasca and Tiza Cultures through INAA. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33(5), 681–689.

Conlee, C., & Noriega, A. (2006). Investigaciones arqueológicas en la Tiza. Un sitio del intermedio tardío en la región de Nazca-Peru. Revista Del Centro de Investigaciones Precolombinas (Versión Electrónica).

Conlee, C. (2006). Nasca Headless Burial. In M. Ono, I. Shimada, H. Baba, & K. Shinoda (Eds.), Nasca, Wonder of the World: Messages Etched on the Desert Floor (pp. 36–37). Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Broadcasting System.

Noriega, A., & Conlee, C. (2006). Informe del Proyecto La Tiza 2006.

Vaughn, K. J., Conlee, C., & Ogburn, D. (Eds.). (2005). The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (Vol. 14). Arlington, Virginia: American Anthropological Association.

Conlee, C. (2005). The Expansion, Diversification, and Segmentation of Power in Late Prehispanic Nasca. In K. Vaughn, C. A. Conlee, & D. Ogburn (Eds.), Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes (pp. 211–223). Arlington, Virginia: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.

Vaughn, K. J., Conlee, C., Neff, H., & Schreiber, K. J. (2005). A Compositional Analysis of Nasca Pigments: Implications for Craft Production on the Prehispanic South Coast of Peru. In R. J. Speakman & H. Neff (Eds.), Laser Ablation ICP-MS: A New Frontier in Archaeological Characterization Studies (pp. 138–154). Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.

Conlee, C. (2005). Regional Autonomy in the Late Prehispanic Period: An Analysis of Ceramics from the Nasca Drainage. Andean Past, 7, 157–182.

Noriega, A., & Conlee, C. (2005). Informe del Proyecto La Tiza 2005.

Conlee, C., & Ogburn, D. (2005). An Introduction. In K. J. Vaughn, C. A. Conlee, & D. Ogburn (Eds.), Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes (pp. 1–12). Arlington, Virginia: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.

Conlee, C., Dulanto, J., Mackey, C., & Stanish, C. (2004). Late Prehispanic Sociopolitical Complexity. In H. Silverman (Ed.), Andean Archaeology (pp. 209–236). Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers.

Conlee, C., & Noriega, A. (2004). Informe del Proyecto La Tiza 2004.

Conlee, C. (2003). Elites and the Reformation of Late Intermediate Period Sociopolitical and Economic Organization in Nasca, Peru. Latin American Antiquity, 14(1), 47–65.

Kennett, D., & Conlee, C. (2002). Emergence of Late Holocene Sociopolitical Complexity on Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands. In J. M. Erlandson & T. L. Jones (Eds.), Catalyst to Complexity: The Late Holocene Archaeology of the California Coast (pp. 147–165). Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

Conlee, C., & Rodríguez, A. (2002). Informe del Proyecto La Tiza 2002.

Conlee, C. (2000). Intensified Middle Period Ground Stone Manufacture on San Miguel Island. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 22, 374–391.

Conlee, C. (1998). Informe de campo del proyecto de Pajonal Alto 1997.