Liberal Arts and Sciences
Contreras Lab
Led by Daniel Contreras · Anthropology
What we study
Dr. Contreras studies past human-environment interactions using geospatial archaeology and landscape geoarchaeology, focusing on the Central Andes. His work involves fieldwork in Peru and the Great Basin, analyzing artifacts and landscapes to understand cultural practices.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Papers
- 4
Recent papers, explained
- Chronology, Continuity, and Hiatus: Radiocarbon Dating of Monumental Mudbrick Architecture in Peru’s Chicama Valley
2026 · Journal of Field Archaeology
Tests whether radiocarbon dating can efficiently date mudbrick structures in Peru.
- Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Insights from the Stelida Chert Source, Naxos (Greece)
2025 · Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies
Describes Middle Paleolithic activity at a chert source in Greece.
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- Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Finds evidence of psychoactive plant use in rituals at Chavín de Huántar.
- Climate stability and low population pressure predict peaceful interactions over 10,000 years of Central Andean history
2025 · Science Advances
Uses machine learning to study factors that promote peace in the Central Andes.
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