Andean-Amazonian Archaeological Interface

This cluster explores the deep temporal interplay between Andean and Amazonian societies. Through excavation, landscape analysis, material culture study, paleobotanical evidence, and collaborative heritage practice, it reveals the longue durée histories through which regional societies have mutually constituted one another. Contemporary ethnography gains analytical depth when situated within these ancestral temporalities, offering KU a richly stratified historical counterpoint to present-day inquiry.