Toward a Critical History of Peruvian Archaeology

Speaker Henry Tantaleán, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

About the Speaker

Henry Tantaleán is a Peruvian archaeologist from Lima. He studied archaeology at the National University of San Marcos, where he is currently a full professor. He obtained a master's degree and Ph.D. from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. His interests are social theory and archaeological applications, Andean archaeology, and origins of the Andean pre-Hispanic states. He is the author of several academic publications. Recently, he published Peruvian Archaeology: A Critical History (Routledge, 2016) and edited the volume Andean Ontologies: New Archaeological Perspectives.

Moderated by the Harvard Andean Working Group.

This event is presented in collaboration with the Harvard Andean Working Group, the Department of History, the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.