¡SOLAS Interviews!
Beau Murphy
Beau is a PhD student in Archaeology in the department of Anthropology at UNM.
This research was funded in part by a Latin American & Iberian Insitute and Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant. For more information about Field Research Grants, visit the LAII's website.
During the summer of 2013, Beau traveled to Peru to assist in preliminary dissertation research and participate in the Achanchi Archaeological Research Project. His work and research will contribute to the incipient body of knowledge regarding the Chanka ethnic group, which existed during the time AD 1000-1400. In addition, he was able to visit and observe many surrounding archaeological sites for assessment of research potential and develop valuable contacts with several Peruvian and American professional and graduate-level researchers.
In this interview, SOLAS speaks to Beau about his experience conducting and assisting field research and provides insight into how studying these lesser known Andean societies, like the Chanka, can give us a more complete understanding of the political and ecological patterns of pre-contact civilization.
During the summer of 2013, Beau traveled to Peru to assist in preliminary dissertation research and participate in the Achanchi Archaeological Research Project. His work and research will contribute to the incipient body of knowledge regarding the Chanka ethnic group, which existed during the time AD 1000-1400. In addition, he was able to visit and observe many surrounding archaeological sites for assessment of research potential and develop valuable contacts with several Peruvian and American professional and graduate-level researchers.
In this interview, SOLAS speaks to Beau about his experience conducting and assisting field research and provides insight into how studying these lesser known Andean societies, like the Chanka, can give us a more complete understanding of the political and ecological patterns of pre-contact civilization.