WILLIAM H. ISBELL

Email: huari@aol.com

(PhD University of Illinois 1973), Professor of Anthropology, is a archaeologist interested in the origins of the prehistoric state, cultural evolutionism, postprocessual archaeology, and how knowledge of the past is constructed. His current research focuses on the built environment in the interpretation of the past, on mortuary practices, and palaces, as well as how agency, structure, ideology, adaptation, social factions and gender participate in culture change. He is a specialist in New World prehistory, particularly the Central Andes of Peru and Bolivia . A recognized expert on the pre-Inca Huari and Tiwanaku cultures, he is currently investigating Huari and its second city of Conchopata , in the central highlands of Peru .

2006 Andean Archaeology: Vol III, North and South . Ed. by William H. Isbell and Helaine Silverman. Springer, New York .

2004 Palaces and Politics of Huari, Tiwanaku and the Middle Horizon. In Palaces of the Ancient New World , edited by Susan Toby Evans and Joanne Pillsbury. Pp. 191- 246. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.

2004 Beer of Kings: Great pots of potent brew marked royal rituals in Peru . Archaeology Magazine , November/December, 57(6): 32-33.

2004 Experiencing the Cities of Wari and Tiwanaku. In Andean Archaeology, edited by Helaine Silverman, Pp. 167-182. Blackwell Publishing, Malden , MA . (with Alexei Vranich)

2004 Cultural Evolution in the Lake Titicaca Basin : Empirical Facts and Theoretical Explanations. Reviews in Anthropology 33(3)209-242

2002 Andean Archaeology: Vol II, Art, Landscape and Society . Ed. by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishing Co., New York

2002 Andean Archaeology: Vol I, Variations in Sociopolitical Organization . Ed. by William H. Isbell and Helaine Silverman. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishing Co., New York

2002 Huari Y Tiwanaku: Modelos vs. Evidencias, Segunda Parte. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, No. 5, 2001 . edited by Peter Kaulicke and William H. Isbell. Departamento de Humanidades, Especialidad de Arqueologia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima .

2001 Huari Y Tiwanaku: Modelos vs. Evidencias, Primera Parte. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, No. 4, 2000 . edited by Peter Kaulicke and William H. Isbell. Departamento de Humanidades, Especialidad de Arqueologia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima .

1997 Mummies and Mortuary Monuments : A Postprocessual Prehistory of Andean Social Organization. University of Texas Press.

Courses for the Spring 2008 Semester: ANTH 262, ANTH 576A

 

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