Meet our team
A multidisciplinary, multinational team of investigators
Principal Investigators
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Anthropology
Winthrop University
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Binghamton University
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Cornell University
Directors
Lic. Nelly Antonella Rivera Tames
Project Director
Licenciada in Archaeology from la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
Project Director
Licenciado in Anthropology from la Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa
Senior Personnel
Dr. Weronika Tomczyk
Dartmouth College
Kevin Ricci Jara
Ceramicist
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Student Specialists
Kelly Moss
PhD student in Anthropology
University of California San Diego
Daniela Fuenmayor
MA student in Anthropology
University of Miami
Silvia Choque Conde
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa
Eduardo Cabala Pinto
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa
2026 Team
2025 Team
2024 Team
