Sarah Kerchusky

EDUCATION

PhD (2018) in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

Advisor: Katharina Schreiber

Dissertation: 

2018 Archaeological Investigations at Zorropata: Local Socioeconomic and Political Development in a Context of Imperial Wari Expansion. PhD. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.

MA (2011) in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

MS (2010) in Anthropology and Archaeology, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA.

BA (2005) in Anthropology, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

AREAS: Andean South America

THEORY: Household archaeology; community; gender; complexity; culture contact; states and empires; craft production; agency; contemporary social theory

MATERIAL: Archaeological textiles, cordage, basketry, and other woven, spun or perishable artifacts; ceramics

OTHER: Geographic Information Systems, quantitative analysis, 3D scanning

MEMBERSHIPS 

2019-Present Institute for Andean Studies, Member (elected).

2013-Present Register of Public Archaeologists, Member.

2006-Present Society for American Archaeology’s Fiber Perishables Interest Group, Member.

2004-Present Society for American Archaeology, Member.

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