Centre for the Archaeology of the Americas

View of the Calchaqui Valleys from the Quilmes sacred city site, NW Argentina. Photograph M Lazzari, April 2019.

Javier Aceituno taking notes while digging at El Abra site

Cultural heritage community workshop

Ground-truthing of the archaeological site PhICAM-877, Camarones Basin, northern Chile. Photograph by A Oyaneder.

Pre-Hispanic Mojos in 3D project team (Beni savanna, Bolivia). Photograph by J Iriarte.

The Centre for the Archaeology of the Americas aims to promote the research of the department's archaeologists and their collaborators in all aspects of the Archaeology of the Americas. It also acts to engage postgraduate research students in Americanist topics and research projects through interdisciplinary approaches.