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Kelly J. Knudson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Bioarchaeological Research
Director, Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory

School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
PO Box 872402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402

E-mail address: kelly.knudson@asu.edu
Office phone: 480-727-0767
ACL phone: 480-965-3419
Fax: 480-965-7671
Office location: Anthropology Building Room 312
Office hours: W 3:00-4:00 pm

The Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory, affiliated with the Center for Bioarchaeological Research in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at ASU, focuses on chemical analyses of archaeological materials, particularly bone, enamel, and soils.
 
My Andean research focuses on residential mobility in the Tiwanaku, Wari and Inka polities. I utilize a combination of archaeological chemistry and bioarchaeology, particularly stable isotope analyses of archaeological human and modern faunal tooth enamel and bone.
 
In addition, I am currently utilizing chemical analyses of soils at modern and archaeological seasonal subsistence camps in western Alaska in order to determine the soil signatures of archaeological activity areas.
 

  • 2007 Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung, “Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origin of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes.” In Archaeological Chemistry: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation, edited by Michael Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Rachel Popelka-Filcoff, pages 99-113. American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C.
 
   

  • 2008 “Geographic Origins and Residential Mobility at the Pilgrimage Center of Pachacamac, Peru” by Kelly J. Knudson, Martha Palma Málaga, Izumi Shimada, and Rafael Segura Llanos, presented at the 77th Annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, April 9-13

  • 2008 “Dental Decoration and Residential Mobility in 8th Century Pamplona, Northern Spain” by Eleni Anna Prevedorou, Marta Diaz-Zorita Bonilla, Jane E. Buikstra, M. Paz de Miquel Ibáñez, and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 77th Annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, April 9-13.

  • 2008 “Oxygen Isotope Analysis in a Land of Environmental Extremes: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Isotopic Work in the Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.

  • 2008 “Exploring the Relationship between Biological and Cultural Identity in Northern Chile: Biogeochemical and Bioarchaeological Research in San Pedro de Atacama” by Christina Torres-Rouff and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.

  • 2008 “Using Ethnoarchaoelogy and Soil Chemistry to Examine Herring and Salmon Fisheries on the Arctic Alaskan Coast” by Lisa Frink and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.

  • 2008 “Identifying Maya Elite Residential Mobility through Strontium Isotope Analyses at Late Classic Copan, Honduras” by Katherine Miller, Jane E. Buikstra, Jennifer Piehl, E. Wyllys Andrews V, and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.

  • 2008 “Isotopic Insight into Middle Horizon Urbanism: Dietary Resource Distribution and Residential Mobility at Tiwanaku” by Carrie Anne Berryman, Kelly J. Knudson, Deborah E. Blom, and Robert H. Tykot, presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.

  • 2007 “Residential Mobility in the Lake Titicaca Basin: Strontium Isotope Analysis at Khonkho Wankane” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 72nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 24-29.
  • 2007 “The Relationship between Tiwanaku Mortuary Behavior and Geographic Origins at Chen Chen (Moquegua, Peru)” by Deborah E. Blom and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 72nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 24-29.
  • 2007 “Acculturation and Geographic Origins: Integrative Bioarchaeological and Archaeological Chemical Analyses of an Individual from Solcor 3, North Chile” by Christina Torres-Rouff and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 76th Annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 28-31.
  • 2006 “Indentifying Archaeological Human Migration using Biogeochemistry: Case Studies from the South Central Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Migration Conference, Tempe, Arizona, October 12-13.
  • 2006 “Residential Mobility and Resource Use in the Chiribaya Polity of Southern Peru” by Kelly J. Knudson and Jane E. Buikstra, presented at the 2nd Biannual Archaeological Sciences of the Americas Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, September 13-16.
  • 2006 “Transitions and Archaeological Chemistry: An Illustration from the South Central Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 71st Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 26-30.
  • 2006 "Identifying the Origin of Wari Trophy Heads in the Ancient Andes using Bioarcheology and Archaeological Chemistry” by Tiffiny A. Tung and Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 75th Annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meetings, Anchorage, Alaska, March 5-12.
  • 2005 "Migration and Bone Chemistry: Case Studies from the South Central Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 104th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., November 30-December 4.

  • 2005 “Identifying Archaeological Residential Mobility in the Andes: The Utility of Multiple Chemical Techniques” by Kelly J. Knudson and T. Douglas Price, presented at the UK Archaeological Science Conference, Bradford, United Kingdom, April 13-16.

  • 2005 “Residential Mobility and Archaeological Chemistry in the South Central Andes: Trace Element and Strontium Isotope Data from Tiwanaku and Chiribaya Sites” by Kelly J. Knudson, presented at the 33rd Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Columbia, MO, February 26-27.

  • 2004 “The Bioarchaeology of Identity: Case Studies from the South Central Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, Deborah E. Blom and Jane E. Buikstra, presented at the 103rd Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA, December 16-19.

  • 2004 “Fish Heads, Fish Heads: Activity Area Analysis in Contemporary Yup'ik Fish Camps in Western Alaska through Chemical Characterization of Soils” by Kelly J. Knudson, Lisa Frink, Brian Hoffman and T. Douglas Price, presented at the 1st Annual Archaeological Sciences of the Americas Symposium, Tucson, AZ, September 23-26.

  • 2004 “Migration in the Middle Horizon: Bone Chemistry and the Nature of the Tiwanaku Polity in the South Central Andes” by Kelly J. Knudson, T. Douglas Price, Jane E. Buikstra and Deborah E. Blom, presented at the 69th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Montreal, Canada, March 31-April 4.

  • 2003 “Tiwanaku Residential Mobility, Migration and Ritual Behavior as Determined by Archaeological Chemistry” by Kelly J. Knudson, T. Douglas Price, Jane Buikstra and Deborah Blom, presented at the 31st Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Chicago, IL, February 22-23.

  • 2002 “Strontium Isotope Analysis and Migration in the South Central Andes: Tiwanaku Colonization of the Moquegua Valley” by Kelly J. Knudson, T. Douglas Price, Jane Buikstra and Deborah Blom, presented at the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 22-26.

  • 2001 “Tiwanaku Residential Mobility as Determined by Strontium and Lead Isotope Analyses” by Kelly J. Knudson, T. Douglas Price, Jane Buikstra and Deborah Blom, presented at the 66th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings, New Orleans, LA, April 18-22.

  
   

 
   
2004 Knudson, Kelly J. Tiwanaku Residential Mobility in the South Central Andes: Identifying Archaeological Human Migration through Strontium Isotope Analysis. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
 

ASB 494/591: Andean Archaeology

ASM 494/591: Human Behavior through Bone Chemistry

ASB 591: The Bioarchaeology of Empires

ASM 591: The Bioarchaeology of Identity

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