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Kelly J. Knudson, Ph.D.
Associate 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: SHESC 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 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.
 

  • 2011 Kelly J. Knudson, “Identifying Archaeological Human Migration Using Biogeochemistry:  Case Studies from the South-Central Andes.” In Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration, edited by Graciela S. Cabana and Jeffrey J. Clark. University Press of Florida: Tallahassee, Florida, pages 231-247.
 

ASB 223: Buried Civilizations in the Americas

ASB 353: Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ASB 494/591: Andean Archaeology

ASM 453/553: Human Behavior through Bone Chemistry

ASB 591: The Bioarchaeology of Empires

ASM 591: The Bioarchaeology of Identity


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