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.
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2011 Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung,,“"Investigating Regional Mobility in the Southern Hinterland of the Wari Empire: Biogeochemistry at the Site of Beringa, Peru." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145 (2): 299-310.
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2011 Christopher M. Stojanowski and Kelly J. Knudson, "Biogeochemical Inference of Mobility of Early Holocene Fisher-Foragers from the Central Sahara Desert." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145 (1): 49-61.
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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.
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2011 Sara J. Marsteller, Christina Torres-Rouff, and Kelly J. Knudson, “Pre-Columbian Sickness Ideology and the Social Experience of Leishmaniasis: A Contextualized Analysis of Bioarchaeological and Paleopathological Data from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.” International Journal of Paleopathology 1: 24-34.
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2010 Kelly J. Knudson, Hope M. Williams, Jane E. Buikstra, Paula D. Tomczak, Gwyneth W. Gordon, and Ariel D. Anbar, “Introducing δ88/86Sr Analysis in Archaeology: A Demonstration of the Utility of Strontium Isotope Fractionation in Paleodietary Studies.” Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 2352-2364.
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2010 Eleni Anna Prevedorou, Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Alejandro Romero, M. Paz de Miguel Ibañez, Jane E. Buikstra, and Kelly J. Knudson, “Residential Mobility and Dental Decoration in Early Medieval Spain: Results from the Eighth Century Site of Plaza del Castillo, Pamplona.” Dental Anthropology 23(2): 42-52.
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2010 Kelly J. Knudson and Liam Frink, “Soil Chemical Signature of a Historic Sod House: Activity Areas Analysis of an Arctic Semisubterranean Structure on Nelson Island, Alaska.” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 2: 265-282.
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2010 Kelly J. Knudson and Liam Frink, “Ethnoarchaeological Analysis of Arctic Fish Processing: Chemical Characterization of Soils on Nelson Island, Alaska.” Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 769-783.
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2010 Tiffiny A. Tung and Kelly J. Knudson, “Childhood Lost: Abductions, Sacrifice, and Trophy Heads of Children in the Wari Empire.” Latin American Antiquity 22: 44-66.
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2010 Andrew D. Somerville, Ben E. Nelson, and Kelly J. Knudson, “Isotopic Investigation of Pre-Hispanic Macaw Breeding in Northwest Mexico." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 29: 125-135.
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2009 Kelly J. Knudson, Sloan R. Williams, Rebecca Osborn, Kathleen Forgey, and Patrick Ryan Williams, “The Geographic Origins of Nasca Trophy Heads Using Strontium, Oxygen, and Carbon Isotope Data." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 28 (2): 244-257.
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2009 Kelly J. Knudson and Christopher M. Stojanowski, Bioarchaeology and Identity in the Americas, published in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen. University Press of Florida: Tallahassee, Florida.
- 2009 Kelly J. Knudson, “Book Review: Between Biology and Culture." American Journal of Human Biology 21 (3): 412.
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2009 Kelly J. Knudson, “Oxygen Isotope Analysis in a Land of Environmental Extremes: The Complexities of Isotopic Work in the Andes." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 19 (2): 171-191.
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2009 Kelly J. Knudson and Christina Torres-Rouff, “Investigating Cultural Heterogeneityin San Pedro de Atacama, Northern Chile Through Biogeochemistry and Bioarchaeology." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138 (4): 473-485.
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2009 A. Romero, M. Paz de Miguel Ibañez, Jane E. Buikstra, Kelly J. Knudson, Eleni Anna Prevedorou, Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, and J. de Juan, “Mutilación dentaria en la Necrópolis Islámica de Plaza del Castillo (siglo VIII DC), Pamplona (Navarra) (Dental Mutlilation in the Islamic Necropolis of Plaza del Castillo (8th century AD), Pamplona (Navarra).” Revista Española de Anthopología Física 29: 1-14.
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2008 Alicia Wilbur, Amy Farnbach, Kelly J. Knudson, and Jane E. Buikstra "Diet, Tuberculosis, and the Paleopathological Record." Current Anthropology 49 (8): 963-991.
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2008 Kelly J. Knudson and Christopher M. Stojanowski, “New Directions in Bioarchaeological Research: Recent Contributions to the Study of Human Social Identities." Journal of Archaeological Research 16: 397-432.
- 2008 Tiffiny A. Tung and Kelly J. Knudson "Social Identities and Geographical Origins of Wari Trophy Heads from Conchopata, Peru." Current Anthropology 49 (5): 915-925 with Online Supplement A and and Online Supplement B.
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2008 Paul C. Sereno, Elena A. A. Garcea, Hélène Jousse, Christopher M. Stojanowski, Jean-François Saliège, Abdoulaye Maga, Oumarou Ide, Kelly J. Knudson, Anna Maria Mercuri, Thomas W. Stafford, Thomas G. Kaye, Carlo Giraudi, and Isabella Massamba N'siala, “Lakeside Cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 Years of Holocene Population and Environmental Change.” PLoS One 3(8): 1-22.
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2008 Kelly J. Knudson, “Tiwanaku Influence in the South Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis and Middle Horizon Migration." Latin American Antiquity 19 (1): 3-23.
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2007 Christina Torres-Rouff and Kelly J. Knudson, “Examining the Life History of an Individual from Solcor 3, San Pedro de Atacama: Combining Bioarchaeology and Archaeological Chemistry." Chungara: Revista Andina 39 (2): 235-257.
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2007 Kelly J. Knudson and Jane E. Buikstra, “Residential Mobility and Resource Use in the Chiribaya Polity of Southern Peru: Strontium Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Tooth Enamel and Bone.” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 17 (6): 563- 580.
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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.
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2007 Kelly J. Knudson, Arthur E. Aufderheide, and Jane E. Buikstra, “Seasonality and Paleodiet in the Chiribaya Polity of Southern Peru.” Journal of Archaeological Science 34 (3): 451-462.
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2007 Kelly J. Knudson and T. Douglas Price, “The Utility of Multiple Chemical Techniques in Archaeological Residential Mobility Studies.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 132 (1): 25-39.
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2005 Kelly J. Knudson, Tiffiny A. Tung, Kenneth C. Nystrom, T. Douglas Price, and Paul D. Fullagar. "The Origin of the Jych'uypampa Cave Mummies: Strontium Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Human Remains from Bolivia." Journal of Archaeological Science 32 (6): 903-913.
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2004 Kelly J. Knudson, T. Douglas Price, Jane E. Buikstra, and Deborah E. Blom. “The Use of Strontium Isotope Analysis to Investigate Tiwanaku Migration and Mortuary Ritual in Bolivia and Peru.” Archaeometry 46 (1): 5-18.
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2004 David C. Meiggs and Kelly J. Knudson. “Resolution and Refinement: Recent Advances in Archaeological Chemistry: Introductory Comments.” Archaeometry 46 (1): 1-4.
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2004 Kelly J. Knudson, Lisa Frink, Brian Hoffman and T. Douglas Price. “Chemical Characterization of Arctic Soils: Activity Area Analysis in Contemporary Yup’ik Fish Camps Using ICP-AES.” Journal of Archaeological Science 31 (4): 443-456.
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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