Curriculum Vitae UCLA Extension Los Angeles, CA 90024 · Kevin J. Vaughn - 5 - CV, October 2016 2015 K.J. Vaughn, M. Zegarra Zegarra. Informe Final del Proyecto Investigaciones Arqueológicos

Kevin J. Vaughn - 1 - CV, October 2016

Curriculum Vitae Kevin J. Vaughn

Current Position and Contact Information Associate Dean of Academic Affairs UCLA Extension 10995 Le Conte Ave Los Angeles, CA 90024 Adjunct Professor Department of Anthropology University of California, Los Angeles 375 Portola Plaza, 341 Haines Hall Box 951553 Los Angeles, CA 90095 phone: 310-825-8296 (office) email: [email protected] website: https://ucla.academia.edu/KevinVaughn Education 2000 Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Dissertation: Archaeological Investigations at Marcaya: A Village Approach to Nasca Sociopolitical

and Economic Organization. Committee: K. Schreiber (chair), M. Aldenderfer, and M. Jochim. 1996 M. A. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. 1992 B. A. Anthropology (with distinction), University of Washington. Professional Interests Emergence of sociopolitical complexity, political economies of middle-range societies, human behavioral ecology, pilgrimage, pre-industrial mining, village and household archaeology, provenance analysis, archaeometry (INAA, LA-ICPMS, XRD, stable isotopes), ceramic analysis, households, New World archaeology, Andean South America, Nasca. Academic Positions 2015-present Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, UCLA Extension. 2016-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCLA. 2014-2016 Visiting Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, UCLA. 2007-present Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum. 2008-2014 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University.


2008-2014 Affiliated Faculty, Latin American and Latino Studies program, Purdue University. 2005-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University. 2004-2008 Visiting Scholar, Whiteley Center, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington. 2000-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University. 2001 Visiting Research Scientist, University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) (August, 2001). 1993-1998 Graduate Instructor, Teaching Assistant and Reader, Department of Anthropology, UCSB. Books n.d.. K. Schreiber and K.J. Vaughn, The Nasca World. Edited book under contract with Taylor and Francis as part of “Routledge Worlds” series. Anticipated completion date March 2017. n.d., K.J. Vaughn, Pilgrimage in Antiquity: Ritual and Cooperation in Ancient Nasca (working title). Book manuscript in preparation. 2013, N. Tripcevich and K.J. Vaughn (eds.), Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes: Sociopolitical, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions, Springer. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens and J. Kantner (eds.), The Evolution of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies, School of Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe. 2009, K.J. Vaughn, The Ancient Andean Village: Marcaya in Prehispanic Nasca. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. - published in paperback January 2012 2005, K.J. Vaughn, D. Ogburn and C. Conlee (eds.) The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, vol. 14, Washington DC. Peer-reviewed Journal Articles i.p., K.J. Vaughn, C.A. Conlee, H. Van Gijseghem, V.H. Whalen, Plazas and Communal Space in Nasca: Changing Patterns of Public Ritual through the Formative and Early Intermediate Periods (800 BC – AD 650) on the South Coast of Peru. Ñawpa Pacha (accepted for publication). i.p., K.J. Vaughn, M.B. Grávalos, M. Zegarra Zegarra, A. Gorman, Cerro Tortolita: an Early Intermediate Period ceremonial center in the upper Ica valley. Manuscript submitted to Peruvian Archaeology March 2016. Accepted for publication. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, J.W. Eerkens, C. Lipo, S. Sakai, and K. Schreiber, It’s About Time? Testing the Dawson Ceramic Seriation Using Luminescence Dating, Southern Nasca Region, Peru. Latin American Antiquity 25(4):449-461.


2014, J.W. Eerkens, G.H. Barfod, K.J. Vaughn, P.R. Williams, C.E. Lesher, Iron Isotope Analysis of Red and Black Pigments on Pottery in Nasca, Peru. Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences 6(3):241-254. 2013, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, M. Linares, J. Eerkens, Minería de Hematita en la Costa Sur del Perú: Investigaciones Arqueológicas en la Mina Primavera. Chungará, Revista de Antropología Chilena 45(1):131-142. 2012, J. Kantner and K.J. Vaughn, Pilgrimage as Costly Signal: Religiously Motivated Cooperation in Chaco and Nasca. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31:66-82. 2011, K.J. Vaughn, L. Dussubieux, P.R. Williams, A Pilot Compositional Analysis of Nasca Ceramics from the Kroeber Collection. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:3560-3567. 2010, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares, C. Conlee, K. Schreiber, M. Glascock, N. Tripcevich. Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(4):825-832. 2009, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, and M. Linares, Prehispanic mining in the southern Nasca region, Peru. Antiquity 83(321):738-750. 2008, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares, C. Conlee, T. Carpenter, and K. Schreiber, Obsidian Hydration Dating on the South Coast of Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:2231-2239. 2008, H. Van Gijseghem and K.J. Vaughn, Regional Integration and the Built Environment in Middle-Range Societies: Paracas and Early Nasca Houses and Communities. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 27(1):111-130. 2007, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares, J. Eerkens, M. Edwards, Hematite Mining in the Ancient Americas: Mina Primavera, A 2000 Year Old Peruvian Mine. JOM 59 (December):21-25. 2007, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem. A Compositional Perspective on the Origins of the Nasca Cult. Journal of Archaeological Science 34:814-822. 2006, K.J. Vaughn. Craft Production, Exchange, and Political Power in the Pre-Incaic Andes. Journal of Archaeological Research 14(4):313-344. 2006, K.J. Vaughn and M. Linares Grados. Three Thousand Years of Occupation in Upper Valley Nasca: Excavations at Upanca. Latin American Antiquity 17(4):595-612. 2006, K.J. Vaughn, C. Conlee, H. Neff, and K. Schreiber. Ceramic Production in Ancient Nasca: Provenance Analysis of Pottery from the Early Nasca and Tiza Cultures through INAA. Journal of Archaeological Science 33(5):681-689. 2005, K.J. Vaughn. Crafts and the Materialization of Chiefly Power. In The Foundations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes, K.J. Vaughn, D. Ogburn and C. Conlee (eds.), pp. 113-130. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., vol. 14. 2005, K.J. Vaughn and M. Glascock. Exchange of Quispisisa Obsidian in the Nasca Region: New Evidence from Marcaya. Andean Past 7:93-110. 2004, K.J. Vaughn. Households, Crafts, and Feasting in the Ancient Andes: The Village Context of Early Nasca Craft Consumption. Latin American Antiquity 15(1):61-88.


2004, K.J. Vaughn and H. Neff. Tracing the Clay Source of Nasca Polychrome Pottery: Results from a Preliminary Raw Material Survey. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(11):1577-1586. 2004, M. Glascock, H. Neff, and K.J. Vaughn. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Multivariate Statistics for Pottery Provenance. Hyperfine Interactions 154(1-4):95-105. 2000, K.J. Vaughn and H. Neff. Moving Beyond Iconography: Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Marcaya, Peru, an Early Nasca Domestic Site. Journal of Field Archaeology 27(1):75-90. Peer-reviewed Chapters 2013, K.J. Vaughn and N. Tripcevich, The Economic, Political and Symbolic Dimensions of Mining in the Andes: an Introduction. In Mining and Quarrying in the Andes: Economic, Political and Symbolic Dimensions, edited by N. Tripcevich and K.J. Vaughn, pp. 3-19. Springer. 2013, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, V. Whalen, J. Eerkens, and M. Linares, The Organization of Mining in Nasca during the Early Intermediate Period: Recent Evidence from Mina Primavera. In Mining and Quarrying in the Andes: Economic, Political and Symbolic Dimensions, edited by N. Tripcevich and K.J. Vaughn, pp. 157-182. Springer. 2013, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn, V. Whalen, M. Linares, and J. Olano Canales, Economic, social, and ritual aspects of copper mining in ancient Peru: An Upper Ica Valley case study. In Mining and Quarrying in the Andes: Economic, Political and Symbolic Dimensions, edited by N. Tripcevich and K.J. Vaughn, pp. 275-298. Springer. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, Emergent Leadership in Middle-Range Societies: An Example from Nasca, Peru. In The Evolution of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies, edited by K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens and J. Kantner, pp. 147-168. School for Advanced Research Press. 2010, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, J. Kantner, Introduction: The Evolution of Leadership. In The Evolution of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies, edited by K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens and J. Kantner, pp. 3-17. School for Advanced Research Press. 2005, K.J. Vaughn, C. Conlee, H. Neff, and K. Schreiber. A Compositional Analysis of Nasca Pigments: Implications for Craft Production on the Prehispanic South Coast of Peru. In Laser Ablation ICP-MS: A New Frontier in Archaeological Characterization Studies, edited by R. J. Speakman and H. Neff, pp. 138-154. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 2005, K.J. Vaughn. Household Approaches to Ethnicity on the South Coast of Peru: The Domestic Architecture of Early Nasca Society. In Us and Them: The Assignation of Ethnicity in the Andean Region, Methodological Approaches, R. Reycraft (ed.), pp. 86-103. UCLA Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles. Other Manuscripts in Preparation or Submitted n.d., H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn, V.H. Whalen, and M. Linares Grados. Extracción de pigmentos y modos de producción ritual en la cultural Nasca: Implicaciones para su reconstrucción sociopolítica. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Études Andines (special issue edited by A. Peters and E. Tomasto), submitted May, 2013. Currently under review. n.d., H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares, Ritual Practice, Sacred Landscapes, and Mining in the Prehispanic Andes. Manuscript in preparation. Reviews, Reports, Theses and Other Publications


2015 K.J. Vaughn, M. Zegarra Zegarra. Informe Final del Proyecto Investigaciones Arqueológicos Valle de Ica Medio. Minesterio de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2013 K.J. Vaughn, Review of “The Lost Woodlands of Ancient Nasca: A Case Study in Ecological and Cultural Collapse” by David Beresford-Jones. Antiquity 87(336):622-623. 2013 González LaRosa, Luis Manuel (w/ H. Van Gijseghem and K.J. Vaughn). Informe Final Proyecto Arqueológico Mina Primavera, Nasca. Miinisterio de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2011 K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, M. Linares Grados. Informe Final del Proyecto Arqueológico Mina Primavera, Nasca. Ministerio de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2011, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn, V. Whalen, M. Linares, and J. Olano, Prehispanic mining in South America: New data from the upper Ica Valley, Peru. Published online in Antiquity Project Gallery: http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/gijseghem328/. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares. Informe Final del Proyecto Nasca Tardio, 2010. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2008, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, M. Linares, M. Edwards, La Ballena: A Mining Base Camp in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru. Antiquity Project Gallery, http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/eerkens315/. 2007, K.J. Vaughn. Review of “A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through its Art” by Donald A. Proulx. American Anthropologist 109(4):776-777. 2007, K.J. Vaughn. Review of “Andean Diaspora: The Tiwanaku Colonies and the Origins of South American Empire” by Paul S. Goldstein. Latin American Antiquity 18(1):116-118. 2006, K.J. Vaughn. Review of “The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Comparative Perspectives” by Gil J. Stein (ed.). Choice Reviews, March 2006. 2006, K.J. Vaughn and M. Linares Grados. Informe Final del Proyecto Nasca Temprano, 2006. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2005, K.J. Vaughn. Academic Archaeology at a Small Liberal Arts College. The SAA Archaeological Record 5(1):27-29. 2004, K.J. Vaughn and M. Linares. Informe Final: Proyecto Nasca Temprano, 2004. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2002, K.J. Vaughn and M. Linares. Informe Final: Investigaciones Arqueológicos Valles Aja y Tierras Blancas, Nasca Peru, 2002. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima, Peru. 2000, K.J. Vaughn. Archaeological Investigations at Marcaya: A Village Approach to Nasca Sociopolitical and Economic Organization. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 1997, J. Kantner and K.J. Vaughn. Anthromorphemics (online Anthropology glossary): http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/glossary/index2.html. 1996, K.J. Vaughn. Early Prehistoric Settlement of the Nasca, Taruga and Las Trancas Valleys. Unpublished MA Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. 1993, K.J. Vaughn. Sub-Plowzone Formation Processes on the Malden Plain, Missouri. Unpublished Senior Honors Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington.

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Extramural Grants and Fellowships - Awarded 2011. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Late Nasca regional engagements and the local context of Wari colonialism in Nasca, Peru. National Science Foundation. (Awarded to fund dissertation research of PhD student Verity Whalen). 2010. Emergency Excavations of Tombs at Cocahuischo, Nasca, Peru. National Geographic Society. Grant #8815-10. 2009. Ancient Mining and Metallurgy on the South Coast of Peru. National Geographic Society. Grant #8653-09. 2007. Innovation and Change in Nasca Polychrome Pigment Production. H. John Heinz III Fund Grant Program for Latin American Archaeology. Co-PI with Jelmer Eerkens. 2002-2007. Early Nasca Craft Economies. National Science Foundation Grant BCS-#0211307. 2002. Feasibility Study for Investigating Nasca Craft Economies. H. John Heinz III Fund Grant Program for Latin American Archaeology. 2001. University of Missouri Research Reactor. Visiting Research Scientist. Funded by National Science Foundation # SBR-9802366. 1998, 2003, 2005. University of Missouri Research Reactor. Reduced analytical charges through National Science Foundation # SBR-9503035 supported program. 1997. Household Dynamics in Ancient Peru: Prehistoric Processes of an Early Nasca Village. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship #P022A70041. 1997. Household Dynamics in Ancient Peru: Prehistoric Processes of an Early Nasca Village. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Small Grant #6227. Intramural Grants and Fellowships 2013. An Archaeological Analysis of the Emergence and Evolution of Ancient Pilgrimage Behavior. Emerging Research Incentive Grant Program (Category II). Office of the Vice President for Research, Purdue University. 2013. Development of Anthropology 100 “Introduction to Anthropology” as a distance course. Distance Learning Course Development Grant. Purdue Extended Campus, Purdue University. 2009. Political Disintegration and the Imposition of State Control. PRF Research Grant. Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue University. 2008. Transitions from Pastoralism to Agropastoralism in Peru: Isotopic Analyses of Faunal Remains from the Nasca Region. Research Incentive Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2007 Attendance of 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Siena, Italy. PRF International Travel Grant, Purdue University. (Declined). 2007. Support for color publication in JOM. Research and Discovery Support Program Grant. College of Liberal Arts, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University. 2007. Analysis of Faunal Materials from the Early Nasca Craft Economy Project. Research and Discovery Support Program Grant. College of Liberal Arts, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University.


2007. Renovations of the Purdue Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences. Research and Discovery Support Program Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2006. Documenting Ancient South American Pigments. Research Incentive Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2006. The Emergence of the Nasca Civilization, 1st Millennium A.D., Peru. Research and Discovery Support Program Grant. College of Liberal Arts, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University. 2006. The Emergence of the Nasca Civilization, 1st Millennium A.D., Peru. Seed Analysis Program for AMS Dating. Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory, College of Science, Purdue University. 2006. The Emergence of Inequality in Prehispanic Nasca, Peru. Summer Support to Write Extramural Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2006. Anasazi Ceramic Exchange in the Chaco World. Research and Discovery Support Program Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2006. Multi-Media Approaches to the Teaching of Archaeology. Teaching Development Incentive Grant. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. 2004. Early Craft Specialization on the Peruvian South Coast. Severtson/Forest Foundation Student & Faculty Research Fellowship. Pacific Lutheran University. 2001-2004. Innovative Teaching Grant. Office of the Provost, PLU. (3 awarded). 2000. University Dissertation Fellowship. Graduate Division, UCSB. 1999. Graduate Council Travel Grant. Graduate Division, UCSB. 1998-1999. Albert Spaulding Fellowship. Department of Anthropology, UCSB. 1996-1999. Doctoral Candidacy Fellowship. Graduate Division, UCSB. 1996. Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant. Department of Anthropology, UCSB. 1994-1999. Graduate Student Fee Fellowship. Graduate Division, UCSB. 1993. Tuition Fellowship. Graduate Division, UCSB. Awards and Honors 2014, Ph.D. advisee V.H. Whalen recipient of 2014 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Dissertation Award. 2014, M.S. advisee M.E. Grávalos recipient of 2014 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Master's Thesis Award. 2011, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University. Department Teaching Award. 2011, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. Nominated by Department of Anthropology for CLA Teaching Award. 2010, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University. Nominated for Department Teaching Award (not eligible due to previous year’s award).


2009, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University. Department Teaching Award. 2009, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University. Nominated by Department of Anthropology for CLA Teaching Award. Symposia/Sessions Organized, Discussant Invitations 2016, Recent applications of luminescence dating in archaeology. Invited discussant in symposium organized by S. Sakai and J. Feathers for the SAA 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. April 2016. 2015, From Foragers to Empires: Recent Research on the South Coast of Peru. Symposium organized for the SAA 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April 2015. 2013, South American Ceramics. Invited discussant in symposium organized by M. Werness and K. Jones for the SAA 78th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. April 4, 2013. 2011, Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes. Symposium organized for the SAA 76th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. April 2011. Co-Organizer with N. Tripcevich. 2007, Between the Mountains and the Sea: Recent Developments in the Archaeology of the South Coast of Peru. Symposium organized for the SAA 72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. April 2007. Organizer and co-chaired with M. Edwards. 2006, The Emergence of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies. School of American Research, Santa Fe, NM, December 2-8, 2006. Co-chaired with J. Kantner and J. Eerkens. 2006, Craft Production, Exchange, and Provenance Analysis of Andean Ceramics: Current Research and Future Directions. SAA 71st Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 2006. Chair and co-organizer with R. Jeff Speakman and P. Ryan Williams. 2004, Global Perspectives on the Emergence of Leadership in Small-Scale and Middle-Range Societies. SAA 69th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. March, 2004. Co-organized with J. Kantner and J. Eerkens. 2002, Foundations and Relations of Power in the Prehispanic Andes. American Anthropological Association 101st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La. Co-organized with C. Conlee and D. Ogburn. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings 2016, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens, G. Barfod, Hematite (Ochre) Mining and Use on the South Coast of Peru ca. AD 1-400. Presented at the 81st Annual SAA’s, Orlando, FL, April 7, 2016. 2016, K.J. Vaughn, M. Poirier, Compositional variability in Formative and Nasca ceramics from the Southern Nasca Region. Poster presented at the 81st Annual SAA’s, Orlando, FL, April 7, 2016. 2016, K.J. Vaughn, A. Gorman, M.B. Grávalos, M. Zegarra Zegarra, Cerro Tortolita: An Early Intermediate Period Nasca Center in the Ica Valley. Presented at the 56th Annual Institute of Andean Studies Meeting, Berkeley, CA. January 8, 2016. 2015, M. Zegarra, K.J. Vaughn. Excavaciones en Cerro Tortolita, un Centro Ceremonial el Periódo Intermedio Temprano en el Valle de Ica. Congreso Nacional de Arqueología. Lima, Peru. August 6, 2015. 2015, K.J. Vaughn, M.B. Grávalos, M. Zegarra. Ica en el Periódo Intermedio Temprano: Su relación a Nasca. Presented at the 55th Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, San Salvador, El Salvador. July 12-17 2015.


2015, K.J. Vaughn, M. Zegarra, and M.B. Grávalos. The 2014 Excavations at Cerro Tortolita, an Early Intermediate Period Ceremonial Center in the Upper Ica Valley. Presented at the 80th Annual SAA’s, San Francisco, CA, April 16th. 2015, M.B. Grávalos and K.J. Vaughn. LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Nasca Ceramics from the Residential Sector at Cerro Tortolita, Ica, Peru. Presented at the 80th Annual SAA’s, San Francisco, CA, April 16th. 2015, H. Van Gijseghem, G. Gaggio, K.J. Vaughn. To Feed the Miner and to Feed the Mine: Some Thoughts on the Macrobotanical Assemblage from Mina Primavera, Nasca Region, Peru. Presented at the 80th Annual SAA’s, San Francisco, CA, April 18th. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, V.H.Whalen, H. Van Gijseghem. Plazas and Pilgrimage in the Upper Ica Valley. Presented at the 79th Annual SAA’s, Austin, TX, April 24th. 2014, A. Gorman, J.W. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn. Electron Microprobe Analysis of Nasca Polychrome Ceramic Pigments. Presented at the 79th Annual SAA’s, Austin, TX, April 24th. 2014, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn. Hematite mining and ritual in ancient Peru. Presented at the 79th Annual SAA’s, Austin, TX, April 25th. 2014, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn. The uses and re-uses of Mina Primavera, Ingenio, Nasca: Place and diversity of meanings in political and ritual landscapes. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Andean Archaeology, Berkeley, CA, January 10. 2013, K.J. Vaughn, J.W. Eerkens, C. Lipo, S. Sakai. It’s about Time? Evaluating the Dawson Seriation in Nasca using Luminescence Dating. Presented at the 78th Annual SAA’s, Honolulu, HI, April 6, 2013. 2013, C.M. Kellner, K.J. Vaughn, V. Whalen., H. Van Gijseghem, F. Ramos. Borderland migration patterns during a time of environmental and social challenges at the Peruvian Nasca site of Cocahuischo (AD 500). Presented at the 78th Annual SAA’s, Honolulu, HI, April 5, 2013. 2013, A. Gorman, J.W. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, Electron microprobe analysis of Nasca polychrome ceramic pigments. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual IAS meetings, Berkeley, CA January 11, 2013. 2012, K.J. Vaughn, H.Van Gijseghem, M. Linares Grados. Ritual Practice and Mining in Nasca. Presented at the 77th Annual SAA’s, Memphis, TN, April 19, 2012. 2012, C.M. Kellner, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, V. Whalen. Bioarchaeological analysis of unlooted tombs from Cocahuischo in Nasca, Peru (AD 650-750). Presented at the 77th Annual SAA’s, Memphis, TN, April 19, 2012. 2012, C.M. Kellner, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, V. Whalen. Bioarchaeological analysis of unlooted tombs from Cocahuischo in Nasca, Peru (AD 650-750) reveals disease and trauma patterns during the period leading up to Wari Imperial incursion. Presented at the 81st Annual AAPA’s, Portland, OR, April 2012. 2011, K.J. Vaughn, H.Van Gijseghem, J.Eerkens, M. Linares Grados. The Structure and Organization of Mining in Nasca from the Early Intermediate Period through the Middle Horizon: Recent Evidence from Mina Primavera. Presented at the 76th Annual SAA’s, Sacramento, CA, April 3, 2011. 2011, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J.Vaughn, V. Whalen. Mining of copper and copper-bearing minerals in ancient Peru: New evidence from the Upper Ica Valley. Presented at the 76th Annual SAA’s, Sacramento, CA, April 3, 2011.


2010, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, J. Eerkens, M. Linares. Two Millennia of Prehispanic Mining in Nasca, Peru (Invited paper). Presented at the Primera Reunión Internacional sobre Minería Prehispánica en América. Taltal-San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. December 3, 2010. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, L. Dussubieux, R. Williams. Changing Political Economy in Nasca: A Pilot Compositional Analysis of Ceramics from the Kroeber Collection. Presented (as a poster) at the Society for American Archaeology, 75th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO., April 15, 2010. 2010, K.J. Vaughn. Nasca Then and Now: A Retrospective on a Century of Understanding an Enigmatic Andean Culture (Invited paper). Presented at the Institute of Andean Studies, 50th Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA., January 8, 2010. 2009, K.J. Vaughn and J. Kantner. Pilgrimage in Chaco and Nasca: Religiously Motivated Cooperation in Middle Range Societies. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology, 74th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., April 22, 2009. 2008, K.J. Vaughn,, J. Eerkens, M. Linares. Hematite Mining in the Ancient Andes: Mina Primavera, A 2000 Year Old Peruvian Mine. Presented (as a poster) at the Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., March 27, 2008. 2008, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn. Eight Questions about Nasca 1. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., March 27, 2008. 2008, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens, and M. Linares. Prehispanic Mining on the South Coast of Peru. Presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Institute of Andean Studies, January 12, 2008. 2007, J. Neil, E. Willis, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, A. Navrotsky, Nondestructive Mineral Identification of Pigments in Peruvian Pottery. 56th Annual Denver X-Ray Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. July 30th. 2007, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens, M. Edwards, M. Linares, Three Millennia in Upper Valley Nasca: Recent Excavations at Upanca. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 26, 2007. 2007, T. Carpenter, J. Eerkens, K.J. Vaughn, Obsidian Hydration on the South Coast of Peru: Prospects and Problems. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 26, 2007. 2007, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens, M. Linares, M. Edwards, The Final Season of the Early Nasca Craft Economy Project. Presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Institute of Andean Studies, January 13, 2007. 2006, K.J. Vaughn, Emergent Leadership in Middle-Range Societies: An Example from Nasca, Peru. Presented at the School of American Research Advanced Seminar, “The Emergence of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies,” December 1-7 2006. 2006, K.J. Vaughn and H. Van Gijseghem, A Compositional Perspective on the Origins of the "Nasca Cult" at Cahuachi. Society for American Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 29th. 2006, H. Van Gijseghem and K.J. Vaughn, Continuity and Change in Paracas and Early Nasca Household Organization. Society for American Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 29th. 2006, K.J. Vaughn, Archaeological Chemistry and the Ancient Nasca. American Chemical Society 231st National Meeting, Atlanta, Ga. March 27th.


2005, K.J. Vaughn. Craft Specialization, Households, and the Development of Power in Nasca, Peru. Society for American Archaeology 70th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Ut. March 31st. 2004, K.J. Vaughn. Emergent Leadership in Middle-Range Societies: An Example from the South Coast of Peru. Society for American Archaeology 69th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. April 1st. 2004, K.J. Vaughn. The First Field Season of the Early Nasca Craft Economy Project. Institute of Andean Studies 44th Annual Meeting, Berkeley, Ca., January 9th. 2002, K.J. Vaughn. Craft Economies and the Development and Limitations of Power in Early Intermediate Period Nasca. American Anthropological Association 101st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La. 2002, K.J. Vaughn, C. Conlee, H. Neff, K. Schreiber. A Compositional Analysis of Nasca Polychrome Pigments: Implications for Nasca Craft Economies. Society for American Archaeology 67th Annual Meeting, Denver, Co. 2001, K.J. Vaughn. Compositional Analysis, Craft Consumption and Raw Materials: Implications for Nasca Craft Economies. Friday Afternoon Archaeology Lecture Series, University of Washington, Seattle, Wa., November 9th. 2001, K.J. Vaughn. A Village Approach to Early Nasca Interaction. Society for American Archaeology 66th annual meeting in New Orleans, La., April 19th. 2001, K.J. Vaughn. Keeping Nasca Archaeology Grounded: Reflections on the Role of Ideology, Households and Power in an Ancient Andean Society. Perspectives in Social Sciences Faculty Lecture Series. Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wa., March 9th. 2000, K.J. Vaughn and H. Neff. Reconsidering Nasca Ceramic Production: New Evidence from Marcaya. Society for American Archaeology 65th annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., April 6th. 1999, K.J. Vaughn. Early Nasca Village and Society. South American Network meeting, California State University, Los Angeles, Ca., May 2nd. 1999, K.J. Vaughn. Early Intermediate Period Complexity on the South Coast of Peru: New Perspectives from Marcaya, an Early Nasca Domestic Site. Society for American Archaeology 64th annual meeting, Chicago, Il., March 25th. 1999, K.J. Vaughn. Early Intermediate Period Households on the South Coast of Peru: Excavations at Marcaya, an Early Nasca Domestic Site. Institute of Andean Studies 39th Annual Meeting, Berkeley, Ca., January 8th. 1999, K.J. Vaughn and C. Conlee. The Development of Spinning Implements and Technology in the Nasca Region. Institute of Andean Studies 39th Annual Meeting, Berkeley, Ca., January 9th. 1998, K.J. Vaughn. Excavaciones en un Sitio Domestico del Periodo Nasca Temprano: Resultados Preliminares del Proyecto Marcaya. Conferencia Jueves Culturales, Museo Regional de Ica, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Ica, Peru, September 10th. 1997, K.J. Vaughn and K. Schreiber. Early Nasca Social Organization. Society for American Archaeology 61st annual meeting in Nashville, Tn April 4th. Public Colloquia and Invited Presentations


2016, K.J. Vaughn, Prehispanic Pilgrimage on the South Coast of Peru: Testing a Costly Signaling Model in the Ica and Nasca. Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, September 26. 2016, K.J. Vaughn, Archaeological Treasures of Nasca and Ica, South Coast of Peru. Yamagata University, March 6. 2016, K.J. Vaughn, Great Discoveries of Archaeology: Nasca. Great Discoveries of Archaeology Lecture Series, UCLA Extension. Los Angeles, CA., February 27. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, Prehispanic Pilgrimage on the South Coast of Peru: Testing a Costly Signaling Model in the Ica Valley, Department of Anthropology, UCLA, April 17. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, Peregrinación y Poder en Nasca Temprano. Invited paper for “Simposio Internacional: Realidad y Cambio Social en la Costa Sur del Perú”, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, February 16. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, Nasca Society from the Periphery: New Perspectives from Villages and Mines. Invited paper for the International Conference “Geoglyphs and Society in Nasca and Palpa: Recent Advances in Archaeological Research”, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan, February 22. (Public presentation given in English with simultaneous translation into Japanese. 2014, K.J. Vaughn, Prehispanic Pilgrimage on the South Coast of Peru: Testing a Costly Signaling Model in the Upper Ica Valley. Invited paper for the Americas Research Group Seminar Series, McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, January 14. 2012, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem and M. Linares-Grados, Extracción de pigmentos y el desarrollo de la cultura Nasca: implicaciones para su reconstrucción socio-polítical. Invited paper for the symposium “Paracas – Nasca: una época ‘transicional’ del Formativo Tardío, Costa Sur de los Andes Centrales,” Ica, Perú, August 11. 2012, K.J. Vaughn, Towards an Economic Archaeology of Nasca, a Prehispanic Andean Society: Mining, Crafting, and Materials Analysis. Invited paper for the workshop “Towards an Economic Archaeology: State of the Art, Questions, Problems, Perspectives”. Ägyptisches Museum. Bonn, Germany, June 29. 2011, K.J. Vaughn, In the Realm of Supay: Ritual Practice and Mining in Prehispanic Nasca. Invited paper for the Ritual Practice in the Prehispanic Andes Working Group, Archaeology Center, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, April 14. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, H. Van Gijseghem, J. Eerkens and M. Linares, “Two Millennia of Prehispanic Mining in Nasca, Peru”, Invited paper for the Primera Reunión Internacional sobre Minería Prehispánica en América, Taltal-San Pedro de Atacama, November 29-December 4. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, The Archaeology of Nasca: Craft Production, Mining and Materials Analysis”, Invited talk at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. November 16. 2010, H. Van Gijseghem, K.J. Vaughn. Métal, minerai et ....musique?: Récentes découvertes et réflexions sur I'exploitation minière préhispanique de Ia côte sud Péruvienne. Presented at the Tous les chemins mènent à l’archéologie, Montreal, Quebec. October 14, 2010. 2010, K.J. Vaughn, V. Whalen. The 2010 Purdue Archaeological Field Season in Nasca, Peru: Ancient Mining, Music, Households and a Headless Burial. Anthropology Colloquium, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, October 27, 2010.


2008, K.J. Vaughn, “Pre-Inca Mining in South America (what the Indiana Jones movie didn't teach you about the archaeology of Nasca, Peru), Public Presentation, Tippecanoe County Library, Lafayette, IN. September 24th, 2008. 2008, K.J. Vaughn, Prehispanic Mining and Craft Production in Nasca, Peru. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, February 25, 2008. 2008, K.J. Vaughn, Prehispanic Mining and Ceramic Production on the Desert South Coast of Peru. Anthropology Club Luncheon Lecture Series, IPFW, Fort Wayne, February 20, 2008. 2006, K.J. Vaughn, J. Eerkens, and J. Kantner, The Emergence of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies, Public Colloquium, School of American Research, Santa Fe, NM, December 6, 2006. Workshops and Seminars 2016, Cerro Tortolita: An Early Intermediate Period Nasca Center in the Ica Valley. Nasca Round Table Conference. March 7, 2016. Yamagata, Japan. 2014, CLA Purdue Workshop on NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants. October 1, 2014. 2010, Organizer of Workshop “Current Archaeological Research on the South Coast of Peru”. Nasca Archaeology and Art History Group (NAAHG). Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 8-12, 2010. 2006, Co-organizer of Advanced Seminar “The Emergence of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies.” School of American Research, Santa Fe, NM. 2005, Presenter at “Variation in the Dynamics of Negotiating Power,” Global Dimensions of Complexity Workshop, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, September 24th. 2004, Co-organizer of seminar at University of Washington’s Whiteley Center on investigating leadership development using archaeological and ethnographic data, October 20–24. Evidence of Research Impact in the Media 2013-2014, Website and Media Liason for Anthropology Dept., Purdue. 2012, Pilgrimage center research featured: ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com,

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2012/03/04/study-pilgrimage-a-costly-signal.html

2010, Featured expert in Discovery Channel documentary “Solving History with Olly Steeds: The Nazca Lines” (airdate January 20, 2010).

2009, Warning: doom and gloom ahead. Film predicts end of world in 2012. Journal and Courier, 11/9/09

2008, Taking Trophy Heads Close to Home. Science News, 12/22/08. 2008, Archaeology: not as exciting as Indiana Jones' adventures. Seattle Times, 12/21/08. 2008, A piece of history. CLA Think Magazine, Fall 2008. 2008, Indiana Jones whips up interest in archaeology. Purdue News Service, 5/30/08. 2008, Pumping iron in Peru. Geotimes, April 2008. 2008, Digging up an ancient iron mine. Journal and Courier, 2/24/08. 2008, Ancient Iron Ore Mine Discovered in Peruvian Andes. National Geographic News, 2/11/08. 2008, Mining Site Predates Incan Empire. Live Science, 1/31/08. 2008, Early Americans Mined Iron to Make Art, Not War. Smithsonian.com, 1/31/08. 2008, Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru. Purdue News Service (picked up by Science Daily, UPI, MSNBC, Digg.com, Xinhua News Service, Physorg.com, Peruviantimes.com, Livinginperu.com), 1/31/08.


2008, Hallan mina de 2.000 años en Perú. BBC Mundo, 1/31/08. 2008, Interview with New Zealand Public Radio, 1/31/08. 2008, Bergbau bei den Nazca. EPOC, 1/30/08. 2007, Digging In: Purdue anthropologists continue journey to learn about ancient cities. Journal and Courier, 9/2/07. 2007, Digging into a desert mystery. Science. 7/27/07. 2007, Studying a time when pots were wealth. Journal and Courier, March 2007. 2007, Anthropology professor risks life for research expedition in Peru. Purdue Exponent, 2/27/07. Archaeological Field Research 2013-present. Principal Investigator, Proyecto Arqueológico Peregrinaciones de Ica (Pilgrimages of Ica Project). Ica, Peru. 2011-2014. Principal Investigator, Proyecto Arqueológico Nasca Tardio. Nasca, Peru. (Dissertation fieldwork of PhD student, Verity Whalen). 2008-2013. Principal Investigator, Proyecto Las Minas de Nasca. Nasca, Peru 2002-2007. Principal Investigator, Proyecto Nasca Temprano (Early Nasca Craft Economy Project). Nasca, Peru. 1997-1998. Principal Investigator, Proyecto Marcaya, Nasca, Peru. 1996. Field and Lab assistant, Proyecto Nasca Sur, Nasca, Peru. (Co-P.I., K. Schreiber, UCSB, and J. Isla, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima, Peru). 1996-1997. Field Supervisor, Santa Rosa Island Survey Project, Channel Islands, California. (P.I., D. Kennett, Penn State University). 1995. Field Supervisor and lab assistant. Proyecto Rumicucho, Quito, Ecuador. (P.I., B. Bowser, Cal State Fullerton). 1994. Field and Lab Assistant. Southwest Germany Survey/Excavation Project. (P.I., M. Jochim, UCSB). 1992. Student. Archaeological Field School in Cedar Gap, Wyoming and Castle Butte, Montana. (P.I., S. Hughes, University of Washington). Teaching and Related Experience Graduate seminars (Purdue University): - Anth 504: Problems in World Prehistory. - Anth 606: The Conduct of Anthropological Inquiry. - Anth 609: Professionalism in Anthropology (Grant Writing and Research Design). - Anth 611: Cross Cultural Perspectives on the Development of Leadership. - Anth 611: The Archaeology of Pilgrimage. Undergraduate courses (Purdue University): - Anth 100: Introduction to Anthropology (distance). - Anth 201: Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory. - Anth 311: The Archaeology of the Ancient Andes (including Honors section). - Anth 320: The Evolution of Prehistoric Civilizations. - Anth 392: The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual. - Anth 407: The Development of Contemporary Anthropological Theory. - Anth 425: Anthropological Archaeology. - Anth 204: Introduction to Human Evolution. (2005). Other undergraduate courses (Pacific Lutheran University and UCSB):


- Introduction to Archaeology. - The Ancient Andean World. - The Archaeology of Ancient Empires. - North American Prehistory. - Archaeology and Pseudoarchaeology. - Introduction to Laboratory Methods in Archaeology. - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (with lab). - Basic Archaeological Concepts. - The Origins of Complex Societies. Certificates: - Sloan Consortium Workshop: New to Online – The Essentials. Committee Work 2014, Verity H. Whalen, Ph.D. entitled “Re-becoming Nasca: A household-based analysis of the transformation of community and tradition at a Late Nasca village, Peru.” Chair of committee. Recipient of 2014 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Dissertation Award. 2014, Marie E. Grávalos, M.S. entitled “Conceptualizing community identity through ancient textiles: technology and the uniformity of practice at Hualcayán, Peru.” Chair of committee. Recipient of 2014 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Master's Thesis Award. 2014, Shawna Follis, M.S. entitled “Dental Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Measure of Environmental Stress in Nasca.” Chair of committee. 2014, Marcela Poirier, M.S. entitled “Compositional Variability in Nasca Ceramics from the Las Trancas Valley, Nasca, Perú.” Chair of committee. 2014, Mary Noell, M.A. entitled “Analysis and Comparison of Early Nasca Pottery from the site of La Tiza”. Department of Anthropology, Texas State University. External committee member. 2009, Verity H. Whalen, M.S. entitled “A Cross-cultural Analysis of Community Ritual: Archaeological Implications of the Relationship between Ceremony and Space.” Chair of committee. 2008, Sarah R. Cross, M.S. entitled “An Evaluation of Animal Management Strategies in Early Nasca Villages.” Chair of committee. 2008, Matthew Coon, Ph.D. thesis entitled “The Oberting Site (12D25): An Ohio Hopewell Enclosure in Indiana.” Committee member. 2006, Yulia Bachyla, M.S. entitled “A pictorial representation of rulership in the Tenochcan and Acolhuan polities: A comparative analysis.” Committee member. 2005, Rhett Felix, M.S. entitled “Debitage analysis of the Brush College School site: A Titterington Phase site in west central Illinois.” Committee member. Professional Societies and Affiliations Society for American Archaeology. American Anthropological Association. Institute of Andean Studies. Society for Archaeological Sciences. Registro Nacional de Arqueólogos Profesionales, Peru, #BV-9720. University and Departmental Service 2010-2014 Director, Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue.


2013-2014 Website and Media Liason, Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2010-2014 Educational Policy Committee, College of Liberal Arts (CLA), Purdue. 2008-2014 Committee on Research Integrity, Office of the Provost, Purdue. 2008-2014 Faculty Mentor. Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2006-2014 Faculty advisor, Dean’s Scholar program, CLA, Purdue. 2011-2012 (On sabbatical and research leave) 2010-2011 University Senator, Purdue University. 2010-2011 Director, Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2010-2011 Asian American Studies Search Committee, CLA, Purdue. 2010-2011 Colloquium Committee, Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2009-2011 Chair, Teaching Excellence Committee, Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2008-2010 Graduate Committee. Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2008-2009 Web Site Committee. Dept. of Anthropology, Purdue. 2007-2008 Anthropology Head Search Committee. Dept. of SocAnth, Purdue. 2007-2008 Anthropology Undergraduate Sub-Committee. Anthropology, Purdue. 2007-2008 Anthropology Colloquium Committee. Dept of Anthropology, Purdue. 2006-2007 Co-Chair, Anthropology Search Committee. Dept. of SocAnth, Purdue. 2005-2007 Undergraduate Committee. Dept. of SocAnth, Purdue. 2005-2006 Anthropology Search Committee. Dept. of SocAnth, Purdue. 2005-2008 Web Site Committee. Dept. of SocAnth, Purdue. 2006-2010 Faculty advisor, Purdue Anthropology Society (PAST). 2005-2006 Committee on External Review, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. 2004-2005 Anthropology Search Committee, Pacific Lutheran University. 2001-2005 Freshman advisor. Pacific Lutheran University. 2001-2005 Anthropology Club Faculty Advisor. Pacific Lutheran University. 2002-2004 Job Shadow Mentor. Peninsula School District Career Day.

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Curriculum Vitae UCLA Extension Los Angeles, CA 90024 · Kevin J. Vaughn - 5 - CV, October 2016 2015 K.J. Vaughn, M. Zegarra Zegarra. Informe Final del Proyecto Investigaciones Arqueológicos