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Latest News & Updates
October 2011

Congratulations to Verity Whalen for being awarded an NSF for her research entitled "Late Nasca regional engagements and the local context of Wari colonialism in Nasca, Peru.”

October 2011

"A pilot compositional analysis of Nasca ceramics from the Kroeber Collection" written by Vaughn, Laure Dussubieux and P. Ryan Williams (both of the Field Museum) accepted for publication in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

August 2011-September 2011

Fieldwork at Mina Primavera, Peru

November 2010

Workshop on Nasca seriation hosted by Vaughn at Purdue, West Lafayette, IN.

July 2010

Kevin Vaughn awarded funds from the National Geographic Society to undertake project entitled "Emergency Excavations of Tombs at Cocahuischo, Nasca, Peru".

Summer, 2010

Kevin Vaughn, Verity Whalen, and Yoshi Tsuji in Nasca, Peru on National Geographic sponsored project.

March, 2010

Kevin Vaughn's co-edited book entitled "The Evolution of Leadership" is published by SAR Press. For more information click here.

08-24-2009

Welcome back to Fall Semester!

08-23-2009

Kevin Vaughn is in Peru shooting a documentary with the Discovery Channel.

07-01-2009

Sarah Cross is in Peru beginning her PRF-funded research

06-01-2009
Verity Whalen is in Peru working with Matthew Edwards of UCSB.
03-27-2009

Verity Whalen successfully defended her Master's Thesis. Congratulations Verity!

03-25-2009
Kevin Vaughn's book "The Ancient Andean Village" was published by the University of Arizona Press. For more information click here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cerro Blanco, Nasca, Peru. Photo by Sarah Cross.


Welcome to the website for Kevin Vaughn's archaeology lab. The Vaughn Lab in the Department of Anthropology, Purdue University focuses on archaeology, archaeometry, the Andes, the origins of inequality, and settlement history in the Nasca region. The links to the left will lead you to information on Vaughn and his students in the lab. Follow the links above to read about our current projects, and to get pdfs of our publications!

PLEASE NOTE: Kevin Vaughn is on Research Leave and Sabbatical for the 2011-2012 academic year. You can still contact him via email.

If you are looking for Kevin Vaughn's website, click here.

 
The Department of Anthropology offers an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Anthropology with an archaeology emphasis. Click here for more information. NOTE: if you are a prospective graduate student and interested in working with Dr. Vaughn, it is imperative that you contact him as early in the application process as possible.
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