Amanda Aland
Adjunct Lecturer
Anthropology
| Office Location |
Heroy Hall 311 |
Education
PhD AnthropologyPhD Anthropology, 澳门六合彩预测, 2013
MA Anthropology, 澳门六合彩预测, 2006
BA Spanish (Magna Cum Laude), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2004
Amanda Aland received her B.A. at the University of Southern California in Spanish in 2004 and her M.A. from 澳门六合彩预测 in 2006. She has participated in projects in both Central California and Peru. She has received the National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant and the Fulbright IIE Fellowship to carry out her doctoral work on the north coast of Peru. Her research focuses on prehispanic imperial strategies on the north coast of Peru, with particular emphasis on how the Inka Empire conquered, incorporated, and governed the preexisting Chimú Empire.
Title of Dissertation: "Imperial Adaptation of Santa Rita B, Chao Valley: Local Perspectives on Chimú and Inka Imperial Strategies on the North Coast of Peru."
Entered program in 2004
Region of Study:
Peru
Honors and Awards:
2012 Writing fellowship, 澳门六合彩预测 - $8,000
2005-2012 澳门六合彩预测 Assistant-ship
2012 Dean's Grant - $450
2012 Steed Travel Award - $400
2011 Graduate Student Association - $150
2009 Fulbright IIE Fellowship to Peru - $12,000
2008 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, with R. Alan Covey (Co-PI), Award
#822079 - $14,974
2008 Dean's Grant - $500
2008 Steed Travel Award - $200
2008 Institute for the Study of Earth and Man Research Grant - $2,000
2007 Institute for the Study of Earth and Man Research Grant - $2,198
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2007 Christopher Wolff, Torbin C. Rick, and Amanda Aland. Middle Holocene Subsistence and Land Use on Southeast Anchorage, Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology27(1): 44-56.
Book Chapter
In Press Aland, A. "Moche and Chimu." The World and Its Peoples 3, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. London: Brown Reference Group.
Technical Reports
2010 Rosales Tham, Teresa, Amanda Aland, and Victor Vasquez Sanchéz. Informe, Temporada 2009: Manejo Ecosustentable y Desarollo Cultural del Complejo Arqueológico Santa Rita B. Unpublished Report Presented to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura
2009 Rosales Tham, Teresa, Amanda Aland, and Victor Vasquez Sanchéz. Informe, Temporada 2008: Manejo Ecosustentable y Desarollo Cultural del Complejo Arqueológico Santa Rita B. Unpublished Report Presented to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura
2008 Rosales Tham, Teresa, Jonathan Kent, Victor Vasquez Sanchéz, and Amanda Aland. Informe, Temporada 2007: Manejo Ecosustentable y Desarollo Cultural del Complejo Arqueológico Santa Rita B. Unpublished Report Presented to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura
Poster Presentations
Aland, Amanda. Reassessing the Inka Occupation of the North Coast of Peru: A Case Study at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley. Institute for Andean Studies 52nd Annual Meeting. Berkeley, California. 2012.
Aland, Amanda. Evidence of Inka Presence at Santa Rita B, Chao Valley, Peru: A Preliminary Report. Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting. 2008.
Wolff, Christopher, Amanda Aland, and Torbin C. Rick. Coastal Subsistence and Landscape Evolution on Eastern Santa Rosa Island, California: Perspectives from CA-SRI-667. Society for California Archaeology 39th Annual Meeting. 2005.
