Dr. Daniel H. Sandweiss
Professor of Anthropology and Quaternary and Climate Studies,
Cooperating Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Global Policy
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
M.A., Cornell University, 1983
B.A., Yale University, 1979
Sandweiss CV October 2021
Professional Interests:
I am an archeologist matter to in maritime adaptations and climate change in Latin America. Most of my inquiry has been carried out on the desert coast of Peru, but I have besides worked in Central America ( Honduras and Guatemala ) and in Cuba. In Peru, I have worked on early ( preceramic ) sites, studying climate change and its effects on people. This focus has led to an interest in the prehistory of El Niño, a ball-shaped climatic disturbance first recognized in Peru and now known to affect weather throughout the earth. My research has included developing a diverseness of techniques for identifying ancient El Niño events. I have besides worked on the archeology of building complex, late prehistoric sites in Peru, studying such topics as the function of specialized fishermen in the Inca conglomerate and the nature and function of a major regional center on the north slide. I continue to evaluate the guess that the north peruvian seashore experienced major climate changes involving El Niño frequency at about 5,800 and 2900 years ago .
In 1987 I founded the peer-reviewed publication series Andean Past and continue on the editorial staff. Andean Past was published by the Cornell University Latin american Studies Program through volume 11 and is now published by the University of Maine as an assailable access, on-line daybook. I am besides an editor program of Chungara Revista Chilena de Antropología and on the Editorial Boards of Latin american Antiquity, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, and Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. Since its establish in 2017, I have been a Co-Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Archaeology and Education .
I was President of the Scientific Committee for FERCO ( Foundation for Research and Exploration on Cultural Origins ), a Canary Island foundation, from 1998-2002, and Chair of the Society for American Archaeology ’ s Committee on the Americas ( 2004-2008, 2018-2020 ). From 2005-2007, I was a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. In 2008, 2012, and 2019 I received presidential Recognition Awards from the Society for American Archaeology ( SAA ), in 2016 I received the Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award from the Geological Society of America, and in 2017 I received the University of Maine Presidential Award for Research and Creative Achievement .
In Fall 2014, I was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and since bounce of 2017 I have been a fellow of the Geological Society of America. I was an elect member of the SAA Board of Directors from 2014-2017 and a member of the Board of the Maine chapter of the Fulbright Association from 2012-2019 ( Vice-President from 2014-2018 ). At UMaine, I was Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies ( 2005-2014 ), Director of the School of Policy and International Affairs ( 2016-2018 ), and a Rising Tide Professor ( 2018-2020 ) .
I recently finished a seven year term as Chair of the R.S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Advisory Council ; I am presently the President of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and Vice-President of the Institute for Andean Research Board. I am the Chief Cooperating Curator of UMaine ’ s Hudson Museum . Anyone concern in receiving electronic mail bulletins related to Andean archeology should email me a request to join the Andean list .
I published a shortstop reserve of photograph from my trips to Latin America. An e-version is available here .
See Climate Change Institute .
Selected Archaeology Publications: (see here for selected climate change publications)
Rick, T.C. and D.H. Sandweiss
2020 Archaeology, Climate, and Global Change in the Age of Humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 ( 15 ) :8250-8253 .
Prieto, G. and D.H. Sandweiss, editors
2020 Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes. University Press of Florida .
Jones, K.B., G.W. Hodgins, and D.H. Sandweiss 2019. Radiocarbon Chronometry of Site QJ-280, Quebrada Jaguay, a Terminal Pleistocene to Early Holocene Fishing Site in Southern Peru. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology14 ( 1 ) :82-100 .
Sandweiss, D.H. 2017, Maritime aspects of early andean civilizations. In The Sea in History – The Ancient World, erectile dysfunction. by Philip de Souza and Pascal Arnaud, pp. 41-54. Boydell Press, Suffolk UK .
Reitz, E.J., H. McInnis, D.H. Sandweiss, and S.D. deFrance 2017. Variations in Human Adaptations during the Terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene at Quebrada Jaguay ( QJ-280 ) and the Ring Site, Southern Perú. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 12:224-254 .
Sandweiss, D.H. 2016, Climate, Catastrophe and Culture in the Ancient Americas : the event of the Pacific Coast. In UNESCO HEADS 5 : Human Origin Sites and the World Heritage Convention in the Americas, erectile dysfunction. by N. Sanz. World Heritage Papers 42:178-193 .
Sandweiss, D.H. and D.A. Reid 2016, Negotiated oppression : Maritime Trade and the Incorporation of Chincha into the Inca Empire. In Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 11:311–325 .
Reitz, E.J., H. McInnis, D.H. Sandweiss, and S.D. deFrance 2016, Terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene fish strategies at Quebrada Jaguay and the Ring Site, southern Perú. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports8:447-453 .
Rademaker, K., G. Hodgins, K. Moore, S. Zarrillo, C. Miller, G.R.M. Bromley, P. Leach, D. Reid, W. Yépez Álvarez, and D.H. Sandweiss 2016, 2016 Cuncaicha Rockshelter, a Key Site for Understanding Colonization of the High Andes. Reply to Capriles et alabama. current Anthropology57:101-103 .
Reitz, E.J., S.D. deFrance, D.H. Sandweiss, and H. McInnis 2015. Flexibility in Southern Peru Coastal Economies : A Vertebrate Perspective on the Terminal Pleistocene/Holocene Transition. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 10:155-183 .
Sandweiss, D.H. 2015, Comentario 2 : Con lo mínimo : los debates sobre elevated railway poblamiento de América del Sur ( de Luis Borrero ). Intersecciones en Antropología16:19-21 .
Rademaker, K., G., Hodgins, K. Moore, S. Zarrillo, C. Miller, G.R.M. Bromley, P. Leach, D.A. Reid, W. Yépez Álvarez, and D.H. Sandweiss 2014, Paleoindian Settlement of the High-Altitude Peruvian Andes. Science346:466-469.
Sandweiss, D.H. 2014, Early Coastal South America. In The Cambridge World Prehistory, erectile dysfunction. by C. Renfrew and P. Bahn, pp. 1058-1074. cambridge : University of Cambridge Press .
Sandweiss, D.H. and K.M. Rademaker 2013, El poblamiento del sur peruano : costa y sierra. Boletin de Arqueología PUCP15 : 275-293 .
Rademaker, K., G.R.M. Bromley, and D.H. Sandweiss 2013, Peru Archaeological Radiocarbon Database, 13,000-7000 14C B.P. quaternate International301:34-45 .
Sandweiss, D.H., A.R. Kelley, D.F. Belknap, J.T. Kelley, K. Rademaker, and D.A. Reid. 2010. GPR Identification of an early monument at Los Morteros on the peruvian Coastal Desert. Quaternary Research73:439–448 .
Sandweiss, D.H. 2009, Early Fishing and Inland Monuments : Challenging the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization ? In andean civilization : Papers in Honor of Michael E. Moseley, erectile dysfunction. by J. Marcus, C. Stanish, and R. Williams, pp. 39-54. Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology .
Sandweiss, D.H. and J. Quilter, 2008, Climate, Catastrophe, and Culture in the Ancient Americas. In ElNiño, Catastrophism, and Culture Change in Ancient America, erectile dysfunction. By DH. Sandweiss and J. Quilter, pp. 1-11. Washington DC : Dumbarton Oaks .
Richardson, J.B. III and D.H. Sandweiss 2008, Climate Change, El Niño and the Rise of Complex Society on the peruvian Coast during the Middle Holocene. In El Niño, Catastrophism, and Culture Change in Ancient America, erectile dysfunction. By DH. Sandweiss and J. Quilter, pp. 59-75. Washington DC : Dumbarton Oaks .
Andrus, C.F.T., D.H. Sandweiss, and E.J. Reitz, 2008, Climate Change and Archaeology : The Holocene History of El Niño on the Coast of Peru. In Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology. Ed by E.J. Reitz, C.M. Scarry, and S.J. Scudder, pp.143-157. irregular Edition. London : Springer Science Business Media .
Sandweiss, D.H. and J.B. Richardson III, 2008, early andean Environments. In Handbook of South American Archaeology, erectile dysfunction. by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell, pp. 93-104. New York : springer .
Sandweiss, D.H., 2008, Early Fishing Societies in Western South America. In Handbook of South American Archaeology, erectile dysfunction. by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell, pp. 145-156. New York : springer .
Perry, L., D.H. Sandweiss, D. Piperno, K. Rademaker, M.A. Malpass, A. Umire, and P. de la Vera 2006. early Maize Agriculture and Interzonal Interaction in Southern Peru. Nature440:76-79 .
Erickson, D.L., BD. Smith, A.C. Clark, D.H. Sandweiss, and N. Tuross 2005. An asian origin for a 10,000-year-old Domesticated Plant in the Americas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences102:18,315-18,320 .
Sandweiss, D.H., M.E. Moseley, J. Haas, W. Creamer 2001 Amplifying Importance of New Research in Peru. Science294:1651-1653 .
Copson, W. and D.H. Sandweiss 1999. Native and spanish Perspectives on the 1578 El Niño. In The embroiled past : Integrating History and Archaeology. Proceedings of the 1997 Chacmool Conference, edited by M. Boyd, J.C. Erwin, and M. Hendrickson, pp. 208-220. calgary : University of Calgary .
Sandweiss, D.H. 1999. The Return of the Native symbol : peru Picks Spondylus to Represent New Integration with Ecuador. society for american Archaeology Bulletin17 ( 2 ) : 1, 8-9 .
Sandweiss, D.H., H. McInnis, R.L. Burger, A. Cano, B. Ojeda, R. Paredes, M.C. Sandweiss, and M.D. Glascock 1998. “ Quebrada Jaguay : early south american Maritime Adaptations. ” Science281:1830-1832 .
Sandweiss, D.H. and E.S. Wing 1997. ritual Rodents : The Guinea Pigs of Chincha, Peru. Journal of Field Archaeology24:47-58 .
Sandweiss, D.H. 1996. Mid-Holocene cultural Interaction Between the North Coast of Peru and Ecuador. latin american Antiquity7:41-50 .
Heyerdahl, Sandweiss, D.H., A. Narváez 1995. The Pyramids of Túcume : The Quest for Peru ’ s Forgotten City. Thames & Hudson, London .
Sandweiss, D.H. 1992. “ The Archaeology of Chincha Fishermen : specialization and Status in Inka Peru. ” Carnegie Museum of Natural History Bulletin29.ix + 162 pp .
Sandweiss, D.H., J.B. Richardson III, E.J. Reitz, J.T. Hsu, and R.A. Feldman, 1989, early nautical adaptations in the Andes : preliminary studies at the Ring Site, Peru. In : ecology, Settlement, and History of the Osmore Drainage, Peru, erectile dysfunction. by D.S. Rice, C. Stanish, and P.R. Scarr. Bar International Series 545i, pp. 35-84 .
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