Image credit: Seated male figure bottle, Wari (600-1000 AD), ceramic, Fowler Museum X86.3790

Andean Lab: Room A332
Faculty Director: Stella Nair
Research Associate/Lab Manager: Paul Burtenshaw
Lab Coordinators: Louise Deglin and Georgi Kyorlenski
Graduate Students: Jacob Bongers, Louise Deglin, Kevin Hill, Terrah Jones, Georgi Kyorlenski, Alba Menéndez Pereda

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Image credit: Paul Burtenshaw / Sustainable Preservation Initiative

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC-Berkeley, Catalogue No. 4-5019

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC-Berkeley, Catalogue No. 4-5019 (Georgi Kyorlenski)

Andean Lab

The Andean Lab is directed by Stella Nair, Associate Professor of Indigenous Arts of the Americas in the Department of Art History. Nair has worked in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes and currently has projects in the Cuzco area.  Her graduate students working in Peru also conduct research in the facilities.  Current projects include Inca Architecture, Central Coast Textile Dyes, Chincha Mortuary Practices, Wari Ceramics, and community development.

Banner image credit: Paul Burtenshaw / Sustainable Preservation Initiative

Image credit: Paul Burtenshaw / Sustainable Preservation Initiative

Image credit: Paul Burtenshaw / Sustainable Preservation Initiative

Image credit: Jacob Bongers