Team
PROJECT CO-DIRECTORS Ran Boytner, Ph.D. in Anthropology (UCLA, 1998), Director for International Research at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California (USC) Maria Cecilia Lozada, Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Chicago, 1998), Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago Ioanna Kakoulli, Ph.D. in Archaeological Science (Oxford, 1999), Assistant Professor at the UCLA/Getty Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation Program and Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA SPECIALISTS Survey Ran Boytner (Ph.D.), Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Ceramics Mauricio Uribe, Universidad de Chile Physical Anthropology Maria Cecilia Lozada (Ph.D.), University of Chicago Conservation Ioanna Kakoulli (Ph.D.) The UCLA/Getty Conservation Program Chris DeBrer (MA Conservation), Intern at the Getty Conservation Institute Cartography Hans Barnard, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA & University of Leiden, Netherlands Textiles Carolina Agüero, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile Imagery & Remote Sensing David Oppenheimer, Ramp Equity Partners Paleoethnobotany Virginia Popper (Ph.D.), Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Metallurgy David Scott (Ph.D.) The UCLA/Getty Conservation Program Analytical Instruments Kym Faull (Ph.D.), Passarow Mas Spectrometry Lab at UCLA Alek Dooley, UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center Amir Liba (Ph.D.), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Art History Megan O’Neil (Ph.D.), Department of Art History, University of Southern California Special Advisor Charles Stanish (Ph.D.), Director, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Lab Director Katie Rogers, University of California at Santa Barbara Graduate Students Colleen Donley, Department of Anthropology, UCLA Erika Brant, Department of Anthropology, Cal State University Northridge Mary Leighton, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago SUPPORT STAFF UCLA Lab Analysts Maurizio Paura Crystal Batrez Ana Kim Rebecca Blumer Scotti Norman Hillary Olcott Beth Brinker Patricia Wilson Graphic Design Chris Aven Database Design Laura Hull Website Design & Construction Alek Dooley, UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center Hans Barnard, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA & University of Leiden, Netherlands Erika Brant, Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology, Cal State University Northridge Others Mario Rivera Olaf Olmos Sabrina Sholts Molly Gleeson Deborah Patton Kelley Clevaland Rodrigo Retamal Pablo Méndez-Quirós Ariel Pacheco Simon Urbina Alejandra Vidal Isabel Cuadro Valdes Ivan Valenzuela Ellen Pearlstein Manuel Palacios-Fest