Dr. Daniel A. Contreras

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPrehistory and World Archaeology,Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
Keywordslandscape archaeology, geoarchaeology, central Andean prehistory

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerwyn Heights

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ingmar UnkelInstitut für Ökosystemforschung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2011

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2014Daniel A. Contreras, Vincent Robin, Regina Gonda, Rachel Hodara, Marta Dal Corso, Cheryl Makarewicz: (Before and) After the Flood: A Multiproxy Approach to Past Floodplain Usage in the Middle Wadi Al-Hasa, Jordan. In: Journal of Arid Environments , 2014, 30-43
2014Daniel A. Contreras: (Re)constructing the Sacred: Landscape Geoarchaeology at Chavín de Huántar, Peru. In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 2014, 1045-1057
2014Daniel A. Contreras, John Meadows: Summed Radiocarbon Calibrations as a Population Proxy: A Critical Evaluation Using a Realistic Simulation Approach. In: Journal of Archaeological Science , 2014, 591-608
2013Nicholas Tripcevich, Daniel A. Contreras: Archaeological Approaches to Obsidian Quarries: Investigations at the Quispisisa Source. In: Nicholas Tripcevich, Kevin Vaughn Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes: Sociopolitical, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions. Springer, 2013. 23-44
2012Daniel A. Contreras, Nicholas Tripcevich, Yuri I. Cavero Palomino: Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos - Ayacucho. In: Investigaciones Sociales, 2012, 185-195