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 for several decades and currently has projects in the Cuzco area. Graduate and undergraduate students working in the Andes also conduct research in the facilities. Current lab projects include the Archaeology of the Inca Civil War, Soundscapes of Inca pilgrimage, Andean adobe design and construction, Andean-Amazonian engagement, 3D digital reconstructions of historic sites, as well as contemporary cultural heritage and community development.
Andean Lab: Fowler Building, Room A332
Faculty Director: Stella Nair
Lab Coordinators: Gabriel Silva Collins and Rachel Schloss
Graduate Students: Gabriel Silva Collins, Georgi Kyorlenski, Alba Menéndez Pereda, Rachel Schloss
Affiliated Researcher: Paul Burtenshaw
Undergraduate theses
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Contact
Mailing address:
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
308 Charles E Young Dr N
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone (Cotsen Main office):
310-206-8934
Andean Working Group
Also housed in the Andean Lab, the Andean Working Group draws scholars from across Southern California to the UCLA campus for meetings focused on current research in Andean archaeology, art history, anthropology, and history. For more information on past lectures and events organized by the working group, see this link. Rachel Schloss and Gabriel Silva Collins are co-organizing the working group.
Indigenous Material and Visual Culture Working Group
Members of the Andean Lab are active in founding and co-directing the Indigenous Material and Visual Culture Working Group (sponsored by the Center for 17th and 18th Centuries Studies). The MVCA is an interdisciplinary working group aimed at facilitating the study of indigenous cultural productions from across the Americas. For more information on lectures and events organized by the group, visit this link.
