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Upcoming Courses
Fall 2012
SII 199H1F Religion and Archaeology (Thursdays 4-6)
ANT 318 The Preindustrial City and Urban Social Theory (Wednesdays 2-4)
Spring 2013
ANT 407 Advanced Archaeological Theory (Wednesdays 4-6)
ANT 4042H Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Ideology (Tuesdays: 3:00-6:00 pm) (Graduate)
Recent / Forthcoming Publications
Swenson, E. In Press. “Warfare, Gender, and Sacrifice in Jequetepeque Peru.” Latin American Antiquity.
Swenson, E. In Press. “Dramas of the Dialectic: Sacrifice and Power in Ancient Polities.” In “Violence and Civilization,” edited by Roderick Campbell, Joukowsky Institute, Brown University Press.
Swenson E. In Press. “The Cosmological Foundations of Moche Highland Interactions in Middle-Horizon
Peru.” In Interregional Interaction and Social Change in Peru from 550-1000 AD. Edited by Luis Jaime Castillo
and Justin Jennings. Fondo Editorial Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.
Swenson, E. In Press. “Chinchorro Mortuary Ritual and the Thesis Against ‘Hunter-Gatherer’ Religions.” In La Cultural Chinchorro en una Perspectiva Comparada. Press of the Intergovernmental Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization of the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Swenson, E. and John Warner 2012 “Crucibles of Power: Forging Copper and Forging Subjects at the Moche Ceremonial Center of Huaca Colorada, Peru.” Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 31 (3) 314-333.
Swenson, E. 2012 Moche Ceremonial Architecture as Third Space: The Politics of Place Making in Ancient Peru. Journal of Social Archaeology, 12 (1) 3-28.
Swenson, E. 2011. “Architectural Renovation as Ritual Process in Late Intermediate Period Jequetepeque.” In Advances in North Coast Archaeology: State and Empire in the Jequetepeque Valley, edited by Colleen Zori and Ilana Johnson . British Archaeological Reports International Series, 2310, pp. 129-148. Oxford.
Swenson, E. 2011. “Stagecraft and the Politics of Spectacle in Ancient Peru.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21(2): 283-313.
Swenson, E. 2011. “Feminine Powers, Ritual Warfare, and the Sacrificial Foundations of Contested Authority in Late Moche Jequetepeque, Peru.” In: It’s Good to be King: The Archaeology of Power and Authority. Proceedings of the 41st (2008) Annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Edited by Shawn Morton and Don Butler, pp. 145-156. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.
Swenson, E. 2010. “Emotions Reified: Lessons from an Archaeology of Ritual.” Archaeological Dialogues 17(2) 176-185.
Swenson, E. 2010. “Revelation and Resolution: Anthropologies of Religion, Cognition, and Power.” Reviews in Anthropology, 39: 173-200.
Dillehay, Tom, Alan L. Kolata, and Edward Swenson 2009 Paisajes Culturales en el Valle del Jequetepeque: Los Yacimientos Arqueológicos. Ediciones Sian, Trujillo and Lima Peru.
Swenson, E. 2008 “The ‘Disjunctive Approach’ to the Archaeological Analysis of Ritual Politics.” Religion in the Material World, edited by Lars Fogelin. Center for Archaeological Investigations, pp. 237-261. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL.
Swenson E. 2008. “Festines competitivos, pluralismo religioso y poder descentralizado en el periodo Moche Tardío. Revista del Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (Agosto).
Swenson, E. 2008. “San Ildefonso and the Popularization of Moche Ideology in the Jequetepeque Valley.” In
Arqueología Mochica: Nuevos Enfoques, edited by Luis Jaime Castillo, Hélène Bernier, Gregory Lockard, and Julio
Rucabado, pp. 411-432. Fondo Editorial Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.
Swenson, E. 2007. Local Ideological Strategies and the Politics of Ritual Space in the Chimú Empire. Archaeological Dialogues 14(1): 61-90.
Swenson, E. 2007. Adaptive Strategies or Ideological Innovations? Interpreting Sociopolitical Developments in the Jequetepeque Valley of Peru During the Late Moche Period. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 26(2): 1-30.
Swenson, E. 2006. “Competitive Feasting, Religious Pluralism, and Decentralized Power in the Late Moche Period.” In Andean Archaeology III: North and South, edited by William H. Isbell and Helaine Silverman, pp. 112-142. Springer/Plenum Press, New York.
Swenson, E. 2003. Cities of Violence: Sacrifice, Power, and Urbanization in the Andes. Journal of Social Archaeology 3(2): 256-296.
Swenson, E., J. Chiguala, J. Warner 2012 Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.
Swenson, E., J. Chiguala, J. Warner 2011 Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.
Swenson, E., J. Chiguala, J. Warner 2010 Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque.
Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.
Swenson, E., J. Chiguala, J. Warner, J. Crandall, A. Guengerich, and R. Hahn. 2009. Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca, Valle de Jequetepeque. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.
Swenson, E., J. Chiguala, J. Warner, J. Crandall, A. Guengerich, and R. Hahn. 2008. Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca, Valle de Jequetepeque. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.