The Ancient Central Andes presents a general overview of the prehistoric peoples and cultures of the Central Andes, the region now encompassing most of Peru and significant parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina.
Jeffrey Quilter is an officer of the Institute of Andean Research and, formerly, the director of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC; senior lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard; and professor of Anthropology at Ripon College, Wisconsin. He has published numerous articles and books, most recently, Magdalena de Cao: An Early Colonial Town on the North Coast of Peru.
