Cooperation and Hierarchy in Ancient Bolivia: Building Community with the Body - Paperback

by Sara L. Juengst (Author)

This book explores how past peoples navigated and created power structures and social relationships, using a case study from the Titicaca Basin of Bolivia (800 BC - AD 400).

Author Biography

Sara L. Juengst is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. As an anthropological bioarchaeologist, her research integrates social theory and skeletal evidence to address lived experiences of diet, disease, migration, and violence in the past and present. Sara's research primarily focuses on South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru), though she also participates in projects based in North Carolina, Kenya, and Nigeria. Her research explores how people navigated changing social and environmental climates, particularly highlighting how skeletons embody power and community.