Symposium Series
Prehistory of the Andes
Bringing together archaeology, history,
linguistics, genetics, anthropology and ecology
for a holistic view of Andean civilisation
1. Archaeology and Linguistics in the Andes
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
11th-13th September 2008
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce
main funding: British Academy — McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
2. History and Linguistics in the Andes
Former Institute for the Study of the Americas (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
15th September 2008
main conveners and organisers: Adrian Pearce — Paul Heggarty
main funding: British Academy
3. The Prehistory of the Andes
British Museum, London (day of public lectures)
16th September 2008
main conveners and organisers: Colin McEwan — Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones
main funding: British Academy — British Museum
4. Lenguas y sociedades en el antiguo Perú: hacia un enfoque interdisciplinario
Dpto de Humanidades, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima
28th-30th August 2009
main conveners and organisers: Peter Kaulicke — Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino — Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones
main funding: British Academy — Dpto de Humanidades, PUCP
5a. Population Prehistory of the Andes — A Cross-Disciplinary Conspectus
Former Dept of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
27th-29th November 2011
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce
main funding: former Dept of Linguistics at MPI‑EVA
5b. III Meeting of the Network for the Study of Andean Languages
Former Dept of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
30th November -1st December 2011
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty
main funding: former Dept of Linguistics at MPI‑EVA
6. The Incas and Their Origins
Former Dept of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
13th-15th June 2014
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce
main funding: former Dept of Linguistics at MPI‑EVA
7. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide
Former Dept of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
16th-17th June 2014
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce
main funding: former Dept of Linguistics at MPI‑EVA
8. A Cross-Disciplinary Prehistory of Andean Civilisation
Dept of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, former Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
12th-14th December 2015
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — Chiara Barbieri — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce
9. Populating the Diverse Landscapes of South America
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
18th-21st October 2017
main conveners and organisers: Fabrício Santos — Paul Heggarty
main funding: CAPES (Brazilian Education Ministry) — DLCE at the former MPI‑SHH
10. Revolutions in the (Pre)History of the Andes?
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
27th-28th June 2024
main conveners and organisers: Paul Heggarty — David Beresford-Jones — Adrian Pearce — Francisco Hernández Astete
main funding: Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú