Dr. Capriles's research is focused on three sets of questions: (1) how did humans adapt to the changing environmental conditions of the South American Andes and Amazonia during the late Pleistocene-early Holocene transition? (2) which specific economic and ecological processes were involved in the development of early camelid pastoralism and other food production economies? and (3) how were the economic and technological organization of subsistence-scale communities impacted by the emergence and expansion of complex polities such as the Tiwanaku and Inca states? To address these problems, he conducts research in Bolivia and Chile and collaborates broadly with international interdisciplinary research teams. He is also engaged in the preservation of cultural heritage through public outreach and the active participation of indigenous and local communities in archaeological research.
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Recent Publications
Evaluating Dietary Diversity among Andean Central Altiplano Early Camelid Pastoralists Using Stable Isotope Analysis
Capriles, J. M., Miller, M. J., Fox, J. R., Browman, D. L. & Yoder Urista, C., 2024, In: Environmental Archaeology. 29, 3, p. 246-264 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Archaeobotanical evidence supports indigenous cucurbit long-term use in the Mesoamerican Neotropics
Domic, A. I., VanDerwarker, A. M., Thakar, H. B., Hirth, K., Capriles, J. M., Harper, T. K., Scheffler, T. E., Kistler, L. & Kennett, D. J., Dec 2024, In: Scientific reports. 14, 1, 10885.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The extinct Notiomastodon platensis (proboscidea, Gomphoteriidae) inhabited mediterranean ecosystems during the Late Pleistocene in north-central Chile (31°S–36°S)
González-Guarda, E., Segovia, R. A., Valenzuela, M., Asevedo, L., Villavicencio, N., Tornero, C., Ramírez-Pedraza, I., Ortega, S., Capriles, J., Labarca, R. & Latorre, C., Nov 15 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 344, 108957.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Moche chronology of ancient Peru: Bayesian assessment of radiocarbon dates and ceramic styles from north to south
Koons, M. L., Rizzuto, B. C., Trever, L., Boswell, A., Bazán Pérez, A., Muro Ynoñán, L. A., Prieto, G., Rengifo, C., Sharp, K., Swenson, E., Ikehara-Tsukayama, H., Ortiz Zevallos, J., Cotrina Roncal, T., George, R. J., Capriles, J. M. & Tokanai, F., Sep 1 2024, In: Quaternary International. 703, p. 82-96 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pampa La Cruz: A New Mass Sacrificial Burial Ground during the Chimú Occupation in Huanchaco, North Coast of Peru
Prieto, G., Verano, J., Rowe, A. P., Castillo, F., Flores, L., Asencio, J., Chachapoyas, A., Campaña, V., Sutter, R., Isla, A., Tschinkel, K., Witt, R., Shiguekawa, A., Rivera Prince, J. A., Gagnon, C. M., Avila-Mata, C., Tokanai, F., Aldama-Reyna, C. W. & Capriles, J. M., 2024, In: Nawpa Pacha. 44, 1, p. 69-154 86 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Geochronological and Geoarchaeological Context of the Clovis-Age La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
Allaun, S. A., Surovell, T. A., Vance Haynes, C., Pelton, S. R., Mackie, M. E., Kelly, R. L., O’Brien, M., Sanders, P. H., Capriles, J. M. & Mahan, S., 2023, In: PaleoAmerica. 9, 3, p. 174-193 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Review of Archaeological and Paleoecological Radiocarbon Dating in Bolivia
Capriles, J. M., 2023, In: Open Quaternary. 9, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
The Bolivian Radiocarbon Database: A Countrywide Compilation of Radiocarbon Dates
Capriles, J. M., 2023, In: Journal of Open Archaeology Data. 11, 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Precipitation variability, vegetation turnover, and anthropogenic disturbance over the last millennium in the Atacama highlands of northern Chile (19°S)
Domic, A. I., de Porras, M. E., Capriles, J. M., Zamora-Allendes, A., Ivory, S. J. & Maldonado, A., May 2023, In: Holocene. 33, 5, p. 536-549 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chinchorro fibre management in the Atacama Desert and its significance for understanding Andean textilization processes
Montt, I., Valenzuela, D., Cases, B., Santoro, C. M., Capriles, J. M. & Standen, V. G., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 71, 101530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
p3k14c, a synthetic global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates
Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M., Robinson, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Nicholson, C., Capriles, J. M., Finley, J. B., Gayo, E. M., Gil, A., d’Alpoim Guedes, J., Hoggarth, J. A., Kay, A., Loftus, E., Lombardo, U., Mackie, M., Palmisano, A., Solheim, S., Kelly, R. L. & Freeman, J., Dec 2022, In: Scientific Data. 9, 1, 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pre-Columbian cultivation of vegetatively propagated and fruit tree tropical crops in the Atacama Desert
Capriles, J. M., García, M., Valenzuela, D., Domic, A. I., Kistler, L., Rothhammer, F. & Santoro, C. M., Sep 29 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 993630.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reconstructing the sequence of an Inca Period (1470-1532 CE) camelid sacrifice at El Pacífico, Peru
Flores-Blanco, L., Altamirano, A. J., Villacorta, M., Capriles, J. M., Estrada, F., Herrera, K., Llosa, M., Chávez, E. & Alarcón, C., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 41, 103247.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural and Environmental Interactions in the Southern Basin of Lake Titicaca
Bruno, M. C., Capriles, J. M., Hastorf, C. A., Fritz, S. C., Weide, D. M., Domic, A. I. & Baker, P. A., Apr 2021, In: Human Ecology. 49, 2, p. 131-145 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pre-Columbian transregional captive rearing of Amazonian parrots in the atacama desert
Capriles, J. M., Santoro, C. M., George, R. J., Bedregal, E. F., Kennett, D. J., Kistler, L. & Rothhammer, F., Apr 13 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 15, e2020020118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review