David Chicoine
W. G. Haag Professor of Archaeology
Education
Ph.D. University of East Anglia, 2007
M.Sc. Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2003
B.Sc. Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2000
Research
Dr. Chicoine is an anthropological archaeologist who studies ancient Andean societies. His field research focuses on the north coast of Peru and his most recent project (2019-2022) centered on Cerro San Isidro in the Nepe帽a Valley. The excavation project is part of a broader program in collaboration with Dr. George F. Lau (University of East Anglia) that investigates the . Find out more about Dr. Chicoine's research on his .
Recent Publications
Chicoine, D. & D. Nichols. 2026. Embedding Ancient Maya Economies: Breaking Binaries in a Post-Polanyian World. In Ancient Maya Embedded Economies edited by R. Horowitz & B. Cap, pp. 281-305. University Press of Colorado, Denver.
Chicoine, D. & M. Helmer. 2025. Real, Imagined, Vibrant: Ruins-as-Cemeteries in Ancient Coastal Peru. In Space and Communal Agency in Pre-Modern Societies, edited by J. C. Moreno Garc铆a, pp. 185-209. Oxbow Books, Oxford.
Lau, G. F. & D. Chicoine. 2025. Crowning Affairs: Sacred Sovereigns in the Pre-Columbian World. World Art 15 (Special issue 鈥淪acred Sovereigns: Art, Divinity, Rulership in the Ancient Americas鈥�).
Golay Lausanne, K., D. Chicoine, J. Navarro & G. F. Lau. 2024. Aerial, Surface, and Subsurface Multimodal Mapping in Coastal Peru: Insights from Cerro San Isidro, Moro Region, Nepe帽a Valley. Advances in Archaeological Practice 12 (2): 143-155.
Chicoine, D. & M. Helmer. 2024. Spatial Clustering, Focal Nodes and Neighborhood Organization in Early Horizon Peru: Comparative Perspectives from Cayl谩n and Samanco, Nepe帽a Valley. In Neighborhood and District Integration in the Andes and Mesoamerica, edited by G. Cervantes & J. Walden, pp. 171-192. Center for Comparative Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Chicoine, D., H. Ikehara & K. Shibata. 2023. Beyond Chav铆n: The Millennium BC in the Nepe帽a Valley. In Reconsidering the Chav铆n Phenomenon in the Twenty-First Century, edited by R. L. Burger & J. Nesbitt, pp. 207-236. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Chicoine, D. & J. Warner. 2022. Gathering Salinar Houses: Platforms-as-Assemblages in Ancient Coastal Peru. In From House Societies to States: Early Political Organization, from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, edited by J. C. Moreno Garc铆a, pp. 195-217. Oxbow Books, Oxford.
Chicoine, D., B. Clement, & L. S. Cummings. 2022. Plants and Diets in Early Horizon Coastal Peru: Macrofloral Remains from Rehydrated Fecal Samples at Cayl谩n. Andean Past 13: 445-455.
Chicoine, D., V. V谩squez, & T. Rosales. 2022. Taxonomic Analyses of the Vertebrate Faunal Remains at Cayl谩n, Peru. Andean Past 13: 456-462.
Chicoine, D. 2022. Enchantment in Ancient Peru: Salinar Period Murals and Architecture. World Art 12 (1): 67-94.
Courses Taught
World Archaeology
Method and Theory in Archaeology
Archaeology of Foodways
Ancient Civilizations of South America
Ritual: Theory, Context and Performance
Current Graduate Students
James "Steve" Treloar (PhD, 2025-present)
"Prehistoric Use of Lithic Resources at Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana"
Sonnet Mandell (PhD, 2024-present)
"3D Imaging and Architectural Reconstructions in Andean Archaeology"
Reagan Hoehl (MA, 2024-present)
"Ancient Lithic Technology as Seen Through Collections 星空无限传媒's Museum of Natural
Science"
(PhD 2024-present)
"Archaeology of Nsakye, Eastern Ghana"
Janique Gray (MA, 2024-present)
"Looking at the Foodways Through Faunal Remains of Woodstock Plantation (16EBR35),
East Baton Rouge Parish"
Evan Wedgeworth (MA, 2024-present)
"Secret Societies and Leadership in the Ancient Andes"
Walker Weindorf (MA, 2024-present)
"Musical Performance and Ceramic Panpipes in Early Horizon Nepe帽a, North-Central Coast
of Peru"
Corey Hoover (PhD, 2021-present) (co-advised with Kristine DeLong)
"Human-Camelid Relations in the Ancient Andes"
Past Graduate Students
(MA, 2026)
"Archaeology of the Old LSU Site (16RA49): Digging into Louisiana's Early Higher Education"
Joseph Petersen (MA, 2026)
"Technicity and Attentional Regimes in Ancient Northern Peru: Archaeological and Computational
Perspectives"
(MA, 2025)
"Ancestral Ties: Ethnographic Perspectives on Bioarchaeological Legal Frameworks in
Peru and the United States"
Amy Hernandez (n茅e Hair) (PhD, 2025)
"Osteon Analysis and Health Status at the Colonial Maya Site of Tipu, Belize"
(PhD, 2024)
"What Macrofloral and Faunal are Cooking? A Synthesis of Early Horizon Foodways in
the Nepe帽a Valley, Peru"
(MA, 2024)
"If Threads Could Talk: Listening to Andean Textiles at the Louisianan State University
Museum of Art"
(MA, 2024)
"The Ancient Occupation of the East Terrace at Cerro San Isidro, Moro District, Nepe帽a
Valley, Peru"
(MA, 2023)
鈥淏ecoming Avian: Amazonian Featherworks from the John P. O鈥橬eill Collection鈥�
(MA, 2021)
鈥淲hat the Shell? The Zooarchaeology of Cerro San Isidro, Peru鈥�
(PhD, 2021)
鈥淭he Ancient Occupation of Niv铆n, Casma, Peru: Co-Creating Heritage in Andean Archaeology鈥�
(PhD, 2021) (co-advised with Kristine DeLong)
鈥淩econstructing the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in Northern Peru: Perspectives
from Donax Obesulus Geochemistry and Archaeomalacology鈥�
Kaitlyn Lowrance (MA, 2021)
鈥淎ncient Pottery Making at Cerro San Isidro, Nepe帽a Valley, Peru鈥�
Audrey DeLuca (MA, 2020)
鈥淢oche Juvenile Burial Patterns鈥�
(PhD, 2018)
鈥淟andscapes of Persistence and Ritual Architecture at the Cosma Complex, Upper Nepe帽a
Valley, Peru鈥�
(MA, 2017)
鈥淧ots, Pans, and Politics: Feasting in Early Horizon Nepe帽a, Peru鈥�
(MA, 2016)
鈥淐eramic Technology, Production, and Exchange as Seen Through Macroscopic Analysis
of Pottery Fragments from the Early Horizon Center Cayl谩n, Nepe帽a Valley, Peru鈥�
(MA, 2015)
鈥淢ortuary Practices and Social Identity at the Late Middle Sic谩n Matrix 101, Lambayeque
Valley, Peru鈥�
(MA, 2015)
鈥淧roduction, Discard, and Urban Life at the Early Horizon Center of Cayl谩n, Coastal
Peru鈥�
(MA, 2015)
鈥淓arly Horizon Community Organization and Neighborhoods as Seen Through the Spatial
Analysis of Residential Architecture at the Urban Center of Cayl谩n, Peru鈥�
(MA, 2014)
鈥淓arly Horizon Defensive Structures and the Role of Warfare in the Lower Nepe帽a Valley,
Peru鈥�
(MA, 2013)
鈥淓mergent Irrigation Agriculture and Settlement Patterns in the Lower Nepe帽a Valley,
North-Central Coast of Peru鈥�
(MA, 2012)
鈥淟ate Formative Plant Use and Diet at Cayl谩n (Peru) as Seen Through the Analysis of
Macrobotanical Remains and Human Feces鈥�
(MA, 2011)
鈥淪ocial Life and Ancient Andean Public Landscapes: Actions and Performances as Seen
Through the Use of a First Millennium BCE Plaza at Cayl谩n, Peru鈥�