Jason S. Nesbitt

Associate Professor - Anthropology

School of Liberal Arts
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty
Region
  • Andes
Jason S. Nesbitt

Courses

South American Archaeology; The Inca Empire

Research

Andes, Upper Amazon, early complex polities, monumental architecture, urbanism, archeological theory, interaction, relationships between culture and nature, ceramic analysis, archaeometry

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Yale University, Anthropology, 2012
  • M. Phil., Yale University, Anthropology, 2007
  • M.A., Trent University, Anthropology, 2003
  • B.A., Simon Fraser University, Archaeology, 2000

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2019-
  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2012-2019
  • Associated Investigator, Escuela Académico Profesional de Arquología, Departamento de Antropología e Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú, 2007-2008

Distinctions

  • BOR Targeted Enhancement Research Grant, “Modernizing Methods to Study the Ancient Past: Enhancing the Research Potential of the Center for Archaeology,” 2020-2021

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French

Overseas Experience

  • Peru

Related Experience

  • Chavín Hinterlands Project, Ancash, Peru, 2014-present
  • Campanayuq Rumi Project, Ayacucho, Peru, 2013-present
  • Campanayuq Rumi Project, Ayacucho, Peru, 2013-present
  • American Museum of Natural History, study of ceramic assemblage from Huaca Prieta, Peru, 2009
  • Principal investigator, Archaeological excavations at the Caballo Muerto Complex, Peru, 2007-2008
  • Archaeological excavations at Cardal, Peru. Under the Direction of Dr. Richard L. Burger and Lucy Salazar, Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 2007
  • Research Assistant, Machu Picchu Collection, Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, 2006-2007

Selected Publications

  • 2023. Burger, Richard L. and Jason Nesbitt (editors). Reconsidering the Chavín Phenomenon in the 21st Century. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
  • 2021. Clasby, Ryan and Jason Nesbitt (editors). The Archaeology of the Upper Amazon: Complexity and Interaction in the Andean Tropical Forest. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  • 2023. Salazar, Lucy*, R.L. Burger*, J. Forst, R. Barquera, Jason Nesbitt*, et al. Insights into Genetic Histories and Lifeways of Machu Picchu’s Occupants. Science Advances 9: eadg3377 (* indicates corresponding authors).
  • 2023. Nesbitt, Jason and Bebel Ibarra Asencios. The Radiocarbon Chronology of Canchas Uckro…. Senri Ethnological Series 112: 169-196 (special issue titled “New Perspectives on the Early Formation of the Andean Civilization…edited by Yuji Seki).
  • 2023. Nesbitt, Jason, S. Weber, E. Washburn, B. Ibarra Asencios, A. Titelbaum, A. Schroll and L. Fehren-Schmitz. Diet during the Late Initial Period (1100-800 BC) in the Chavín Heartland… Journal of Ethnobiology 43(2): 152-164.
  • 2021. Nesbitt, Jason, R. Johnson, and B. Ibarra Asencios. Connections Between the Chavín Heartland and the Upper Amazon… In The Archaeology of the Upper … edited by Ryan Clasby and Jason Nesbitt, pp. 106-128. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  • 2020. “Ancient Agriculture and Climate Change on the North Coast of Peru.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117(40): 24617-12619.