Corina M. Kellner, Ph.D.
Corina M. Kellner received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2002. She was a lecturer and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Diego until 2007. She specializes in Bioarchaeology, which is the study of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. Her dissertation dealt with the health and violence effects of various environmental and cultural shifts in a diachronic population of Nasca people living in ancient southern Peru (A.D. 1-750). Through this project, Corina has also interrogated the relationship of the Nasca to the Wari Empire of the Ayacucho Basin (A.D. 750-1000). Her research focus centers on the biocultural effects of imperial strategies on local populations. To that end, she studies diet through stable isotope analyses of carbon and nitrogen, as well as overall health and cultural behaviors such as cranial vault modification, interpersonal trauma, and “trophy” head taking. Her current collaborative projects include the excavation of one of the only Wari cemeteries in the Nasca drainage, the analysis of human skeletal remains from Cotahuasi, Peru during Wari imperial influence, and dietary analysis of human remains Cochabamba, Bolivia during Inka influence.
Publications:
2007 Kellner, CM, Schoeninger, MJ. A simple carbon isotope model for reconstructing prehistoric diet. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
2006 Kellner, CM. Wari Imperial influence on Nasca head taking practices. In Skull Collection, Modification, and Decoration. British Archaeological Reports (S1539), edited by Michelle Bonogofsky.
2005 Jennings, J, Yepez Alvarez, W, Kellner, CM. Tumbas de Tenahaha: Notas Preliminares sobre Contextos Funerarios del Horizonte Medio en el Valle de Cotahuasi. Andes 6: 93-108.
