Research description: My research centers on understanding life in the ancient Andes, especially among those peoples who lived in ancient imperial states such as the Wari, Tiwanaku and Inka, and those who lived under Spanish control during the centuries following European contact. I employ osteological (paleopathology, dental) and geochemical (light isotope, heavy isotope, trace element) analyses to reconstruct aspects of food consumption, subsistence, residential origin, mobility, and migration, using intersectional and osteobiographical approaches.