Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
In Progress Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chigaula Azabache, and John Warner Datos sobre la Cronología de la Zona de Jatanca del Complejo Arqueológico Cañoncillo, Valle de Jequetepeque. To be submitted to Revista SIAN.
In Progress Swenson, Edward R. and Craig Cipolla. Introduction: Representation and Meaning in Archaeology. World Archaeology.
In Progress Swenson, Edward R. The Semiotics of Stone in Andean and Khmer Political Landscapes. World Archaeology.
In progress Swenson, Edward R. and Stephen Berquist. Highland-Coastal Relations and Transformations in Dualistic Political Ideologies in Middle Horizon Jequetepeque. To be submitted to Ňawpa Pacha: The Journal of Andean Archaeology.
In Press Swenson, Edward R. City, State, and Market: Lessons from Mesoamerica (concluding discussant chapter). In Urban Commerce in Ancient Mesoamerica, edited by Elizabeth H. Paris. Papers of the American Anthropological Association (A3PA).
2019 Swenson Edward R. The Partible Neighborhoods of the Late Moche Period in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru. In Neighborhoods in the Perspective of Anthropological Archaeology, edited by David Pacifico and Lise Truex. Papers of the American Anthropological Association (A3PA) Vol. 30, pp. 100-113.
2019 Swenson Edward R. and Jorge Chiguala. Relaciones entre espacio ritual y doméstico en sitios Moche del valle Jequetepeque, Perú. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Études Andines 47(2): 195-216.
2018 Swenson, Edward R. Assembling the Moche: The Power of Temporary Gatherings on the North Coast of Peru. World Archaeology 50(1):62-85.
2018 Swenson Edward R. Trace, Revelation, Interpretant in Archaeological Research: The Graffiti of Huaca Colorada, Peru. Signs in Society 6(2): 349-378.
2016 Swenson, Edward R. and John Warner Landscapes of Mimesis and Convergence in the Southern Jequetepeque Valley, Peru. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 26(1): 23-51.
2015 Swenson, Edward R. The Archaeology of Ritual. Annual Reviews of Anthropology 44:329-45.
2015 Swenson, Edward R. The Materialities of Place-Making in the Ancient Andes: A Critical Appraisal of the Ontological Turn in Archaeological Interpretation. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 22:667-712.
2014 Swenson, Edward R. Chinchorro Mortuary Ritual and the Thesis Against ‘Hunter-Gatherer’ Religions. In The Chinchorro Culture: A Comparative Perspective. The Archaeology of the Earliest Human Mummification. Edited by Nuria Sanz, Bernando T. Arriaza, and Vivien G. Standen, pp. 153-176. Arica, Chile: UNESCO World Heritage Publication and the Universidad de Tarapacá.
2012 Swenson, Edward R. Warfare, Gender, and Sacrifice in Jequetepeque Peru. Latin American Antiquity 23(2): 167-193.
2012 Swenson, Edward R. Moche Ceremonial Architecture as Third Space: The Politics of Place Making in Ancient Peru. Journal of Social Archaeology 12(1): 3-28.
2012 Swenson, Edward R. and John Warner Crucibles of Power: Forging Copper and Forging Subjects at the Moche Ceremonial Center of Huaca Colorada, Peru. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31(3): 314-333.
2011 Swenson, Edward R. Stagecraft and the Politics of Spectacle in Ancient Peru. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21(2): 283-313.
2010 Swenson, Edward R. Emotions Reified: Lessons from an Archaeology of Ritual. Archaeological Dialogues 17(2): 176-185.
2010 Swenson, Edward R. Revelation and Resolution: Anthropologies of Religion, Cognition, and Power. Reviews in Anthropology 39: 173-200.
2008 Swenson, Edward R. Festines competitivos, pluralismo religioso y poder descentralizado en el periodo Moche Tardío. Revista del Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (Agosto): 235-260.
2007 Swenson, Edward R. Local Ideological Strategies and the Politics of Ritual Space in the Chimú Empire. Archaeological Dialogues 14(1): 61-90.
2007 Swenson Edward R. Adaptive Strategies or Ideological Innovations? Interpreting Sociopolitical Developments in the Jequetepeque Valley of Peru During the Late Moche Period. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 26(2): 1-30.
2003 Swenson, Edward R. Cities of Violence: Sacrifice, Power, and Urbanization in the Andes. Journal of Social Archaeology 3(2): 256-296.
Books
In progress Swenson, Edward R. Excavating Ritual: Archaeological Perspectives on Religion, Politics, and Identity.
In progress Swenson Edward R. Infrastructures of Religion and Power: A Critical Assessment of Archaeologies of Materiality, Landscape, and Urbanization.
2018 Jennings, Justin and Edward Swenson (co-editors).Powerful Places of the Ancient Andes. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
2018 Edward Swenson and Andy Roddick (co-editors). Constructions of Time and History in the Ancient Andes. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.
2009 Dillehay, Tom, Alan L. Kolata,and Edward Swenson 2009 Paisajes Culturales en el Valle del Jequetepeque: Los Yacimientos Arqueológicos. Ediciones Sian, Trujillo and Lima, Peru.
Chapters in Edited Books
In Review Swenson Edward R. Places of Alterity and the Aesthetics of Religious Violence. In Violence and Inequality: a Deep History, edited by Thomas P. Leppard and Sarah Murray. University of Colorado Press.
In Review Swenson Edward R. A wak’a of Another Kind: The Animate Architecture of the North Coast of Peru in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Jon Spenard and Jonathon Dubois. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
In Press Chea Socheat, Julia Estève, Dominique Soutif, Swenson Edward. Aśramas, Shrines, and Royal Power. In The Angkorian World, edited by Damian Evans, Miriam Stark and Mitch Hendrickson. London: Routledge Press.
In Press Swenson Edward R. “The Meaning within the Moche Mask.” In The Meaning Within: Case Studies in the Interpretation of Symbolic Activities, Artifacts, and Images, edited by Peter Eeckhout. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
In Press Swenson, Edward R. Diversity in North Coast Households: Rethinking the Politics of the Everyday. In Ancient Households of the North Coast of Peru, edited by Ilana Johnson, David Pacifico, and Robyn Cutright. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.
2019 Spence-Morrow, Giles and Edward Swenson. Moche Mereology: Synecdochal Ontologies at the Late Moche Site of Huaca Colorada, Peru. In Andean Ontologies: New Archaeological Perspectives, edited by María Cecilia Lozada and Henry Tantaleán, pp. 150-182. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
2018 Swenson Edward R. and Justin Jennings Introduction: Andean Conceptions of Place, Landscape, and Power. In Justin Jennings and Edward Swenson (Eds). Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes, pp. 1-54 Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
2018 Swenson Edward R. Sacrificial Landscapes and the Anatomy of Moche Biopolitics: (AD 200-800). In Justin Jennings and Edward Swenson (Eds). Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes, pp. 247-286. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
2018 Swenson Edward R. and Andy Roddick. Rethinking Temporality and Historicity from the Perspective of Andean Archaeology. In Edward Swenson and Andy Roddick (Eds), pp. 3-44. Constructions of Time and History in the Ancient Andes. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.
2018 Swenson Edward R. Political Topologies of Time in the Ancient Andes. In Constructions of Time and History in the Ancient Andes, pp. 174-206. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.
2017 Swenson Edward R. and Francisco Seoane. La Organización Dualística del Centro Ceremonial de Tecapa. In Actas de Congreso Nacional 2016. La Prensa del Ministerio de Cultura, Lima, Perú.
2017 Swenson Edward R. Timing is Everything: Religion and the Regulation of Temporalities in the Ancient Andes. In Religion and Politics in the Ancient Americas, edited by Arthur Joyce and Sarah Barber, pp. 210-233. Routledge Press.
2015 Swenson, Edward R. Archaeological Approaches to Sacred Landscapes and Rituals of Place-Making. In The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices, and Politics. Edited by Stanley D. Brunn, pp. 477-502. New York: Springer. PEER-REVIEWED.
2014 Swenson, Edward R. Los Fundamentos Cosmológicos de las Interraciones Moche Sierra durante el Horizonte Medio en Jequetepque. In Justin Jennings and Luis Jaime Castillo (Eds) Los Rostros de Wari:Perspectivas Interregionales sobre el Horizonte Medio. Lima: Fondo Editorial Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Boletín de Arqueología PUCP 16(2012): 79-104 PEER-REVIEWED.
2013 Swenson, Edward R. Dramas of the Dialectic: Sacrifice and Power in Ancient Polities. In Roderick Campbell (Ed) Violence and Civilization. Joukowsky Institute Publication 4, pp. 28-60. Oxford: Oxbow Press. PEER-REVIEWED.
2013 Swenson, Edward R. Interpreting the Political Landscape of Early State Religions. In Michael Lambek and Janice Boddy (Eds) A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion, pp. 471-488. London: Wiley-Blackwell.
2011 Swenson, Edward R. Feminine Powers, Ritual Warfare, and the Sacrificial Foundations of Contested Authority in Late Moche Jequetepeque, Peru. In Shawn Morton and Don Butler (Eds) It’s Good to be King: The Archaeology of Power and Authority Proceedings of the 41st (2008). Annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pp. 145-156.
2011 Swenson, Edward R. Architectural Renovation as Ritual Process in Late Intermediate Period Jequetepeque. In Colleen Zori and Illana Johnson (Eds) Advances in North Coast Archaeology: State and Empire in the Jequetepeque Valley. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series, 2310, pp. 129-148. PEER-REVIEWED.
2008 Swenson, Edward R. The ‘Disjunctive Approach’ to the Archaeological Analysis of Ritual Politics. In Lars Fogelin (Ed) Religion in the Material World. Carbondale IL: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, pp. 237-261. PEER-REVIEWED.
2008 Swenson, Edward R. San Ildefonso and the Popularization of Moche Ideology in the Jequetepeque Valley. In Luis Jaime Castillo, Hélène Bernier, Gregory Lockard, and Julio Rucabado (Eds) Arqueología Mochica: Nuevos Enfoques. Lima: Fondo Editorial Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, pp. 411-432. PEER-REVIEWED.
2006 Swenson, Edward R. Competitive Feasting, Religious Pluralism, and Decentralized Power in the Late Moche Period. In William H. Isbell and Helaine Silverman (Eds) Andean Archaeology III: North and South. New York: Springer, pp. 112-142. PEER-REVIEWED.
Non-Refereed Publications (Technical Reports)
2020 Swenson, Edward, Giles Spence Morrow, and Chris Wai. Yasodharâsramas Archaeological Project 2020: Excavations at Prasat Khna, Preah Vihear Province. Final Report submitted to the Hal Jackman Foundation and the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. University of Toronto, École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2019 Swenson Edward Yasodharâsramas Archaeological Project 2019
Final Report submitted to the APSARA Authority and the Hal Jackman Foundation. University of Toronto, École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2019 Swenson, Edward y Francisco Seoane. Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada-Tecapa, Valle de Jequetepeque: Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2018. Technical Report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 859 pages.
2018 Dominique Soutif, Sochet Chea, Juila Estève, Edward Swenson, Mission Archéologique Yasodharâsramas Campagne 2018—Prasat Komnap Sud et Baray Oriental. École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2017 Swenson, Edward R., Francisco Seoane, John Warner Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada-Tecapa, Valle de Jequetepeque: Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2016. Technical report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 709 pages.
2017 Dominique Soutif, Sochet Chea, Juila Estève, Edward Swenson, Mission Archéologique Yasodharâsramas Campagne 2017– Prasat Komnap Sud – Prasat Ong Mong – Prei Prasat et Prasat Komnap Nord. École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2016 Dominique Soutif, Sochet Chea, Juila Estève, Edward Swenson, Mission Archéologique Yasodharâsramas Campagne 2016– Prasat Komnap Sud. École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2015 Swenson, Edward R., Francisco Seoane, John Warner, Jorge Chiguala Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque: Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2014. Technical report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 457 pages.
2015 Sochet Chea, Juila Estève, Dominique Soutif, Edward Swenson, Mission Archéologique Yasodharâsramas Campagne 2015. École Française d’Extrême Orient and APSARA Cambodia.
2013 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque: Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2012. Technical report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 250 pages.
2012 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque: Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2011. Technical report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 424 pages.
2011 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque. Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2010. Technical report submitted to the Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 387 pages.
2010 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca-Huaca Colorada, Valle de Jequetepeque. Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2009 Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 245 pages.
2009 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner, John Crandall, Anna Guengerich, and Randy Hahn. Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca, Valle de Jequetepeque. Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2008. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 205 pages.
2008 Swenson, Edward R., Jorge Chiguala, John Warner, John Crandall, Anna Guengerich, and Randy Hahn. Proyecto de Investigación de Arqueología, Jatanca, Valle de Jequetepeque. Informe Final de la Temporada de Investigación 2007. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 140 pages.
2002 Swenson, Edward R., Relaciones Urbano-Rurales en el Valle del Río Jequetepeque: Descifrando la Ritualización del Poder en el Sistema Político Moche. Informe Sobre la Investigación Arqueológica en el Valle Bajo del Río Jequetepeque 2001-2012. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 99 pages.
2001 Dillehay, Tom, A. Kolata, and E. Swenson. 2001. Informe Sobre la Investigación Arqueológica del Proyecto Pacasmayo en el Valle de Jequetepeque 2001. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 40 pages.
1999 Dillehay, Tom, A. Kolata, E. Swenson, J. Stvan, and J. Warner. Informe Sobre la Investigación Arqueológica del Proyecto Pacasmayo en el Valle de Jequetepeque 1999. Technical report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. 48 pages.
