Anna Guengerich

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Curriculum vitae
guengeak@eckerd.edu
Seibert Humanities 100 C
727.864.8233
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Public homepage, Tambillo Archaeological Project (Peru)
Public webpage for Leymebamba Ethnobotanical Gardens (NSF-funded research project)

Scholarship & Creative Works

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Anthropology (Archaeology), University of Chicago
  • M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago
  • B.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago

Courses taught

  • Andean Civilizations
  • Archaeology and Architecture
  • Archaeology of Food (Winter Term)
  • Archaeology of the Environment
  • Archaeology of the U.S. Southeast
  • Introduction to Anthropology
  • Introduction to Latin American Area Studies

Research interests

Professor Guengerich uses her teaching and her research to explore how people relate to the places they live, including the past as well as the present. She got her Ph.D. in anthropology with a specialization in archaeology and initially took part in research in the American South and New Mexico. Since 2011, she has co-directed an archaeological research project in the mountains of eastern Peru, where her team is exploring the environmental impacts of the Inka conquest on indigenous societies prior to Spanish conquest. This project entails working with rural community partners to conserve native plant species and traditional knowledge of plant use. She also has done archaeological work in Bolivia on the role of monumental stone sculpture in the Tiwanaku civilization (500-1000CE). Since starting at Eckerd in 2020, she has also begun exploring the archaeology of Florida and especially the history of Eckerd’s campus, including its connections to Quebecois feather hunters, Cuban fish ranchers, and its original inhabitants, the ancestors of today’s Seminole and Miccosukee tribes. Professor Guengerich loves to teach and talk with students about anything related to food, plants, indigenous history, Latin America, Florida, and also dogs.

Publications