Christopher Wai

Christopher Wai

First Name: 
Christopher
Last Name: 
Wai
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PhD Student
Biography : 

My doctoral research focuses on the rise of fortifications and practices of ritual and violence on the North Coast of Peru spanning from the Moche to Chimu-Inka periods. Elsewhere, I have participated in fieldwork in Cambodia, Jordan and Ontario. I am also an alumnus of the Master of Museum Studies program at the UofT, with a focus on curation and collections management.

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Major/minor fields: Warfare, Landscape Archaeology, Conflict, Identity, Moche, Iconography, Ritual, Violence, Gender, Colonialism, Survey and Excavation Methodology, Public Archaeology, Curation

Research Region: Peru, Andes

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Dissertation Title: 
Communities in Crisis: Conflict and Identity at Cerro Prieto Espinal, Jequetepeque Valley, Peru
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Edward Swenson
Other Website: 
Academia.edu: 
https://utoronto.academia.edu/ChristopherWai