About us:
Meet the Director, Dr. Kimberly Munro
(She/her/ella)
Dr. Munro is an anthropological-archaeologist who earned a dual B.A. degree in Anthropology and Religious Studies from Florida State University. She also holds a M.S. in Geography (Geographic Information Sciences) from FSU. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Louisiana State University in 2018, where her dissertation research focuses on early religious developments, religious syncretism and sacred landscapes in the highlands of central Peru. Kimberly has been the co-director of the Cosma Archaeological Project since 2013, a long-term research project involving excavation paired with ethnographic work in the upper Nepeña River Valley, located in the Department of Ancash.
More broadly, Kimberly’s anthropological interests lie in an anthropology of pilgrimage, shamanism, and religious syncretism and the creation and re-imagining of space, place and sacred landscapes. Her current work is still focused on studying the occupation and use-history of the Cosma Complex, as well as an anthropology of pilgrimage, shamanism, and religious syncretism in the form of blended, and subversive landscapes.
She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University, located in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Explore the Andean Late Preceramic
Uncovering early religious developments and architecture in the Central Andes through archaeological research and discussions.
Photo Gallery
Exploring early Andean religious architecture and archaeological findings.
