As an historical anthropologist of the Andean region of South America, my research takes place at the the intersections of several disciplines: archaeology and history, prehispanic and colonial studies, anthropology and cultural geography. My research centers on local experiences of imperialism and colonialism under both indigenous and European rule. I explore several dimensions of those experiences–especially the negotiation of new forms of community organization, religion, and land use. Methodologically, much of my work synthesizes archaeological and documentary data sets in a common, GIS-based spatial framework. My current archaeological research investigates the shift from Inka to Spanish colonial rule and the earliest phase of Catholic evangelization in the Andes through archaeological research at an Inka imperial outpost that became an early Franciscan doctrinal settlement. Most of my studies have been based in the Colca Valley, a major highland valley of the south central Andean highlands.