Dr. Colleen Zori

BIC Courses: Natural World I and II, World Cultures II and III

Dr. Colleen Zori's research addresses the interdependence of political and economic change in past societies, using archaeological data to investigate how changes in political organization relate to shifts in technology, the organization of craft production, and interregional exchange. She has conducted extensive archaeological fieldwork in the Andes of South America, particularly Peru and Chile, investigating how local economies were transformed by incorporation into the Inka empire. She has published widely on both the technical and social aspects of Andean metallurgy.

Dr. Colleen Zori is currently carrying out comparative archaeological fieldwork in Italy. She is a co-director of the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project, a Baylor study abroad program that provides undergraduates an opportunity to engage in primary research. At San Giuliano, she oversees the excavation of a medieval castle complex, investigating how ceramic production and trade in non-local glass wares provide insight into the dynamic political landscape of medieval Italy.

Learn more about the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project

Education

• 2011     Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
• 2004    M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
• 2000    B.A. in Human Biology, Stanford University

Recent Publications

• Zori, D., Zori, C., Ikeshoji-Orlati, V., Aprile, J., Baker, L., Fulton, J., Gibbs, A., and A. Cassotta.  

           In press            An Early Etruscan Toddler’s Grave in the Transitional Trench Tomb Cemetery of San Simone, San Giuliano (VT): Wealth, Status, and the Hopes of a Family. Journal of Etruscan and Italic Studies. Publication expected 2023.  

• Zori, C. 

  In press            Andinoamerican Metallurgical Technology and its Variability. In Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology, edited by M. Sepúlveda, M. Aldenderfer and E. Neves. Oxford University Press; Oxford.  

• Zori, C., P. Tropper, J. Fulton, and D. Zori 

  2023                Glass from the 11^th-13^th-Century Medieval Castle of San Giuliano (Lazio Province, Central Italy). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 47, 103731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103731             

• Zori, C.               

  2022                Queros as Inalienable Objects: Inka Drinking Vessels and the End of Empire at Moqi (Locumba Valley, Southern Peru). Latin American Antiquity 33(1): 60-78.   https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2021.61  

• Crow, M., Zori, C., and D. Zori 

  2020                Doctrinal and Physical Marginality in Christian Death: The Burial of Unbaptized Infants in Medieval Italy. Religions 11, special edition entitled “Death on the Margins”. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11120678 

• Lord, E.J., Collins, C., deFrance, S., LeFebvre, M., Pigière, F., Eeckhout, P., Erauw, C., Fitzpatrick, S., Healy, P., Garcia, J., Ramos Roca, E., Delgado, M., Sánchez Urriago, A., Peña Léon, G., Martínez-Polanco, M., Toyne, M., Dahlstedt, A., Moore, K., Zierden, M., Diaz, C., Zori, C., Reitz, E., Matisoo-Smith, E. 

  2020                Ancient DNA of Guinea Pigs Indicates a Probable New Domestication Center and Multiple Human Dispersal Events. Nature—Scientific Reports 10:8901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65784-6 

• Urbina, S., Uribe, M., Agüero, C., and C. Zori 

  2019                De provincia inca a repartimiento: Tarapacá en los siglos XV y XVI (Andes Centro Sur).  Estudios Atacameños 61:219-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-10432019005000302 

• Zori, C. 

  2019                Extracting Insights from Prehistoric Andean Metallurgy: Political Organization, Interregional Connections, and Ritual Meanings.  Journal of Archaeological Research 27(4): 501-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-019-09128-7 

• Zori, C. 

  2018                Symbolizing Imperial Affiliation in Death: Case Studies from the Inka Empire (AD 1400-1532).  In Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife, edited by C. Cann, pp. 43-59. Routledge; New York. 

• Zori, D., Zori, C., Baker, L., Ikeshoji-Orlati, V., Livingston, C., Foulton, D., and Wilken, D. 

  2018                From Etruscan Urban Center to Medieval Fortified Village: San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project. Antiquity project gallery PG2017120. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.99 

• Zori, C. 

  2018                Inka Mining and Metal Production Strategies.  In The Oxford Handbook of the Inca, A. Covey and S. Alconini (eds), pp. 375-393.  Oxford University Press, Oxford.   

• Zori, D., C. Zori, L. Baker, V. Ikeshoji-Orlati, and A. Smith 

  2017                San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project: Investigating Long-Term Change from Etruscan Urban Center to High Medieval Fortified Village in Lazio, Italy. Temporis Signa XI: 1-20.