Name: Paul Goldstein
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1989

Field of Expertise: Goldstein is an expert on complex societies, anthropological archaeology, Latin America, Peru and Andean South America, El Nino, and ancient climate change. His research involves the study of how Tiwanaku civilization, the earliest state level polity that emerged in the important lake Titicaca region of the southern Andes, expanded, and collapsed (ca. 350-1000 AD).

Region of Interest: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador

Media Interview Topics: Prof. Goldstein is an expert on anthropological archaeology, complex societies, Latin America, Peru and Andean South America, El Nino, and ancient climate change.

Selected Publications:

• Goldstein, P.S. (2005) Andean Diaspora: The Tiwanaku Colonies and the Origins of South American Empire. University Press of Florida , Gainesville .
• "From Stew-Eaters to Maize-Drinkers: The Chicha Economy and Tiwanaku." In Pots as Political Tools: The Culinary Equipment of Early Imperial States in Comparative Perspective, edited by T. Bray, Kluwer Academic Press: New York, 2003.