On Thursday, November 4 at 6 pm EST (4 pm MDT), Dr. Frances Hayashida will present her talk Water, Copper, Wak’as, and Empire: Late Prehispanic Political Ecology in the High-Altitude Atacama Desert  via Webinar. Register here

She will discuss how access to water and copper helps us understand local organization in the Atacama Desert under Inka rule and requires us to rethink purely economic explanations for imperial incorporation and actions. Sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks.