The Andeanist community may be interested to hear about the upcoming double-session on Andean pastoralism that we´ve organized for the American Anthropological Association meetings in San Francisco in November this year. The schedule, according to the preliminary program, is pasted below. Abstracts aren't linked on the AAA website yet but it looks like clicking on the titles below will link to abstracts as the conference approaches. We hope people can make it to San Francisco!

Best regards, Nico and José

RECENT ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PAST AND PRESENT ANDEAN PASTORALISM (PART 1)
http://aaa.confex.com/aaa/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session6318.html

Saturday, November 17, 2012: 1:45 PM-5:30 PM
Organizers: Jose M Capriles Flores (University of Pittsburgh) and Nicholas Tripcevich (University of California - Berkeley)
Chairs: Jose M Capriles Flores (University of Pittsburgh)
Discussants: David L Browman (Washington University in St. Louis) and Mark Aldenderfer (University of California - Merced)

1:45 PM
A Comparative Perspective On the Development of Pastoralism In the Andes and Northeast Africa, Jose M. Capriles Flores (University of Pittsburgh) and Fiona B Marshall (Washington University in St. Louis)

2:00 PM
Ancestors and Animal Herds: Evidence of Funerary Architecture Associated with Corrals From Late Prehispanic Sites In the Ricrán Valley, Central Perú, Manuel Perales (Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú)

2:15 PM
Our Most Precious Gift: The Camelid Sacrifices of Santa Rita B, Chao Valley, N Coastal Perú, Jonathan D. Kent (Metropolitan State University of Denver), Teresa Rosales Tham (Universidad Nacional de La Libertad), Victor Vasquez Sanchez (Centro de Investigaciones Arqueobiológicas y Paleoecológicas Andinas (ARQUEOBIOS)), Catherine Gaither (Metropolitan State College of Denver) and Jonathan D Bethard (Boston University School of Medicine)

2:30 PM
Camelids As Social Intermediaries: Suprahousehold and Ritual Practices of the Formative Period, North Titicaca Basin, Matthew Christopher Warwick (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

2:45 PM
Llamas In the City: Urban Herding At the Ancient Andean Center of Tiwanaku, Bolivia (AD. 600-1100), Claudine Vallieres (University of Florida)

3:00 PM
Camelids Through Time In Southern Peru, Susan D deFrance (University of Florida)

3:15 PM
Break

3:30 PM
Gifts From the Camelids: Archaeobotanical Insights Into Camelid Pastoralism Through Dung Studies Maria C Bruno (Dickinson College) and Christine Hastorf (University of California - Berkeley)

3:45 PM
Camelid Fodder, Human Food, and Pastoralist Perspectives In the Paleoethnobotanical Record: Unraveling Wankarani Plant Economies From Formative Period, Bolivia, BrieAnna Sylvia Langlie (Washington University in St. Louis)

4:00 PM
Crossing the Western Altiplano: Tiwanaku Routes, Pasture, and Camelid Transport, Patrick Ryan Williams (Field Museum of Natural History) and Benjamin Vining (Boston University)

4:15 PM
Time, Landscape, and Caravan Mobility, Nicholas Tripcevich (University of California - Berkeley)

4:30 PM
The Ritual Constitution of PLACE Among South Andean Pastoralists, Axel Emil Nielsen (CONICET)

4:45 PM
The Territorial Practices of the Pastoral Andean Communities of Southern Peru In the Context of Climate Change, Gustavo Valdivia (Columbia University) and Xavier Ricard (Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris III)

5:00 PM
Discussant, David L Browman (Washington University in St. Louis)

5:15 PM
Discussant, Mark Aldenderfer (University of California - Merced)

RECENT ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PAST AND PRESENT ANDEAN PASTORALISM (PART 2)
http://aaa.confex.com/aaa/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session6809.html

Sunday, November 18, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Organizers: Nicholas Tripcevich (University of California - Berkeley) and Jose M Capriles Flores (University of Pittsburgh)
Chairs: Nicholas Tripcevich (University of California - Berkeley)
Discussants: Lisa B Markowitz (University of Louisville) and David L Browman (Washington University in St. Louis)

8:00 AM
Camelid Management Practices On the Prehispanic North Coast of Peru, Paul Szpak (University of Western Ontario and University of Western Ontario), Christine White (University of Western Ontario), Jean-François Millaire (University of Western Ontario) and Fred J Longstaffe (University of Western Ontario)

8:15 AM
Offering Lamas to the Sea: The Economic and Ideological Importance of Camelids In Chimu Society, North Coast of Peru, Nicolas Goepfert (CNRS - Paris 1, UMR 8096 Archéologie des Amériques) and Oscar Gabriel Prieto (Yale University)

8:45 AM Caravans In Imperial Context: The Role of Camelid Caravans During the Middle Horizon In Peru, Silvana A Rosenfeld (University of South Dakota)

9:00 AM
Pastoral Intensification, Social Fissioning, and Ties to State Economies At the Formative - Middle Horizon Transition In the Lake Suches Basin, Peru, Benjamin Vining (Boston University)

9:15 AM
Andean Pastoralism and Its Effect On Economic and Social Stability In the Andes, Lawrence A Kuznar (Indiana University-Purdue University)

9:30 AM
Early Domesticated Camelids In the Andes, Katherine M Moore (University of Pennsylvania Museum)

9:45 AM
Break

10:00 AM
Population Growth and Migration: Challenges for Rangeland Management by Altiplano Pastoralists, Cecilia Turin (Rural Sociology. University of Missouri and Department of Rural Sociology. University of Missouri) and Corinne Valdivia (Agricultural Economics. University of Missouri)

10:15 AM
Transforming Andean Pastoral Traditions: New Challenges and Opportunities for Camelid Management, Karina Yager (NASA/ORAU and NASA/GSFC)

10:30 AM
Discussant, Lisa B Markowitz (University of Louisville)

10:45 AM
Discussant, David L Browman (Washington University in St. Louis)