Kylie Quave

Kylie is an Associate Professor of Writing (The George Washington University) and an Anthropological Archaeology PhD. She researches Inka material culture and the daily life of rural communities in the heartland of the Inca empire (ca. 1000-1700 CE).

By Kylie Quave 14 Aug 2026 5 min read

New article out on knot shapes and how to make sense of them (FitzPatrick 2026)

In this space, we occasionally highlight new publications of interest to readers. Our blog editor Mackinley FitzPatrick has just published a new paper in Latin American Antiquity about mathematical knot theory and its

By Kylie Quave 09 Jun 2026 8 min read

Recent khipu research featured at the San Francisco meetings of the Society for American Archaeology

The 91st meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) was held in San Francisco, California from April 29th to May 3rd this year. Members of the Khipu Field Guide (KFG) team and