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John Rick’s research focuses on prehistoric archaeology and anthropology, particularly examining hunter-gatherers and the initial hierarchical societies. His studies involve stone tool analysis and digital methodologies, especially in Latin America and the Southwestern United States. Rick has undertaken significant long-term projects that study early hunting societies in high altitude puna grasslands in central Peru. He is currently directing a major research project at the monumental World Heritage site Chavín de Huántar, which aims to explore the foundations of authority in the central Andes. His fieldwork also includes investigations into early agricultural villages in the American Southwest and a recently-initiated project focusing on Preclassic to Early Classic archaeology in the Guatemalan highlands near Panajachel, Atitlan. His current emphasis is on employing dimensional analytical digital techniques to study landscape architecture and exploring the contexts and motivations behind the development of sociopolitical inequalities.
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