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Elizabeth Klarich (2025). Enduring Monuments: Formative Period Transformations at Pukara, Peru. University Press of Colorado.

Enduring Monuments traces the architectural histories of monumental complexes and public spaces of the Pukara site in the Lake Titicaca Basin. Using data from three distinct areas—the Qalasaya, the Central Pampa, and the Northern Platform— Klarich provides a powerful diachronic and comparative perspective for understanding social and political transformations during the Late Formative period in Peru.

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Elizabeth Klarich (2019).Pukara“. In Grove Dictionary of Art, Oxford Univ Press.

Elizabeth Klarich and Cecilia Chávez Justo (2018). Late Formative Period Ceramics from Pukara: Insights from Excavations on the Central Pampa. In Images in Action: The Southern Andean Iconographic Series, edited by W.H. Isbell, M.I. Uribe, A.Tiballi, and E.P. Zegarra, pp. 53-73. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.

Elizabeth Klarich, Abigail Levine and Carol Schultze (2017)Abundant Exotics and Cavalier Crafting: Obsidian Use and Emerging Complexity in the Northern Lake Titicaca Basin. In Abundance: An Archaeological Analysis of Plenitude, edited by M. Smith, pp. 139-164. University Press of Colorado.

Sarah Abraham (2017) [entire e-book]. Reconstructing Early Colonial Andean Ritual Practice at Pukara, Peru: An Architectural Approach. In Rituals of the Past: Prehispanic and Colonial Case Studies in Andean Archaeology, edited by S.A. Rosenfeld and S.L. Bautista, pp. 217-239. University Press of Colorado.

Elizabeth Klarich (2014)Crafting, Community, and Collaboration: Reflections on the Ethnographic Sala Project at the Pukara Lithic Museum, Peru. Museum Anthropology 37: 118–132.

Andy Roddick & Elizabeth Klarich (2013). Arcillas and Alfareros: Clay and Temper Mining Practices in the Lake Titicaca Basin. In Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes, edited by N. Tripcevich and K.J. Vaughn, pp. 99-122. Springer Press.

David Oshige Adams (2012). The Earliest Ceramic Sequence at the Site of Pukara, Northern Lake Titicaca BasinIn Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-III, edited by A. Vranich, E. Klarich and C. Stanish, pp. 13-48. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Number 51, Ann Arbor.

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Elizabeth Klarich & Nancy Román Bustinza (2012). Scale and Diversity at Late Formative Period Pukara. In Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-III, edited by A. Vranich, E. Klarich and C. Stanish, pp. 105-120. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Number 51, Ann Arbor.

Sarah Abraham (2012). The Late Intermediate Period Occupation of Pukara, PeruIn Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-III, edited by A. Vranich, E. Klarich and C. Stanish, pp. 283-297. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Number 51, Ann Arbor.

Arqueología de la cuenca del Titicaca, Perú

Elizabeth Klarich (2012). Producción, Papas y Proyectiles: Evaluando los Factores Principales en el Desarrollo de Pukara. In Arqueología de la Cuenca de Titicaca Peru, edited by H. Tantaleán and L. Flores, pp. 195-216. IFEA, Lima, Peru.

Matthew Warwick (2012). In the Shadow of the Peñon: A Zooarchaeological Study of Formative Diet, Economy, and Sociopolitics in the Río Pukara Valley, PeruUnpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Sarah Abraham & Aileen Balasalle (2011). The Architecture of La Quinta: Interpreting Colonial Strategies of Conquest and Conversion at Pukara, Peru. Poster presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

Inside Ancient Kitchens: New Directions in the Study of Daily ...

Elizabeth Klarich (2010)Behind the Scenes and into the Kitchen: New Directions for the Study of Prehistoric Meals. In Inside Ancient Kitchens: New Directions in the Study of Daily Meals and Feasts, edited by E. Klarich, pp. 1-16. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.

Elizabeth Klarich & Luis Flores Blanco (2010). Continuidad e Innovación de la Cerámica Pucará: 3000 Años de Producción Alfarera en la Cuenca Norte del Titicaca. In Toro, torito de Pucará: Galería y estudios, edited by J. Ruiz Durand, pp. 23-31. MINCETUR, Peruvian Ministry of Tourism.

David Oshige Adams (2010). La Secuencia más temprana en el sitio de Pukara, Cuenca Norte del Lago Titicaca. Tesis de Licenciatura en Arqueología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.

Elizabeth Klarich (2009). Pukara: Investigaciones de la temporada 2001 y un nuevo modelo para el desarrollo del sitio. In Actas del Simposio Internacional sobre Arqueología del Área Centro Sur Andina, edited by A. B. Franco, M. Ziolkowski, J. Jennings, and A. Drusini, pp. 23-31. Center for Pre-Columbian Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Rolando Paredes, Graciela Fattorini & Elizabeth Klarich (2006). The Tourist Circuit Project at Pukara, Peru: Perspectives from a Local Site Museum. In Archaeological Site Museums in Latin America, edited by H. Silverman, pp. 72-84. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Elizabeth Klarich (2005b). ¿Quiénes eran los invitados? Cambios temporales y funcionales de los espacios públicos de Pukara como reflejo del cambio de las estrategias de liderazgo durante el Periodo Formativo Tardío. In Encuentros: Identidad, Poder y Manejo de Espacios Públicos, edited by P. Kaulicke and T. Dillehay, pp. 185-206. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP No. 9. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.

Elizabeth Klarich (2005a). From the Monumental to the Mundane: Defining Early Leadership Strategies at Late Formative Pukara, Peru. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara.