Prof. Dr. Sonia Alconini

Sonia Alconini (David A. Harrison III Professor of American Archaeology) is a Bolivian archaeologist who currently teaches at the University of Virginia. Multidisciplinary in nature, her research draws from archaeology and ethnohistory to assess the materiality of colonial encounters and the mechanics of ancient imperialism. All this research has materialized in several books and volumes, including articles and book chapters in English, Spanish, and Quechua.

Among her notable publications are Oxford Handbook of the Incas (University of Oxford Press, 2018, co-edited with Alan Covey), Southeastern Inka Frontiers: Boundaries and Interaction (University of Florida Press, 2016), and Entre la Vertiente Tropical y los Valles: Sociedades Regionales e Interacción Prehispánicas en los Andes Centro-Sur (Plural Editorial, 2016). She recently published El centro Inka de Samaipata en los Valles Cruceños: su pasado precolombino (Plural Editores, 2025).