Dr Dagmara Socha
Head of the bioarchaeological and paleogenetic research team at the Center for Andean Studies at the University of Warsaw. Her areas of interest are the Nasca culture and ritual. Capacocha of the Incas among others.
Dr dagmara socha
Specialization:
Bioarchaeology, mummification, archeology of South America, archeology of childhood, Nazca Culture.
Bio:
Dr Dagmara Socha worked on several archaeological projects in Poland and the rest of Europe (Ukraine), as well as in South America (Peru and Bolivia). From the beginning of her archaeological studies, she became interested in bioarchaeology, specifically that of the Andean region. Her interest focuses on the areas of research on social organization in pre-Columbian Peru and new methods and techniques in bioarchaeology. During her studies she worked on the Condesuyos and Castillo de Huarmey archaeological projects in Peru. She graduated in 2015 with her master's thesis titled «Facial approximation at the base of the skull. A review of facial approximation methods used around the world and in Poland. Since 2016 she has been involved in doctoral studies at the University of Warsaw.
Research and Teaching:
Currently, Dr. Dagmara Socha is working in the area of research on social organization and stratigraphy of the pre-Hispanic cultures of the southern Peruvian coast. She is the director of the project “Mumias de Nazca. Analysis of social structure and level of health” funded by the National Science Center (Preludium 13 grant number 2017/25/N/HS3/02669). Dagmara Socha participates in the “Nasca” project, led by Giuseppe Orefici with Centro Italiano Studi e Ricerche Archeologiche Precologine (CISRAP). She has investigated mummies of children from the Yauca Valley and deposited in the Archeology Museum of the Catholic University of Santa María in Arequipa (Peru). Since 2018 she is the principal investigator of the research project on mummified children, sacrificed during the ritual of Capacocha „Mummy Studies at the Museo Santuarios Anidnos – UCSM» conducted with the Catholic University of Santa María in Arequipa.
Publications:
Socha D., Sykuter M., Orefici G. (2022) Use of psychoactive and stimulant plants on the south coast of Peru from the Early Intermediate to Late Intermediate Period, Journal of Archaeological Science 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105688
Socha D., Sykuter M., Reinhard J., Chavez Perea R. (2022) Ritual drug use during Inca human sacrifices on Ampato mountain (Peru): Results of a toxicological analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103415
Socha D., Reinhard J., Chavez Perea R. (2021) Inca human sacrifices from the Ampato and Pichu Pichu volcanoes, Peru: new results from a bio-anthropological analysis, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13, Article number: 94.
Socha D., Reinhard J., Chavez Perea R. (2020) Inca Human Sacrifices on Misti Volcano (Peru), Latin American Antiquity 32(1): 138-153.
Socha D., Perea R. (2018) Análisis antropológico de restos humanos de Capacocha del Misti (Perú), Actas I Congreso Internacional de Arqueología del Área Centro Sur Andina in Arequipa: 238-239.
Socha D. (2018) Proces i biologiczne skutki celowej modyfikacji czaszki, AD REM. Kwartalnik Akademicki (in print).
Socha D. (2015) Mumie Nazca. Stan badań i perspektywy, AD REM. Kwartalnik Akademicki, no. 1-4/2015: 12-17.
Socha D. (2013) Znaczenie społeczne głów trofeów w kulturach Nazca i Wari, Antropologia Religii V: 6-15.