FIU Constantino Manuel Torres

Constantino Manuel Torres Ph.D. | Professor

Pre-Columbian Art

Primary interest in the art and archaeology of psychoactive plant use in the Central Andes. Conducts research and archaeological work in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America, Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York (October 2005). “Imagenes legibles: la iconografía Tiwanaku como significante.” Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 9, Santiago, Chile, 2004. “Tiwanaku snuffing paraphernalia.” In Young Sánchez, Margaret, ed., Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca, pp. 114-120, Denver Art Museum and University of Nebraska Press, 2004. “The Use of Anadenanthera colubrina var. Cebil by Wichi (Mataco) Shamans of the Chaco Central, Argentina.” Yearbook for Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness 5: 41-58, Verläg für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin, 1998. “Exploring the San Pedro de Atacama/Tiahuanaco Relationship.” In Dransart, Penny, ed., Andean Art -Visual Expression and its Relationship with Andean Values and Beliefs, Worldwide Archaeology Series vol. 13, Avebury Press, Great Britain, 1995. “Snuff Powders from Pre-Hispanic San Pedro de Atacama: Chemical and Contextual Analysis.” Current Anthropology 32(5): 640-649, University of Chicago Press, 1991.