Mathieu Viau-Courville
PhD Candidate
2006 MA Art Studies, University of Quebec at Montreal (Canada)
Research interests
Pre-Columbian iconography and material culture, Andean Archaeology, Anthropology
Phd Thesis
My doctoral research project focuses on the study of the so-called Staff-God imagery spanning the Pre-Hispanic Central Andes (encompassing Peru, Bolivia, and parts of Chile and Argentina).
The Gateway of the Sun monolith located at the Tiwanaku archaeological site, Bolivian highlands (Photo: MVC)
Mathieu Viau-Courville
Ceramic with "Staff-God" figure from the north coast of Peru, c. AD900-1000, Museo Nacional de Arqueología, La Paz, Bolivia (MNA 2884)
Ceramic with "Staff-God" figure in Pacheco style, Unknown provenance, c. AD600-700, Museo Nacional de Arqueología, La Paz, Bolivia (MNA 2112)