2026 Pratt, L., Juñiga Tapia, J.A., Palomino Gutiérrez, J.L., López Aldave, N. Una Tipología Cerámica en la Ceja de Selva de Perú, del Periodo Inicial al Periodo Intermedio Tardio (c. 1800 a.C. –1470 d.C.). In manuscript.
2026 Pratt, L., López Aldave, N., Alarcon Ledesma, C., Alaica, A. Foraging and Farming in the Cloud Forest: Human Occupation of the Peruvian Eastern Andes, 5,400-1,000 cal BP. Quaternary International. In Revisions. Preprint available.
2022-Present Co-Director Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica: Cazadores-Recolectores de Chachapoyas (CARECH) – Dissertation Field Season, Leymebamba & Uchucmarca, Peru
2019 Director Preliminary Dissertation Field Survey; Leymebamba and Uchumarca, Peru
2018 Field Archaeologist Tambillo Archaeological Project, Leymebamba, Peru Directed by Dr. Anna Guengerich, Eckerd College
2017 Field Archaeologist Excavations at Quebrada Jaguay, Camaná, Peru Directed by Dr. Kurt Rademaker, Michigan State University
2017 Field Archaeologist Early Occupation of Pemrang Village, Yap, Micronesia Directed by Matthew Napolitano, University of Oregon
2016 Laboratory Volunteer Gault School of Archaeological Research, Texas Directed by Dr. Michael Collins and Dr. Clark Wernecke
2014-16 Archaeological Technician State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program, New Hampshire, USA Directed by Dr. Richard Boisvert, New Hampshire State Archaeologist
2015 Laboratory Volunteer Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Dunedin, New Zealand Directed by Dr. Chris Jacomb and Dr. Richard Walter
2013 Field School Student Moundville Plaza Project, Moundville, AL, USA Directed by Dr. John Blitz
Teaching and Professional Positions
2024-5 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles
2023 Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Anthro 463: Statistical Modeling and Data Visualization in R
2023 Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), Instructor of Record, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Anthro 296: The Evolution of Flavor.
2023Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA), University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, High Latitude and Western North America Range
2021 Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA), University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, Circum Polar Range
2020 Graduate Student Research Assistant Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
2019 Graduate Student Instructor Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Lab manager, Osteology Laboratory
2019 Head Graduate Student Instructor Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Anthro 101: Introduction to Anthropology
2018 Graduate Student Instructor Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Anthrobio 363: Genes, Disease & Culture
2017 Graduate Student Instructor Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Anthro 101: Introduction to Anthropology
Conferences and Symposia
2025Preparing Graphics for Publication. Invited presentation at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
2025 Model Selection and Comparison. Invited paper presented at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.
2025 Eyebrow of the Jungle: Adaptation and Subsistence in Peru’s Tropical Montane Cloud Forests, 5,500-1,000 cal BP. Invited paper presented at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.
2024Environmental Marginality and the Early Prehistory of the Peruvian Eastern Andes. Invited paper presented at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
2024Forager Adaptations to Andean Cloud Forest, Peru. Paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2023Excavaciones para ubicar las ocupaciones del Periodo Precerámico en Chachapoyas, Perú. Pratt L., López Aldave N. Paper presented at the Congreso Nacional de Arqueología, Lima.
2023 Human-Environment Interactions and the Hunter-Gatherers of Chachapoyas, Peru. Paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2023 The Archaeology of Tropical Montane Cloud Forest. Session organized at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2023 Finding Hunter-Gatherers in Chachapoyas, Peru. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag Series.
2023 Early Regional Development in the Ceja de Selva of Northern Peru. Pratt L., López Aldave N. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Midwest Conference for Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory.
2022 From Hunter-Gatherers to the Present: Excavations in the Caves and Rockshelters of Leymebamba and Uchucmarca. Paper presented at the US Grantee Seminar 2022, Perú Fulbright Commission.
2022 Desde Cazadores-Recolectores Hasta Presente: Excavaciones en Las Cuevas de Leymebamba y Uchucmarca. Invited paper presented at Instituto de Arqueología y Anthropología Kuélap (INAAK), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas, Chachapoyas, Peru.
2022 Cumulative Culture vs Radiocarbon Gaps in Peru: A Case for Un-Muddling the Middle. Garvey R., Pratt L., and Poe K. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2020Stone in the Age of Clay. Brown Bag Lecture Series, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology.
2019Caves of Chachapoyas: Modern Human Activities and Archaeological Potential. Brown Bag Lecture Series, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology.
2018 Using Behavioral Ecology to Understand Mobility Among Prehistoric Andean Hunter-Gatherers. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2018 The Speleological Fallacy. Brown Bag Lecture, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology.
2018Looking for the First People in Yap, Micronesia. Field Archaeology Series on Thursday (FAST), Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Service, Public Outreach, and Training
2026 Research Mentor Training, University of Wisconsin-Madison