Presentations

Conference Participation

Toyne JM, Anzellini A, Pans M, Ribera Torró E. 2026. The Liminal Cliffs of the Dead: The Diablo Wasi Necropolis and Ancient Chachapoya Mortuary Beliefs, Peru. Landscape Archaeology Conference, Bamberg, Germany

Jasek E, Chatterjee A, Eduardoff M, Mundorff AZ, Monjardez G, Anzellini A*. 2026. Infrared Insights: Using FTIR Spectroscopy to Predict DNA Viability in Burnt Bone Samples. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (*Supervising author)

Anzellini A, Salomon Velasco LN, Vasquez Pazmiño J, Delgado Espinoza FG. 2025. Life and Death on the Northern Andean Coast: Bioarchaeological Investigations of the Province of Manabi, Ecuador. Annual Rocky Mountain Pre-Columbian Association Research Colloquium, Denver, CO, USA

Anzellini A, Eduardoff M, Monjardez G, Mundorff A, Janzen A, Chatterjee A, Hampton S, Jasek E, VanHorn K, Stacy L. 2025. Burning Bones and Biomolecules: Predicting Quantity and Accuracy of DNA Extraction from Burned Remains. Bone Diagenesis Meeting, Athens, Greece

Toyne JM, Kim P, Guerrero C, Anzellini A. 2025. Twins, not twins: A skeletal and CT analysis of mummified nonadults from Diablo Wasi, Chachapoyas, Perú. World Congress on Mummy Studies, Cusco, Perú

Francis Z, Anzellini A. 2025. Social Identity, Class, and Cranial Modification in the Ancient Andes. American Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA

Anzellini A, Salomon Velasco LN, Vasquez Pazmiño J, Delgado Espinoza FG. 2025. Bioarchaeological Analysis of Fragmentary Burials from the Site of Julcuy, a Late Archaic Site in Coastal Ecuador. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, USA

Anzellini A, Toyne JM, Ribera Torró E, Pans M, Ribera Torró J. 2024. Using Digital Methods to Document Pre-Hispanic Funerary Contexts in Difficult-to-Access Cliff Tombs at Diablo Wasi, Peru. Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna, Austria

Ribera E, Del Águila R, Ribera JA, Anzellini A, Pans M, Toyne JM. 2024. Chacha XR: An immersive experience through Chachapoya archaeology based on spatial documentation. Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna, Austria. Winner of the Student Prize for Best Project (E Ribera) and Student Prize for Best Presentation (E Ribera)

Toyne JM, Anzellini A. 2024. Both partial and complete: Excavations and interpretations of taphonomically commingled mummified remains from Diablo Wasi, Peru. European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy

Toyne JM, Anzellini A, Pans Sanchez MA, Ribera Torró J, Ribera Torró E. 2024. Accessing the inaccessible: Late Intermediate Period Chachapoya collective mortuary practices at Diablo Wasi. Symposium: “Beyond the Ancestors: New Approaches to Andean ‘Open Sepulchers.’” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA

Anzellini A, Toyne JM. 2024. The sum of their parts: Excavation and inventory of isolated commingled remains alongside partially articulated individuals at Diablo Wasi, Peru. Symposium: “Continued Advances in Method and Theory for Commingled Remains.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA

Toyne JM, Anzellini A, Pans M, Ribera Torró J, Ribera Torró E. 2023. Chamber of Secrets: Late Intermediate Period Chachapoya collective mortuary practices at Diablo Wasi, Peru. Southern Andean Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA

Wilcox, NA, L Cutshall, C O'Brien, M Anderson, A Harrison, N Wilson, Anzellini A, Z Nyárádi, A Gonciar. 2022. Wisdom from Teeth: Developing a new method of MNI estimation. American Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. March

Anzellini, A, Toyne JM. 2019. GIS in vertical spaces: An examination of location and clustering of mortuary contexts at the cliff site of La Petaca, Peru. Symposium: “Late Intermediate and Late Horizon Archaeology in the Andes.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. April

Toyne, JM, LA Narváez Vargas, Anzellini A, V Tran. 2016. Preliminary Evidence for Chachapoya Diet and Mobility at Kuelap from Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Stable Isotopes. Paleopathology Association North American Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. March

Anzellini, A, JM Toyne. 2015. Mortuary Variability and Chronology of the Cliff Tombs of La Petaca. Symposium: “What was Chachapoyas? Towards a Cultural Geography of the Northeastern Peruvian Andes.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April

Anzellini, A, E Mills, L Epstein, JM Toyne. 2015. Variation in Long Bone Length among the Ancient Chachapoya of Peru. Paleopathology Association North American Conference, St. Louis, MO. April

Anzellini, A, JM Toyne. 2014. Investigating Patterns of Interpersonal Violence using Frequency Distributions of Cranial Vault Trauma. Paleopathology Association North American Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada. May

Toyne, JM, I Mejias Pitti, J Puig Castell, L Epstein, Anzellini A. 2014. Going Vertical: Using Vertical Progression Techniques to Explore Complex Mortuary Spaces. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. April

Invited Lectures

Making Sense of Spectra: Practical Approaches to Bone ATR-FTIR Interpretation. 2026. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Knoxville, TN. March 4

Ethics in the Study of Human Skeletal Remains. 2026 .Moravian University. Bethlehem, PA. February 27

Plural Realities, Ontologies and Ways of Knowing; with Salomon Velasco LN. 2025. International School for Young Astronomers. Yachay Tech University. Urcuquí, Imbabura, Ecuador. July 11

Mortuary practices of the Chachapoya and the necropolis of Diablo Wasi. 2024. Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, TX. November 22

La Necropolis de Diablo Wasi y una de sus Osteobiografias. 2024. Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza. Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru. July 9

Arqueología Forense: Métodos y aprendizaje de las investigaciones de la Masacre de Tulsa, Oklahoma de 1921. 2024. Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Online Synchronous Lecture. May 8

Bioarqueología: Qué es y qué podemos aprender. 2023. Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Online Synchronous Lecture. November 17

The Future of Exploring the Past. 2021. Anthropologica Invited Lecture Series. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. November

Medical Anthropology. 2019. Anatomy and Physiology I. South College, Knoxville, TN. July

Skeletal Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology. 2019. Anatomy and Physiology I. South College, Knoxville, TN. May

Bioarchaeology in CRM. 2018. Brown Bag Lecture Series. University of Central Florida, Graduate Anthropology Association, Orlando, FL. April