Jeffrey Quilter is a New World archaeologist with expertise in Peru. He is past Director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, and of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. This is his sixth book on Peruvian archaeology.
Luis Jaime Castillo Butters is Professor of Humanities and Archaeology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.