In the beginning of the twentieth century, Peruvian archaeology was emerging within a hostile context: there was a lack of any proper institutional organization, absence of indigenous scholars, depredation of archaeological sites, and deficiency of state support in both economic and legal terms. In addition, a weak national identity caused the segregation of pre-Hispanic history. In these circumstances, Julio César Tello Rojas emerged and became a prominent national icon, an international anthropologist, and the father of Peruvian archaeology.
Tello was born in Huarochirí (highlands of Lima) on April 11th of 1880. He was given financial assistance from his family to go to college in Lima, where he was further supported by Ricardo Palma. Likewise, working in the national library enabled him to attend to San Marcos University, where he studied medicine. In 1908 he submitted his thesis on the antiquity of syphilis in Peru suggesting that it was ancient syphilis which prompted the need for...
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Tello, J.C. 1921. Introducción a la Historia Antigua del Perú. Lima: Editorial Euforion.
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Tello, J.C. 1930. Andean civilization: Some problems of Peruvian archaeology, Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Americanists, New York City, 1928, 259–290. New York: International Congress of Americanists.
Tello, J.C. 1942. Origen y desarrollo de las civilizaciones prehistóricas andinas. Lima: Librería e Imprenta Gil.
Tello, J.C., and T. Mejía, eds. 1960. Chavín. Cultura matriz de la civilización andina: Primera parte. Lima: Archivo Julio C. Tello. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Further Readings
Astuhuaman, C., and R. Daggett. 2005. Julio César Tello Rojas; Una biografía. In Paracas Primera Parte, ed. J.C. Tello, 17–61. Lima: Museo de Arqueología y Antropología de San Marcos. UNMSM.
Burger, R., ed. 2009. The life and writings of Julio C. Tello: America’s first indigenous archaeologist. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
Carrión, R. 1948. Julio C. Tello y la Arqueología Peruana. Revista del Museo Nacional 2 (1): 7–34.
Mejia, T. 1948. Apuntes biográficos sobre el Dr. Julio C. Tello. Revista del Museo Nacional 2 (1): 35–50.
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Astuhuamán, C. (2018). Tello, Julio C.. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_2601-1
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