2008 Economías vegetales en la costa central peruana, siglos XVI-II AC: aplicación de métodos arqueobotánicos a la comprehension de la explotación del territorio, economía y alimentación precolombinos. Lima: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (Trabajos).
2007 Early Holocene human adaptation in the Central Andes : what the phytoliths can tell us ? In : Korstanje, A. & Babot, M. eds. Interdisciplinary nuances in phytolith and other microfossil studies. Oxford: Archaeopress, (British Archaeological Reports, International Series).
1999 Des chasseurs-cueilleurs à l’Empire Inka : actes du colloque d’archéologie andine (Genève, 10-11 oct. 1997.). Oxford: Archaeopress. (British Archaeological Reports, International Series ; 746). Chevalier A., Velarde & Chenal-Velarde I., eds.
1990 [2 ed. 1991, 3 ed. 1992] Petit Guide du Routard Etudiant. Genève : CUAE.
*2007 Vegetal economy and territory exploitation in the Lurín Valley (central coast of Peru), between the 7th-2nd centuries. Treballs d’Etnoarqueologia (Barcelona). Chevalier A: & Moutarde F
2006 Adaptaciones humanas en los Andes centrales: La contribución de los fitolitos. Amenghiana, 43, 4, p 7R.
2005 Human adaptation in the Central Andes: the contribution of phytoltith analysis. The Phytolitharien, 17, 2, pp. 8-9
*1999 Ethnobotany+Archeobotany=Paleoethnobotany ? Bulletin de la Soc. Suisse des Américanistes, 63, pp. 149-162.
*1999 Paleomedioambiente y ocupación prehistórica del litoral extremo-sur del Perú. Boletín de Arqueología (PUCP, Lima), 3, pp. 393-416. Lavallée D., Bearez Ph., Chevalier A. & al.
1995-96 L’exploitation des plantes sur la côte péruvienne en contexte formatif. Bull. centre. Genevois d’anthrop., 5, pp. 106-108.
1995 Les menhirs de Corcelles, district de Grandson. Revue Historique Vaudoise, pp. 410-411.
1995 Les menhirs de Corcelles-près-Concise. Archéologie suisse, 18, 2, pp. 53-54.
1995 Chronique archéologique : Corcelles-près-Concise. ASSPA, 78, p. 192.
1991 ¡1492, Ya Basta! Courants, 70. Genève : CUAE.
2002 Analysis of an Archaeological Maize Kernel Cache from Pailón (Dept. Sta Cruz, Bolivia). In : Prümers H., Chevalier A., Goesdorf J. & al., eds. Pailón: vorspanische Siedlungen im Depto Sta Cruz, Bolivien.. Mainz am Rhein : Philipp von Zabern, pp. 215-226. (KAVA-Beiträge ; 22).
1999 De la pomme de terre à la coca : statut de l’archéobotanique au Pérou et revue critique des données. In : Chevalier A. & al., eds. Des chasseurs-cueilleurs à l’Empire Inka : actes du colloque d’archéologie andine (Genève, 10-11 oct. 1997.). Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 43-61. (British Archaeological Reports , International Series ; 746).
2006 Already farmers or still gatherers ? An Early Holocene site in the Central Andes from the phytolith point of view. ARF Brown Bag Series, University of California – Berkeley (27 Sept., 2006).
2006 Political economy of three late Formative Peruvian coastal entities: some insights from archaeobotanical data. ARF Brown Bag Series, University of California–Berkeley (8 Feb., 2006).
2005 Métodos de la Biología aplicados a la Arqueología: Paleoetnobotánica, carpología, fitolitos y granos de almidón. Universidad Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú (17-24 Oct., 2005).
2005 Chilies, peanuts, squashes, beans and maize: human diet, or food for the Gods ? Some insights in pre-Columbian Central Andean economies. Anthropology Brown Bag Series, University of California–Santa Barbara (3 May, 2005).
2007 Assessing the meaning of wild plants in pre-Columbian agricultural contexts. 30th Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnobiology (Berkeley, 29 March)
2007 Multidisciplinary research at Jiskairumoko, a Terminal Archaic-Early Formative village in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin. Institute of Andean Studies Annual Meeting, Berkeley (12 January, 2007). Mark Aldenderfer, Nathan Craig, Alexandre Chevalier, Phyllisa Eisentraut, Claudia Rumold, and Catherine Rigsby.
2006 Food Economics of the Lurín Valley during the Late Formative Period: carpological and anthracological data. International Congress of Americanists Sevilla-Spain (19 July, 2006). Symposium Arq-2 “Food economics of the pre-Columbian and Colonial America: Cuisines, techniques, exchanges, and territory exploitation” coordinated by A. Chevalier, Raquel Pique (University of Barcelona-Spain) and Ayllen Capparelli (Dep. of archaeology, Museum of Natural History, La Plata-Argentina). Chevalier A. & Moutarde F.
2006 Wild plants in prehistoric archaeological context: assessing their meaning. European Science Foundation, Earth Program Meeting: “The Role of Wild Plants within an Agricultural System: Stability and Balance”. Buldan, Turkey (3 May, 2006).
2006 Andean Gatherer strategies of plant exploitation: the phytolith point of view. Institute of Andean Studies Annual Meeting, Berkeley (6 January, 2006).
2005 Human adaptation in the Central Central Andean coast: the contribution of phytolith analysis. 2nd Southern Desert Conference: “Human-Environment Interactions in Southern Hemisphere: past, present, and future”. Arica, Chile (12 Oct., 2005).
2005 Assessing plant diversity: mathematical formula or cultural choices? European Science Foundation, Earth Program Meeting: “Assessing and interpreting crop diversity” Proaza, Spain (4 June, 2005)
2005 Adaptaciones humanas en los Andes centrales: la contribución de los fitolitos. 3rd Third South American Meeting on Phytolith Research, Tafí del Valle, Argentina (17 March, 2005).
2005 Changes, introduction, innovation, adaptation: from the Old World to the New World. European Science Foundation, Earth Program Meeting: “The dynamics of non-industrial agriculture: a human-centred approach”. Glasgow, UK (12 March, 2005).
2005 Pre-Columbian Territory Exploitations Strategies: the case of the Lurín valley (Peru), Late & Final Formative period. 33rd Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory. Columbia – MO (27 Feb., 2005).
2003 The Palaeoethnobotany of Pre-Columbian Peru. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee (April, 2003).
2003 The Lurín Valley during the Formative Period. Biennal Meeting of the Swiss Society for Americanists. Bern, Switzerland (14 March, 2003).
2000 Vorwort. Biennal Meeting of the Swiss Americanist Society (SSA) “Die Anfänge der Schweizerischen Amerikanistik”. Glarus, Switzerland (13 Oct. 2000).
2000 The Archaeobotany of Pre-Columbian Peru : the case of the Lurín Valley during the Formative Period. 50th International Congress of Americanists. Varsovia, Poland (13 July, 2000).
1999 Ethnobotanique+Archéobotanique=Paléoethnobotanique ? Biennal Meeting of the Swiss Americanist Society (SSA). Neuchâtel, Switzerland (12 March, 1999).
1997 From Potato to Coca : state-of-the-art of Archaeobotany in Peru. ARAPA Colloquium on pre-Columbian Archaeology in Europe. University of Geneva, Switzerland (10 Oct., 1997). Scientific reports
2003 Etude archéobotanique du Projet “Pérou-Sud”, campagne 2003. In : Lavallée D & Julien M., dir. Projet Pérou-Sud : rapport 2003. Paris-Lima : Ministères des Affaires Etrangères-CNRS-IFEA, pp. 49-60.
2001 Etude archéobotanique du Projet “Pérou-Sud”, campagne 1999-2000. In : Lavallée D & Julien M., dir. Projet Pérou-Sud : rapport 2000-2001. Paris-Lima : Ministères des Affaires Etrangères-CNRS-IFEA, pp. 67-82.
1998 Etude archéobotanique du Projet “Pérou-Sud”, campagne 1997-98. In : Lavallée D & Julien M., dir. Projet Pérou-Sud : rapport 1998. Paris-Lima : MAE-CNRS-IFEA, pp. 46-61.
1998 Paleoetnobotánica del Callejón de Huaylas, Cordillera Negra (Perú). Specialist report to the Archaeological Project Pierina-Misquilichilca
1997 Analyse des macrorestes botaniques de la campagne 1996 du Projet Pérou-Sud.
1996 Analyse des macrorestes botaniques de la campagne 1995 du Projet Pérou-Sud.
1995 Le site mégalithique de Corcelles-près-Concise. Lausanne : MHAVD.
2005 - 2007 Laboratory Teaching Assistant Department of Anthropology, University of California – Berkeley Lab training on microbotanical remains extraction and identification (phytolith and starch grain) for undergraduate and graduate students.
2005 Lecturer One week seminar on Biological Methods applied to Archaeology, Lima, Peru. University Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru (L. Huaman) in collaboration with the universities of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and Berkeley, California (A. Chevalier).
2003-2004 Visiting Lecturer Department of Anthropology & Ecology, University of Geneva. Prehistory courses: Paleolithic, Peopling of Australasia, Peopling of the Americas, Peopling of Polynesia, Origins of Agriculture, Emergence of Neolithic, Emergence of Urban Civilizations Practical courses in Prehistory: lithic technology, typology, archaeobotany
1998-1999 Research assistant Department of Anthropology & Ecology, University of Geneva.
1996 Lecturer One week seminar on palynology for biologists and archaeologists, UPCH - Lima, Peru.
1990 - 2004 High school substitute teacher Department of Education, Geneva, Switzerland. Teaching in mathematics, physics, biology, computing and history.
1989 - 1994 Lower and Middle school substitute teacher Department of Education, Geneva, Switzerland. General teaching in all fields
1987 - 1988 Teaching assistant Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL-VD). Practical course in physics for architects.
2004 - present Project Ychsma, site of Pachacamac. Annual excavations of a Late Intermediate Period and Late Horizon ceremonial structure.
1997 - present Project “Peru South” (UMR 8096 of CNRS, France), Peru. Annual
2003 Project “Gentil” (INDEA-Lima, AMNH-New York, University of Geneva), Peru. Excavations of an Early Intermediate Period urban and ceremonial site.
2000 Project “Pailón” (Kommission für Allgemeine- und Vergleichende Archäologie des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bonn). Bolivia. Excavation of a Late Formative open-air settlement site.
1998 Project “Pierina, Misquilchilca-Barrick”, Huaraz, Peru. Excavations of Early Intermediate Period to Inka Empire open air, rock shelter, domestic structures and inhumation sites
1994 - 1995 Project “Corcelles-près-Concise, Menhirs”, Office of Historical Monuments and Archaeology, State of Vaud, Switzerland. Excavations of a Bronze Age megalithic site.
1996 Project “Tumulus de Vufflens-la-Ville”, Office of Historical Monuments and Archaeology, State of Vaud, Switzerland. Excavations of a Bronze Age tumulus.
1992 Project “Barmaz”, University of Geneva. Excavations of a Bronze Age open-air site with domestic architecture and inhumations.
1992 Project “Petit Chasseur IV (Sion, VS)”, University of Geneva. Excavations of a Neolithic to Bronze Age open-air site, with domestic architecture and ceremonial structures.
1989 Project “Gardon Cave” (Ambérieu en Bugey, France 01), Université de Genève. Field school. Neolithic to modern rock shelter and cave.
1986 Project “Huaca de Sta Cruz” (Lima, Peru), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Field school. Late Intermediate Period and Inka Empire ceremonial structure.
2006 Symposium co-ordination “Food economics of the pre-Columbian and Colonial America: Cuisines, techniques, exchanges, and territory exploitation”, 52 International Americanists Conference, Sevilla, Spain (17-12 July 2006), with Raquel Piqué (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona-Spain) and Ayllen Capparelli (Dep. of archaeology, Museum of Natural History, La Plata-Argentina).
2005 Co-organization of a seminar on biological methods applied to archaeology in Lima, Peru (17-21 Oct. 2005), with Prof. L. Huaman, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) -Lima, and Prof. K. Makowski, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
2000 Organization of the Biennial Meeting of the Swiss Society of Americanists “Going back to the Sources of the Swiss Americanism: from A…narchy to Z…oology”. Glarus, Switzerland (13-15 Oct. 2000)
2000 Symposium coordination “Palaeoetnobiological investigations in the Americas: archaeobotany, archaeozoology and biomolecular archaeology”, 50th International Congress of Americanists, Warsowia, Poland (10-15 July, 2000).
1997 Organization of the European meeting on pre-Columbian archaeology “South America: from hunter-gatherers to the Inka Empire” in Geneva, Switzerland (10-11 Oct., 1997)
1996 Co-organization of workshops on palynology applied to biology and archaeology in Lima, Peru, with Prof. K. Graf (Zürich-Irchel University, Switzerland) and Prof. L. Huaman (UPCH) - Lima
1998 - 2002 Scientific collaborator Education Department (ADP), Geneva Art & History Museums (MAE). Programs for the permanent collections of the Museum of the History of Science, as well as for exhibitions on civilizations at the Museum of Art & History.
2001 Scientific collaborator Education Department (ADP), Geneva Art & History Museums (MAH). Workshops and programs on wheat (Triticum) in the context of the exhibit “Ostia: Roman harbor”.
2000 - 2001 Workshop organizer & leader In the context of the “The Night of Sciences”, an annual event by the Geneva Culture Department. Program on plant’s origins, and reconstitution of an archaeological excavation.
1998 Scientific collaborator Education Department (ADP), Geneva Art & History Museums (MAH). Workshops for adults and children on plants in the context of the exhibit “Mexico - Land of gods: treasury of pre-Columbian art”.
Scientific Activities
Ongoing president Society for Archaeological Research in the Andean Countries. board member Swiss Society of Americanists, Lobsiger Foundation. member Society of Ethnobiology, Society for Economic Botany, ICOMOS – S
Switzerland, ICOM-USA, Society for American Archaeology, Swiss Society for Proto- and Prehistory, Swiss Society of Americanists
2008 – present Under nomination process: Society for Phytolith Research Bulletin
2007 – present Bulletin of the Swiss Society of Americanists
2005 – present Occasional reviewer for several ad hoc publications in South America