“…The huaqueo theme is also prominent in research carried out on the Peruvian North Coast, as well as in other locations in the Andes (Asensio, 2018; Canghiari, 2018; Chirinos Ogata, 2018; Contreras, 2010; Garay, 2001; Gündüz, 2001; Haber, 2016b; Howell, 1992; Londoño, 2003, 2016; Roland, 2014; Smith, 2005). From a hegemonic perspective, huaqueros are those people that practice huaqueo , a local expression that is usually defined as looting, commodification, and destruction of archaeological remains (Haber, 2016a, 2016b).…”