About us
Meet our team!
Nora Franco
I am a Principal Researcher at CONICET - working at the Multidisciplinary Institute of History and Human Sciences (IMHICIHU) - and Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropological Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
I studied at the UBA - I have a PhD in Archaeology - and completed my training with courses and field work in the country and abroad.
I began my archaeological work in the Pampa and have been researching in Patagonia since 1990. Since 2004 I have directed research projects that take into account different lines of evidence to understand human behavior and mobility in Patagonia. The results have been presented in scientific publications, conferences and talks in the country and abroad.
E-mail: nvfranco2008@gmail.com
María Victoria Fiel
Specialized in zooarchaeology and 3D micro photogrammetric analysis of anthropic and taphonomic modifications on the bone surfaces of archaeological faunal remains.
UBACyT Doctoral Fellow. Research topic: Between the Deseado Massif and the Santa Cruz River Basin: faunal exploitation during the Holocene in southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina) on a wide spatial scale.
Graduate in Anthropological Sciences with an Archaeological Orientation, FFyL-UBA.
Professor of secondary and higher education in Anthropological Sciences, FFyL-UBA.
E-mail: mvictoriafiel@gmail.com
Lucas Vetrisano
I have a degree in Anthropological Sciences with a specialization in Archaeology. I am currently a PhD student in Archaeology at the University of Buenos Aires.
My work focuses on the technological analysis of stone artifacts produced by hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited different areas of the Province of Santa Cruz, more specifically, the basins of the Chico and Santa Cruz rivers. My doctoral thesis focuses on the characterization of the different flintknapping methods present in the area, considering the way in which they complemented and differentiated each other over time.
Other topics of interest that I have addressed are the provisioning of lithic raw materials and experimentation, with the aim of replicating and evaluating different flintknapping methods and the use of thermal treatment of rocks.
E-mail: lucasvetri@yahoo.com.ar
Pablo Emiliano Bianchi
Professor of Secondary and Higher Education in Anthropological Sciences, Archaeology Orientation (UBA).
I am currently finishing my doctoral thesis (IMHICIHU). My research topic is based on the techno-morphological analysis of lithic artifacts, raw materials and aspects related to the supply and exploitation of natural resources by hunter-gatherer groups that occupied the southern end of the Deseado Massif and the north of the Chico River during the late Holocene.
At the same time, I study aspects related to the production and/or use of artifacts made of ceramic and glass.
E-mail: bianchipabloem@gmail.com
Brenda Gilio
I am a Professor and Graduate in Anthropological Sciences with an emphasis on Archaeology –UBA- and I was a CONICET doctoral fellow (2016-2022) at the CIT-CONICET Research and Transfer Center in Santa Cruz.
I began participating in research projects and field work in 2006 in Patagonia.
I am currently developing my PhD in the analysis of the use of space by hunter-gatherer groups in Patagonia based on the study of lithic artifacts and rock art using Geographic Information Systems.
E-mail: brendagilio@yahoo.com.ar
Clara María Compagno Zoan
I am an archaeology student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (UBA).
I am currently taking my final exams and writing my bachelor's thesis on bioarchaeology topics.
E-mail: claricompagno@gmail.com
Currently collaborating with us are students from the University of Buenos Aires, Mr. Octavio Coronel and Misses Liz Kelly López, Delfina Paratore and Julieta Samoluk.
All fieldwork was authorized by the Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Province of Santa Cruz, the Law Enforcement Authority. Over the years, the work was funded by PIP projects (CONICET), UBACyT (University of Buenos Aires), PICT (National Agency for Scientific and Technical Promotion), CONICET-National Science Foundation International Cooperation, National Geographic, Heinz Latin American Archaeology, and the Rust Foundation. The work was supported by the Center for the Study of the First Americans and the University of Kansas (Drs. Ted Goebel and Kelly Graff), and, for the dated work, by the University of Georgia, Franklin College (Dr. George Brook), and the University of Arizona.
We would like to thank Minera Piedra Grande S.A.M.I.C.A. and F. and Minera Triton Argentina S.A. for their logistical collaboration. Drs. Virginia Mancini (UNMDP), George Brook (The University of Georgia), Eugenio Aragón (CIC-CONICET), Claudio Iglesias (Minera Piedra Grande), Teresita Montenegro (CONICET and University of Buenos Aires), Danae Fiore (CONICET) and Natalia Carden (UNICEN-CONICET) shared field work with us and/or provided valuable scientific information.