Biography
My research focuses on the social implications in the development of the urban layout by studying the road network of the ancient city of Angamuco (250-1530 CE), located in the core-area of the Purépecha Empire (Lake Pátzcuaro Basin), Michoacán. Focusing on exploring how people move around an urban center we can better understand how a city emerges, develops, is inhabited and experienced by its residents, and the roles that roads play during these processes. I am particularly interested in integrating spatial and image analysis with other lines of evidence collected through survey and excavation.
I am currently working on the spatial and statistical analyses of the data I collected last year in Mexico at the Digital Archaeology Research Lab and writing my dissertation.
Before coming to Seattle, I studied Archaeology at Universidad Veracruzana and a MA in Cultural Heritage and Conservation at Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. I have been active in the field collaborating for research projects as well as Cultural Heritage Institutions, Museums, Labs and CRM firms in Mexico, USA, Europe and Central America.