Zdena Porras (She/her/hers)

Graduate Student

Archaeology

Zdena

Contact Information

Fields of Interest

Archaeology Indigenous Archaeology Landscape Archaeology Roads Archaeology South American

Biography

M.A., Archaeology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2009

B.A., Philosophy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, 2003

Awards and Honors

Stephen C. Porter Quaternary Research Center Student Research Fund Award, 2023.

Research

Selected Research

--Zdena Porras. 2023. Recuento histórico sobre el camino de Engativá. In Caminando en los Andes: Aportes arqueológicos e históricos desde Sudamérica , Vol. 1. Proceedings of the III International Workshop on the Qhapac Ñan Road System, Lima 6-9 November 2019. Lima: Ministry of Culture of Peru.
Zdena Porras. 2009. El mito de Quetzalcóatl. MA thesis. Departamento de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Download PDF
Department of Anthropology Pre-Dissertation Research Pilot Fund, 2023.

Courses Taught

Spring 2025

Winter 2025

Autumn 2024

ARCHY 469 B: Special Studies in Archaeology

Spring 2024

Autumn 2023

Additional Courses

Winter 2024

ARCHY 101 A: Exploring Archaeology

Affiliations

Home Department

Professional Affiliations

Asociacion Colombiana de Arqueologia, Association for Washington Archaeology

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