THE EDITORS
JULIA MAYO TORNÉ
Julia Mayo holds a degree in Geography and History (1998) and a PhD in American Anthropology from the Complutense University of Madrid (2004). As a researcher, she directed the Coclé Archaeological Project from 2004 to 2007. She is currently director of the Archaeological Project El Caño since 2008. The results of the research directed and carried out in these projects by Dr. Mayo have been published in numerous proceedings of congresses and scientific journals.
Dr. Mayo is also founder and president of Fundación El Caño and director of the Centro de Investigaciones Arqueológicas del Istmo, both located in Ciudad del Saber, Panama. She is also a scientist associated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and explorer of the National Geographic Society.
CARLOS MAYO TORNÉ
Carlos Mayo holds a degree in Art History from the University of Santiago de Compostela and is a candidate for a doctorate in archaeology from this university.
Since 2005 he has been a researcher at the Coclé Archaeological Project and since 2008 a researcher at the El Caño Archaeological Project, where he is in charge of the stylistic and typological studies of the ceramic component of the El Caño Funerary Complex. The results of these studies have been presented and published in various congresses and scientific journals. In addition, Carlos Mayo carries out and directs the conservation work and geological surveys carried out at the archaeological site of El Caño and bordering areas.
THE AUTHORS
The data repository of the El Caño Archaeological Project contains information collected by the editors and also by the following authors:
MERCEDES GUINEA BUENO
Mercedes Guinea holds a PhD in Philosophy and Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (1981) and she has been a Professor at that University since 1984. Since then she has been teaching in the Department of History of America II (Anthropology of America), combining her teaching activities with research and field work.
Dr. Guinea has participated in and directed numerous projects related to American archaeology and the application of New Information Technologies to this scientific field. On these subjects she has directed two doctoral theses and made numerous publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. She is a member of the Coclé Project team, from 2004 to 2007, and of the El Caño Project since 2008, where she deals with issues related to iconography.
MIGUEL ANGEL HERVÁS HERRERA
Miguel Angel Hervás is archaeologist and holds a PhD in Geography and History from the University of Castilla La Mancha (2017). Dr. Hervás is an expert on:
- The study of materials and construction techniques of medieval and modern times.
- The conservation and restoration of the built heritage.
- The development and application of prospecting techniques, excavation and archaeological documentation.
JESÚS HERRERÍN
Doctor in Physical Anthropology and Paleontology from the Complutense University of Madrid (2001). Research lines: Physical Anthropology, Paleo-pathology, Paleodiet, Paleodemography, Egyptology. Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Member of the Research Group in Egypt, by the University of Memphis (USA). Author of several books and more than fifty scientific articles.
HARRIET F. RAE BEAUBIEN
Harriet F. Rae Beaubien es una Investi
Harriet F. Rae Beaubien is a Research Associate at the Museum Conservation Institute of the Smithsonian Institution, based in Suitland, Maryland, where she served for 26 years as senior conservator of artifacts, including 6 years as Chief Conservation Officer. Currently working as a curator in Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Rae is a specialist in study techniques in conservation of archaeological materials and has conducted scientific analysis and treatment of a wide variety of artifacts from different materials.
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She has directed activities at many archaeological sites, mainly in Central America, Mongolia, South Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. She has published numerous articles on conservation in archaeology and has participated in several university conservation programmes. In 2007 Rae initiated research on Pre-Columbian Panama gold, which included materials from El Caño, and since 2009 has served as conservator in the El Caño Archaeological Project.
KIM CULLEN COBB
Kim is a goldsmith, teacher and restorer of archaeological and ethnographic materials with a particular focus on ancient and historical goldsmithing techniques. Kim completed her master's degree in conservation at Queen's University in Canada and is currently a research associate at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). Since 2007, Kim has worked at MCI on the analysis of gold manufacturing techniques in Panama since 2007 and was invited to join the El Caño Archaeological Project in 2008.
AINSLIE HARRISON
Ainslie Harrison is a curator at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC and is also a research associate at Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute. She is a specialist in the analysis and conservation of historical and archaeological materials. Ainslie has worked on archaeological sites in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Panama and is a member of the team of researchers at the El Caño Archaeological Project since 2009.
MÁXIMO JIMENEZ
Máximo is a biologist specialized in animal taxonomy. He has worked for more than 20 years with Dr. Richard Cooke in the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Archaeology Laboratory. Máximo is in charge of the identification and analysis of the different animal species in the samples of the El Caño Archaeological Project.
MARÍA MARTÍN-SEIJO
María took a degree in History (1999) and a doctor's degree in Archaeology and Antiquity Sciences (2013) at Santiago de Compostela University. Her research focuses on the study of the forest as a social and production space, based on the study of charcoal and wood remains recovered in archaeological contexts. Based on these organic evidences, her objective is to make an approximation to past societies, to subsistence practices, to economic activities and to the forms of interaction of human groups with the environment. Since 2014 she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has collaborated with the Archaeological Project El Caño since 2008.
OTHER AUTHORS
Aioze Trujillo-Mederos: Physical anthropologist.
Manuel Antonio Franco: Archaeologist.
Aldara Rico Rey: Curator.
Anne Touchard: Archaeologist.
