A.i. Rivera Guzman
Assistant Professor
Archaeology
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Education Licenciatura en Arqueología. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia. México, D.F. Tesis: El patrón de asentamiento en la Mixteca Baja de Oaxaca: análisis del área de Tequixtepec-Chazumba. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 1999. (Director: Dr. Román Piña Chan) Specialization Regional archaeology, particularly the archaeology, iconography and indigenous history of the Oaxaca region. In this context participation in / direction of numerous archaeological projects and fieldworks in Mexico, most recently: Reconocimiento arqueológico en Santa Cruz Tepenixtahuaca, Costa de Oaxaca.Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. La iconografía de las urnas de la Mixteca Baja. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Reinterpretación del hallazgo de la tumba 7 (coordinated by Dr. Nelly Robles). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Research Interest
The PhD research is funded by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico) and carried out at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, in connection with the project 'Time in Intercultural Context: The Indigenous Calendars of Mexico and Guatemala' (which is directed by Prof. Dr. Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and receives financial support from the European Research Council through ERC Advanced Grant No: 295434). The PhD research focuses on the 'Writing and Iconography of Western Oaxaca, Mexico, between 500 B.C. and A.D. 900'.
