Luis Barba: 2024 Fryxell Award for Interdisciplinary Research Honoree

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This is an abstract from the "2024 Fryxell Award Symposium: Papers in Honor of Luis Barba" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Luis Barba is the 2024 Fryxell Award honoree, in recognition of his excellence in interdisciplinary research contributing significantly to American archaeology. Luis started his career with academic degrees in chemical engineering, geology, and anthropology. His research interests and over 200 publications focus on archaeo-geophysical prospection, chemical residues on archaeological floors and vessels, and the integration of multiple noninvasive geospatial datasets indicative of human activity. He has worked extensively in Mexico but also in Spain, Chile, Turkey, Italy, and Israel. He has done much to strengthen the infrastructure of archaeological science within Mexico and elsewhere. He was a co-organizer of the biannual International Symposium of Archaeometry (ISA) in Mexico City in 2000 and was also on the local organizing committee of ISA 2018 in Mérida. He has served on the Standing Committee of the ISA since 2000 and has been a longtime chairperson of the field techniques symposia. He was head of the Applied Sciences Network for Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology). Luis Barba has participated in many international collaborations. He has mentored a bevy of younger colleagues and students. All of this was done with professionalism, collegiality, creativity, and a joyful work ethic.

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• 2024 Fryxell Award Symposium: Papers in Honor of Luis Barba   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39242.0