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Constanza Ceruti
Constanza Ceruti | |
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| Born | 11 January 1973 Buenos Aires |
| Alma mater | National University of Cuyo |
| Known for | First woman high-altitude archaeologist |
| Awards | Golden Condor Honoris Causa |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Institute of High Mountain Investigations, Catholic University of Salta |
| External videos | |
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 "María Constanza Ceruti: Sacred Mountains and the Discovery of Inca Mummies", March 7, 2017, ASU Hispanic Research Center | |
| "Love Your Mummy", Constanza Ceruti and Johan Reinhard discover Incan mummies, National Geographic |
María Constanza Ceruti (born 11 January 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine anthropologist and mountaineer, who has done more than 80 field surveys, most of them as part of National Geographic teams in Andean regions of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Her most important finding are the Children of Llullaillaco, considered the best preserved mummies in the world by the Guinness World Records.[1] She is also the first woman worldwide to specialize in high-altitude archaeology, studying Inca ceremonial centers on the summits of Andean peaks above 6000 meters.[2] She is a pioneer in the anthropological study of sacred mountains around the world, and in the emerging field of glacial archaeology.[3]
She is a scientific researcher in the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina, founder and director pro bono of the Institute of High Mountain Research[4] and a professor of Inca Archaeology at the Catholic University of Salta (UCASAL).[2]
Ceruti is the first woman to specialize in the field of high-altitude archaeology.[5] As an archaeologist, she has excavated Inca Empire ceremonial centers on the summits of the Andes. As an anthropologist, she has been studying hundreds of sacred mountains in diverse parts of the world, looking at their role in religion, mythology, folklore, identity and tourism.[6][7]
She has done more than 80 field surveys, many with National Geographic teams in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.[8] Much of her research takes place on sites that have never been explored before.[9]
She has conducted research on sacred mountains and the world´s religions in the Nepal Himalayas, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Hawai, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Greece, Croacia, Norway, Italy, France, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, England, Greenland, Canada, Alaska, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Chile. Her work has significant impact in many areas of research.[10][11]
- ^ Grady, Denise (September 11, 2007). "In Argentina, a Museum Unveils a Long-Frozen Maiden". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b Ross, Michael Elsohn (March 1, 2014). A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers (Women of Action). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. pp. 22–30. ISBN 9781613744413.
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Wissenschaftenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "SWG Currently Featured Member Maria Constanza Ceruti". Society of Woman Geographers. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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Banyaszwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Emerging Explorer 2005, Maria Constanza Ceruti, anthropology of sacred mountains and high altitude archaeology". National Geographic. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ Ceruti, María Constanza (1999). Cumbres sagradas del noroeste argentino: avances en arqueología de alta montaña y etnoarqueología de santuarios de altura andinos (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires. EUDEBA. ISBN 9502310047. OCLC 44446360.
- ^ Giri, Ananta Kumar (May 15, 2019). Practical spirituality and human development : creative experiments for alternative futures. Springer. pp. xxi. ISBN 9789811336867. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Constanza Ceruti High-Altitude Inca Investigator". TrowelBlazers. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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Interviewwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ceruti, Constanza. "Antropología de montañas sagradas: Vocación y realización". CCAB. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
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