Department of Anthropology

Pamela Lara Tufiño is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology. She received her bachelor’s degree in archaeology from the National School of Anthropology and History in Mexico. Since 2015, she has conducted underwater archaeology projects as a research associate at the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico. Her research integrates underwater archaeology, relationality, iconography, and analysis of Indigenous religions to study people’s relationships with bodies of water (and their materiality) from prehispanic to contemporary times. She has participated in archaeological and ethnographic research projects in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia. She is also a certified scientific, rescue, sidemount, cavern, and intro to cave diver.