Delegate to CLASMAC (Congreso Latinoamericano de Arqueometría (CLA) y del Simposio Latinoamericano sobre Métodos Físicos y Químicos en Arqueología, Arte y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (LASMAC)) – Marcela Sepúlveda
Marcela Sepúlveda, Associate Professor Escuela de Antropología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Campus San Joaquin, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, 2° piso, Macul, Santiago- Chile & Associate Researcher UMR8096 ArchAm (CNRS-Paris 1), France; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marcela Sepúlveda is archaeologist and Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her research concerned, since more than 15 years and from an interdisciplinary perspective (archaeology, anthropology, art history, chemistry, geology) with a strong archaeometric component and the physical-chemical characterization of materials, the materiality of art and color technology to specify the material practices and immaterial knowledge handled in the past with respect to the obtaining, production, consumption and circulation of mineral pigments. She conducted investigations in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, as well as in other regions of the country (semi-arid north and Patagonia) and neighbouring countries (Peru, Argentina), in the framework of several ongoing collaborative projects. Her research included several analytical techniques (SEM-EDS, XRF, DRX, Raman spectroscopy, between others) and prioritized in situ analyses. Sepúlveda was the SAS delegate to the VIII Congreso Nacional de Arqueometría (Argentina) in 2021. In 2022, she will serve as the SAS delegate to the combined conference of the Scientific Committees of the Latin American Congress of Archeometry and the Latin American Symposium on Physical and Chemical Methods in Archeology, Art and Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
Adrian Burke is an archaeologist specializing in the physico-chemical characterization of rocks and minerals used in the past to make tools and ornaments. He carries out most of his research, including geoarchaeological fieldwork, in northeastern North America. He currently directs an XRF laboratory dedicated to the geochemical analysis of geological samples and archaeological artifacts. He also uses other techniques such as thin section petrography, SEM, XRD, and NAA to characterize raw materials. Burke was a key member of both the scientific and local organizing committees for the 2019 GMPCA colloquium in Montreal, Canada, as well as previously serving as the SAS Vice President of Intersociety Relations.
Rebekah Kurpiel is the Director of La Trobe Archaeology Research Partnerships at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. In terms of archaeological science, she is interested in understanding past trade and transport patterns and in developing methods and methodologies for sourcing stone and ochre artefacts to investigate this. Rebekah has experience in undertaking trace element analysis (ICP-MS and pXRF), mineralogical analysis (XRD) and Pb isotope geochemistry to determine where artefacts originated. Rebekah is also interested in how scientific techniques can be employed to produce better outcomes in the context of cultural heritage/resource management. Rebekah has active research projects in Australia and South Africa, including work funded by the Australian Research Council, and is a committee member of the Australasian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science.