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Alejandra Alonso Olvera
Office Address:
Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural INAH
Xicoténcatl y General Anaya s/n
San Diego Churubusco 04010,
México D.F.
México
Phone: 00 52 55 56 88 99 79 (CNCPC)
Home address (Mexico):
Calle 3a Cerrada de Xochitalli N o. 8
San Andrés Tlalpan 14400
México D.F.
México
00 52 55 58 49 39 75 (home)
Email:
aalonsoo@ucalgary.ca
a_alonso.cncpc@inah.gob.mx

Education
2005-2008 University of Calgary (Canada)
PhD Candidate in Archaeology.
Courses taken: Landscape Archaeology, Geoarchaeological Problems in Archaeology, Ethnohistory of the Maya, Archaeology of the
Built Environment, Theoretical Foundations of Archaeology, Anthropological Theory, Complex Societies of the Americas, Spatial
Archaeology, Juvenile Osteology, Human Osteology.
Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Dr. Scott Raymond.
2001 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas (IIA).
Masters Degree in Anthropology with specialization in Archaeology (2003).
Dissertation: Estudio arqueológico en el Cerro de la Encantada, Veracruz (Archaeological study of La Encantada Mound, Veracruz).
Supervisor: Dr. Ann Cyphers Tomic (IIA-UNAM).
1996 Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía (ENCRM-INAH)
Bachelor Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Movable Objects (1996)
Thesis: Conservación de Madera Arqueológica Anegada: Guía para su Estudio y Conservación.
Supervisor: Cons. Luisa Maria Mainou (CNCPC)
Academic Positions and Honors
Paul Coremans (INAH) National Prize for the Best Work in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Objects (2002 and 2007).
Awarded grant for studies in the International Course on Wood Conservation Technology (1998) by UNESCO, ICCROM, NIKU,
SINTEF, Nordic World Heritage Office, Norwegian University of Science Technology.
Honour distinction in the Bachelor’s defense in Conservation of Archaeological Waterlogged Wood (1996).
Honour distinction in Master’s defense, candidate to the University award Alfonso Caso for academic merits.
Professional Experience
Full time Senior Conservator-Restorer of Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural of Instituto Nacional de
Antropología e Historia. 1993 to the present.
Teacher Assistant and Field Instructor at Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía INAH (ENCRM INAH). 1996
to the present.
Current research at CNCPC
- Ancient technology of Ek´ Balam’s mural paintings and stucco decorations.
- Elements of physical deterioration in Ek´ Balam’s stucco decorations.
- Decay and preservation of wooden sculptures from Manatí, Veracruz.
Archaeological experience
2007 and 2008
Participant of Xuenkal Archaeological Project, Yucatan under direction of Dr. Kam Manahan and Dr. Traci Ardren.
2006
Archaeological conservator and archaeologist of Naachtun Archaeological Project, under direction of Dr. Kathryn Reese Taylor.
2001-2005.
Conservator and research director of the “Conservation Program for Decorative Elements in the Acropolis of Ek´Balam”.
2000.
Associated senior conservator of Templo Mayor Conservation Department. Excavation and conservation of the offering 102 and offering
X. In collaboration with Archaeologists Leonardo López Luján and Alvaro Barrera.
1999, 2000 and 2002.
Field supervisor of field school at Teotihuacan Archaeological Site: Atetelco, Teopancazco and Xalla Residential Complexes. In
collaboration with Conservator Laura Fillo, and Archaeologists Linda Manzanilla and Leonardo López Luján.
1998.
Field supervisor of survey, core drilling and excavations in La Encantada, Veracruz. Research included in the San Lorenzo
Archaeological Project, supervised by Dr. Ann Cyphers, General Director of Proyecto Arqueológico San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán.
1997 and 1999.
Field Conservator and Underwater Archaeologist of the Underwater Archaeological Research on the 1641-1642 New Spanish Fleet in the
Gulf of Mexico. Sonda of Campeche and Veracruz area. Supervised by Archaeologist Pilar Luna.
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1997- 2002.
Field Supervisor of the conservation program for the Stucco Decorations of Kohunlich Archaeological Site, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
1997.
Field supervisor of the conservation program for the Mural Paintings of Tajin’s Structure 11, Veracruz..
Publications
• Congreso Internacional de Mayistas, “Apuntando hacia un modelo regional del desarrollo de Chichén Itzá: Historia de una plataforma
Sotuta en Xuenkal, Yucatán” coautor with Dr. Kam Manahan and Dra. Traci Ardren. Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche.
November 2007.
• Congreso Internacional de Mayistas, Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Mayas. “Hacia una conservación arqueológica social e integral: el
programa de conservación y restauración en la zona arqueológica de Ek’Balam, Yucatán” co-author with Patricia Meehan Hermanson.
Mérida, Yucatán. August 2007.
• 25th Annual Conference of Western Humanities Alliance “Social Complexity and Interaction Reflected by the Architectural Programs
of Two Pre-Columbian Cities: Copan and Pikillacta”. Calgary Institute for the Humanities University of Calgary, Canadá, October 2006.
• 14 International Council of Museum Triannual Meeting Working group: Mural paintings. Paper: “The conservation and research
programs in the archaeological Maya site of Ek’Balam at Yucatan Peninsula: an extensive project on preservation of stucco decor and
mural paintings.” La Haya, Netherlands. Septiembre del 2006.
• 13er. Congreso Internacional de Investigación de Materiales, Seminar: Materials research applied to archaeological objects: “Análisis
de la tecnología pictórica de la pintura mural de Ek’balam, Yucatán”. Cancún, Quintana Roo. August 2004.
• Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología dentro del Simposio Área Costa del Golfo, algunas investigaciones recientes
en el área Olmeca, con la ponencia “Asentamiento Preclásico en la Encantada Veracruz, y su interacción con San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán”.
Jalapa, Veracruz. Agosto 2004.
•12avo Congreso Internacional de Investigación de Materiales dentro del Seminario de Investigación de Materiales Aplicada a Bienes
Arqueológicos con la ponencia “Análisis del deterioro de la colección de miniaturas de Madera de la ofrenda 102 de Templo Mayor y las
Esculturas Olmecas de Manatí”. Cancún, Quintana Roo. Agosto 2003.
• XXIX Aniversario de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Ingeniería en Tecnología de la Madera con la
ponencia “Tratamientos de conservación y restauración del patrimonio cultural de madera”. Morelia, Michoacán. Noviembre 2002.
• 13ava Reunión Tri-anual del Consejo Internacional de Museos, dentro del Grupo de Trabajo: Conservación de Materiales
Arqueológicos Orgánicos, con la ponencia: “The Fast and Low Cost Lactitol Conservation of Wet Polychrome Wooden Objects Found in
a 15th c. Aztec Archaeological Site, Mexico”. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Septiembre del 2002.
• 10º Coloquio del Seminario de Estudio del Patrimonio Artístico, Conservación, Restauración y Defensa. Lineamientos y limitaciones en
la conservación: pasado y futuro del patrimonio. Con la ponencia “Análisis sobre los lineamientos teóricos prácticos para la práctica de la
conservación de bienes arqueológicos. Propuestas para la Subdirección de Conservación Arqueológica del INAH”. Instituto de
Investigaciones Estéticas UNAM, Taxco, Guerrero. Junio del 2002.
• 67th Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Arqueología Americana (SAA), con la ponencia “Notes on the Conservation of Wooden
Artifacts from the Archaeological Site of Templo Mayor”. Denver, Colorado. Marzo del 2002.
• 32nd Simposium Internacional de Arqueometría con el Poster “Analysis of waterlogged archaeological wood from Manatí and
considerations about current conservation procedures”. Museo Nacional de Antropología. Ciudad de México. Mayo del 2002.
• Conferencias del 50avo Congreso Internacional de Americanistas con la ponencia: “Experiencias recientes en la conservación del
patrimonio arqueológico orgánico en estado saturado de agua: análisis de la perspectiva actual y retos para el futuro en México”.
Varsovia Polonia. Julio del 2000.
• 12ava Reunión Tri-anual del Consejo Internacional de Museos, dentro del Grupo de Trabajo: Conservación de Materiales
Arqueológicos Orgánicos, con la ponencia “Decay Study and Conservation Tests for Dry Archaeological Wood”, Lyon Francia.
Septiembre de1999.
• Conferencias Semanales del Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, la Universidad Veracruzana y el Centro INAH Veracruz con la ponencia
“Proyecto de conservación y restauración del material arqueológico extraído del sitio el Manatí”. Jalapa. Mayo de 1999.
• Foro de Trabajos de Conservación e Investigación de la CNRPC INAH del periodo 1996, con las exposiciones intituladas: "Trabajos de
conservación en la Zona Arqueológica de Tajín Veracruz durante 1996" y "Estudio de la madera arqueológica seca de Calakmul:
propuestas de conservación y restauración". Ciudad de México. Diciembre de 1996.
Publications
• Alonso Olvera, A. y K. Tran
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2007 Conservation of a Pre-Columbian Wooden Sculpture: A Mexican-French Collaboration Using Gamma Radiation Technology for
Consolidation. 15th Triennial Meeting New Delhi September 2008. ICOM Committee for Conservation. Preprints Volume II. James and
James. Londres. En prensa.
• Alonso Olvera A. y P. Meehan Hermanson
2007 “Hacia una conservación arqueológica social e integral: el programa de conservación y restauración en la zona arqueológica de
Ek’Balam, Yucatán” en Memorias de la Sociedad de Estudios Mayas. UNAM IIF, México. En prensa.
• Alonso Olvera A. y P. Meehan Hermanson
2005 “The conservation and research programs in the archaeological Maya site of Ek´Balam at Yucatan Peninsula: an extensive project
on preservation of stucco decor and mural paintings” en John Roost (ed.) 14th Triennial Meeting La Hague 12-16 September 2005.
ICOM Committee For Conservation. Preprints Volume II. James and James. Londres.
• Alonso Olvera, A.
2005 “Distribución de asentamientos arqueológicos en la región de El Mixe y su papel en el control de accesos a la Isla de San Lorenzo
en Preclásico Temprano”. En Antonio Cardozo Gómez (ed.) Memorias de la Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología.
Simposio Área Costa del Golfo. Jalapa, Veracruz. Universidad de Veracruz.
• Alonso, A., D. Mendoza, M. Espinoza, J.L. Ruvalcaba, P. Vandenabeele, J. Vázquez, C. Ruiz.
2005. “Resultados preliminares sobre la caracterización de materiales constitutivos y tecnología de la pintura mural de la Acrópolis de la
Zona Arqueológica de Ek´Balam, Yucatán” .En Mendoza, D, J. Arenas, y L. Brito. (eds.), La ciencia de materiales y su impacto en la
arqueología. Academia Mexicana de Ciencia de Materiales, A.C. México. En prensa.
Vandenabeele, V., S. Bodé, A. Alonso and L. Moens.
•2005. “Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of the Maya Wall Paintings in Ek´Balam, Mexico” Spectrochimica Acta Part A 61 (2005) 2349-
2356. Elsevier.
• Alonso Olvera, A. y V. A. García Vierna.
2002 “Lineamientos teórico prácticos para la conservación de bienes arqueológicos: propuesta para la Subdirección de Conservación
Arqueológica del INAH” en Louise Noelle (ed.). Memoria del 10º Coloquio del Seminario de Estudio del Patrimonio Artístico:
Conservación, Restauración y Defensa. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas UNAM. México.
• Alonso-Olvera, A., S. Imazu, D. Mendoza-Anaya, A. Morgos y M.T. Tzompantzi-Reyes.
2002 “The Lactitol Conservation of Wet Polychrome Wooden Objects Found in a 15th Century Aztec Archaeological Site in México” en
R. Vontovel (ed.) 13th Triennial Meeting Rio de Janeiro 22-27 September 2002. ICOM Committee For Conservation. Preprints Volume
II. James and James. Londres.
• Alonso Olvera, A.
2001 “Conservación de madera arqueológica” en Renata Schneider (comp.) Conservación in situ de materiales arqueológicos: un manual.
INAH. México.
• Alonso Olvera, A..
2001 “Conservación de vidrio arqueológico” en Renata Schneider (comp.) Conservación in situ de materiales arqueológicos: un manual.
INAH. México.
• Alonso Olvera, A., Ma. T. Tzompantzi Reyes y D. Mendoza Anaya. 2001.“Conservación de madera arqueológica húmeda: perspectiva
actual y retos para el futuro en México” en Conserva Revista del Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración DIBAM No. 5,
Santiago de Chile.
• Alonso Olvera, A.
2001. “Conservación de madera húmeda” en Sandra Cruz (ed.) Boletín bibliográfico No. 31 de la Biblioteca Paul Coremans de la
Coordinación Nacional de Restauración del Patrimonio Cultural INAH. México.
• Alonso Olvera, A.
2001. “Proyecto de estudio y conservación de artefactos arqueológicos de madera en estado húmedo o saturado de agua” en Gloria Artiz
(directora) Boletín Interno de los Investigadores del Área de Antropología. No. 34. Julio 2001. Coordinación Nacional de Antropología
del INAH. México.
• Alonso Olvera, A.
2001. Bibliografía comentada sobre la conservación y restauración de objetos y estructuras de madera arqueológica. CNCPC INAH.
México.
Conferences and Poster presentations:
“Conservation and Research in the Archaeological Maya Site of Ek´Balam at the Yucatan Peninsula: an Extensive Project on Stucco
Décor and Mural Painting Preservation”. Co-author Patricia Meehan Hermanson.14th Triennial Meeting ICOM Committee For
Conservation. The Hague 2005.
“Distribución de asentamientos arqueológicos en la región de El Mixe y su integración a la Isla de San Lorenzo en el Preclásico
Temprano” XXII Simposio de la Sociedad de Antropología Mexicana, Jalapa 2004.
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“Resultados Preliminares sobre la caracterización de materials constitutivos y tecnología de la pintura mural de la Acrópolis de la Zona
Arqueológica de Ek´Balam, Yucatán” in XXV Congreso Internacional de Ciencia de Materiales. Simposium La ciencia de materiales y la
arqueología, Cancún 2004.
“Conservation and Restoration Treatments Historically Applied To Our Cultural Wooden Heritage”. XXIX Aniversario de la
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Ingeniería en Tecnología de la Madera. Morelia, Michoacán. November
2002.
“The Fast and Low Cost Lactitol Conservation of Wet Polychrome Wooden Objects Found in a 15th c. Aztec Archaeological Site,
Mexico”. 13th ICOM Triennial Meeting. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, September 2002.
“Practical and Theoretical Guidelines and Principles for the Archaeological Conservation: Proposals for the INAH´s Department of
Archaeological Conservation”. Co-author Valeria Garcia Vierna. 10º Coloquio del Seminario de Estudio del Patrimonio Artístico:
Conservación, Restauración y Defensa. Lineamientos y Limitaciones en la Conservación: pasado y futuro del patrimonio. Esthetic
Research Institute UNAM, Taxco, Guerrero Mexico. June 2002.
“Notes on the Conservation of the Wooden Artifacts Found in the Offering 102 from the Archaeological Site of Templo Mayor”. 67th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Denver, Colorado. March 2002.
“An Analysis of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood from Manatí, Vercacuz and Some Considerations About Current Conservation
Procedures” Poster. 32 nd International Symposium on Archaeometry. Mexico City, Mexico. May 2001.
“Recent Experiences in Archaeological Conservation: Waterlogged Wooden Artifacts, An Analysis of the Actual Perspective and
Challenges For The Future in Mexico. 50th International Congress of Americanism. Warsaw, Poland. July 2000.
“Decay Study and Conservation Tests for Dry Archaeological Wood”, 12 th ICOM Triennial Meeting. Lyon, France. September1999.
“Conservation and Restoration of the Wooden Artifacts from the Manatí Archaeological Site”. Weekly Conferences. Instituto
Veracruzano de Cultura, Universidad Veracruzana and Centro INAH Veracruz. Jalapa, Veracruz Mexico. May 1999.
Mural Paintings Conservation Project at Tajín, Archaeological Site. Foro de Trabajos de Conservación e Investigación de la CNRPC
INAH del periodo 1996. Mexico City, Mexico. December 1996.
Languages
English
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Curriculum vitae
Patricia Meehan Hermanson
January 2008
Mexico City

Personal Information
Work Address
Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Ex Convento de Churubusco
Xicoténcatl y General Anaya S/N
Col. San Diego Churubusco
C.P. 04120
México D.F
Telephone number: (52 55) 56 88 99 79, 56 88 27 85
Fax: (52 55) 56 88 45 19
Email: meehanp.cncpc@inah.gob.mx
Personal Address
Fernández Leal 107
La Concepción, Coyoacán
C.P. 04020,
México D.F
Telephone number: (52 55) 55 54 67 99
Personal email: abarlovento@yahoo.com.mx
Personal Data
Date of birth: January 31st, 1970
Place of birth: Mexico City
Nationality: Mexican / US Citizen
Education
1995-present: Post graduate studies: Prehistory and Archaeology of the Iberian
Peninsula. Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy and
Literature Studies, Autonomous University of Madrid (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
October 1995- June 1997: PHD Courses.
September 2005: Degree of Advances Studies (Título de Estudios Avanzados)
Dissertation: Study and Interpretation of Historical Sources for the Conservation
and Management Project of a Shipwreck: Case Study of Nuestra Señora del
Juncal, Campeche Sound, Mexico. Supervisor: Dr. Joaquín Barrio Martín. This
degree is equivalent to a Masters Degree and is done as part of the PHD
program.
Research for PHD degree: “Methodological Model for the Conservation and
Management Project of a Shipwreck Site: Case Study of Nuestra Señora del
Juncal, Campeche Sound, Mexico” Supervisor: Dr. Joaquín Barrio Martín.
1995: Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Movable Cultural Heritage Conservation and
Restoration by the Conservation, Restoration and Museography National School
(Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, "Manuel Del Castillo
Negrete") which belongs to the National Institute of Anthropology and History
(Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) (INAH), Mexico City.

September 1988- June 1991, February 1992-January, 1994: courses, 10
semesters.
Degree March 1995. (Honors.) Dissertation: "The conservation of a turquoise
mosaic disc from the Offering No. 1, Palacio Quemado, in the Archaeological
site of Tula, Hidalgo". Supervisor: Luisa María Mainou.
Courses and Internships
2003: Nautical Archaeology Society. (NAS) International Training and Qualification.
Training Tutor Record. Tutor’s course, Assistant Tutor. No. 314. Washington D.C.
EEUU.
2000. Glass Restoration Course. Conservation, Restoration y Museography National
School –INAH (Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía).
1997: Internship: “Specific Treatments on Contemporary art” Museo Nacional Centro
de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
April 14-18 th , 1997: “Conservation Procedures on American Metals” Course.
(American Studies Seminar) Aula de Estudios Americanos, ADAMA, Museo de
América, Madrid, Spain.
1996: “Naval Construction in the Spanish Age of Discoveries” Summer Course.
General Foundation of the Universidad Complutense, San Lorenzo de El Escorial,
Spain. 30 hours.
1995: “Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Spanish and Latin-American Museums”
Seminar/Course. Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain.
1994: Diving Specialty Course, National Association of Underwater Instructors:
“Underwater Archaeology”; Advanced Diving Course, National Association of
Underwater Instructors: “Diving Rescue Techniques”;
Basic Diving Course, National Association of Underwater Instructors: “Basic Diving”.
1994: “Underwater Archaeology Diploma Course”. National School of Anthropology
and History (Escuela Nacional de Antropología) and Undrewater Archaeology
Department INAH.
1994: Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) International Training and Qualification
Record. “An Introduction to Archaeology Underwater”
Professional Experience
1993 to present date. Conservator of the archaeological, mural painting and building
decorations area of the National Coordination of Conservation of Cultural Heritage
(Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural) of the National
Institute of Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de Antroplogía e Historia).
Project coordination
2001 to present date: Conservation, restoration and research of the decoration
(sculpture, mural painting, stucco relives) and plasters of the Acropolis of the
archaeological site of Ek’ Balam, Yucatán. (7 field seasons)
Other Fieldwork
2004: Recording, artifact retrieval, field conservation of a maritime archaeological site
in Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
1993: Conservation of iron doors in the Chapultepec Castle (Museo Nacional de
Historia).

1993: Excavation, retrieval and field conservation of stone, shell and coral from
Offering No. 2. Palacio Quemado, Tula Hidalgo.
Assessments and project design
Archaeological sites:
2005-2006: Conservation of plaster, stucco relives, mural painting, stone sculpture,
management plan for Tajín, Veracruz.
2002: Monitoring Relative humidity and temperature of the stucco frieze of the II-C
Substructure of Structure II Project, Calakmul, Campeche.
2000: Conservation project for Stucco Mask from structure N9-56, Lamanai, Belize.
Conservation and restoration of mural paintings in monuments:
2004: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Temple, Santa María Acapulco, San Luís Potosí.
2001: San Antonio Chapel (Museo Regional Potosino), San Luis Potosí, Mexico (2001);
Museo del Carmen, Mexico City.
2001: Chapel of Santiago Apostol, Santiago Tepalcatlalpan, Xochimilco, Mexico City.
2000: Callejón de Girón no. 14, Mexico City.
1993: Assessment of 10 Mexican archaeological sites for the elaboration of a
Management plan.
Supervisions
2004: Supervision of the conservation and restoration work done in mural painting and
stone sculpture of the Corpus Christi Temple, Mexico City.
2000-to present date: Supervision of the conservation projects of mural paintings of the
16 th Century convent, now Culhuacán Cominity Centre (Centro Comunitario
Culhuacán).
Laboratory work
2005-2006: Conservation of coal, gunpowder sticks and copper plaques from a
maritime site in Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur.
2000-2002: Research, excavation and hypothetical reconstruction of a dress piece
decorated with shell plaques of the Tomb I, Structure XV, Calakmul, Campeche.
2001: Conservation of ceramics from the Media Luna Lagoon in San Luis Potosí.
1993-1995: Research and hypothetical reconstruction of a turquoise mosaic disk from
the Palacio Quemado, archaeological Site of Tula, Hidalgo.
1994: Conservation of stone, shell and coral from the Palacio Quemado, Tula, Hidalgo.
1994: Conservation of ceramics from the Di Peso collection of Paquimé, Casas
Grandes, Chihuahua.
1993: Restoration of metallic ornaments and jewels of Tomb 7, Montealbán, Oaxaca.
Collaboration in International Projects
2002-2004: Avondster Project, (Maritime Archaeology), Galle, Sri Lanka. Trainee and
conservation consultant during 4 field seasons.
2000: Belmopan, Belize. Mayan ceramics and stone artifacts restoration from the
Archaeology Department of Belize for the project of creation of the National Museum
of Belize.
1995-2000: Archive research for the ‘1630-1631 New Spain Fleet Research Project’.
The project is coordinated by the Underwater Archaeology Sub direction of INAH,
Mexico. Archive research was undertaken in various archives and libraries in Spain.

Participation in courses, conferences, seminars, and congresses
2007: Courses: -Conservation, restoration and research of the decorative elements and
plasters of the archaeological site of Ek’ Balam, Yucatan, Mexico. And Reburials and
sacrificial coatings practiced in Ek’ Balam, Yucatan.
In: Conservation of Built Heritage, ICCROM, Rome, Italy.
2006: Cultural Heritage Conservation Seminar (Seminario de Conservación del
Patrimonio Cultural. Conceptos aplicados), Escuela Nacional de Conservación,
Restauración y Museografía, INAH. Conference: “Conservación en el proyecto de
arqueología marítima. Avondster Project. Bahía de Galle, Sri Lanka.” (Conservation in
the Maritime Archaeological Project: Avondster, Galle, Sri Lanka).
2005: 14th Triennial Meeting ICOM-CC, The Hague, Netherlands. Working group:
Mural Paintings, mosaics and rock art. Paper: “Conservation and Research Program in
the Archaeological Maya Site of Ek’ Balam at the Yucatán Peninsula: An Extensive
Project on Stucco Decor and Mural Paintings Preservation.”
2004: Altarpiece Conservation Seminar (Seminario permanente de Conservación de
Retablos). Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural INAH.
Conference: “De barcos y retablos” (Ships and altarpieces).
2003: Archaeological Conservation Seminar (Seminario permanente de Conservación
Arqueológica), Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural,
INAH. Conference: “Importancia y alcances del registro para la Conservación
Arqueológica”. (Importance and results of recording in Archaeological Conservation)
2003: Fifth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-5), Washington D.C. USA. Paper:
“Considerations on Early 17th Century Spanish Shipbuilding and its Influence on the
Nuestra Señora del Juncal’s Shipwreck”. Session: Underwater Archaeology in Latin
America and the Caribean. Theme: Underwater and Maritime Archaeology.
2002: 13th International Congress of the Association of Latin American Historians (XIII
Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Historiadores de América Latina),
Universidad dos Azores, San Miguel Azores, Portugal. Paper: “Vicisitudes y
naufragios: la flota de Nueva España de 1630-1631.” (Shipwrecks and Disasters: the
1630-1631 New Spain Fleet).
2002: 10th Colloquium of the Artistic Heritage Study Seminar. Conservation,
Restoration and defence: Standards and limitations of conservation, past and future of
Heritage (10° Coloquio del Seminario de Estudio del Patrimonio Artístico.
Conservación, restauración y defensa: Lineamientos y limitaciones en la conservación,
pasado y futuro del patrimonio) Taxco, Guerrero. Paper: “La reconstrucción hipotética
como alternativa en la restauración: el caso de la vestimenta con aplicaciones de placas
de concha de la Tumba I, Estructura XV de Calakmul, Campeche.” (Hypothetical
reconstruction as an alternative in restoration: the case of a dress piece with shell
applications of Tomb I, Structure XV, Calakmul, Campeche).
2002: Society for Historical Archaeology, 35th Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Papers: "Funes the Sailor: Historical
Research in Maritime Archaeology of the 16th to 18th Centuries", and "Archive
Research Applied to the Conservation of the Nuestra Señora del Juncal, Flagship of the
1630 New Spain Fleet". Symposium: Complex Dynamics in Mexican Maritime
Archaeology: Transdisciplinary Ways to Think and Research in the New Spain's 1630-
1631 Fleet Research Project and Submerged Cultural Resources Inventory in the Gulf
of Mexico.
2001: 5° Congreso Internacional de Mayistas, Xalapa, Veracruz. Paper: "Restauración
de una capa con aplicaciones de concha de la Tumba I de la Estructura XV de

Calakmul, Campeche" (Restoration of a dress piece with shell plaque applications from
Tomb I, Structure XV, Calakmul, Campeche). Symposium: Conservación,
investigación y manejo del patrimonio arqueológico en el área maya. (Conservation,
Research and Management of Archaeological Heritage in the Maya Area) 27 July 2001.
2001: 66 Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA. Paper: "Considerations on the Conservation and Research of the Turquoise
Mosaic Disk from the Palacio Quemado, Tula, Mexico" Symposium: Tlaloc,
Tezcatlipoca and the Fifth Sun: Toltec Offerings in the Palacio Quemado of Tula,
Hidalgo: Excavation, Research and Conservation.
1995 Templo Mayor Museum. Paper: La conservación del disco de mosaico de
turquesas de la Ofrenda 1 de Tula, Hidalgo. (Conservation of the turquoise mosaic disk
of Offering 1 of Tula, Hidalgo).
1995 Taller de la Muerte. INAH’s Institute of Historical Research (Instituto de
Investigaciones Históricas). Paper: “La conservación del disco de mosaico de turquesas
de la Ofrenda 1 de Tula, Hidalgo.” (Conservation of the turquoise mosaic disk of
Offering 1 of Tula, Hidalgo.)
1994: XXIII Mesa de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología, Villahermosa, Tabasco,
México. Paper: Importancia del trabajo interdisciplinario en el rescate arqueológico:
dos ofrendas de Tula, Hidalgo. (Importance of interdiciplinary work in archaeological
excavations: two offerings of Tula Hidalgo).
Publications
-ALONSO OLVERA, Alejandra, Patricia MEEHAN HERMANSON, “Conservation
and Research Program in the Archaeological Maya Site of Ek’ Balam at the Yucatán
Peninsula: An Extensive Project on Stucco Decor and Mural Paintings Preservation” en
ICOM COMMITTEE FOR CONSERVATION, 14th Trienal meeting The Hague 12-16
September 2005, Preprints, Vol. I, James & James/Earthscan, London, 2005, pp. 402-
408.
-"La elección de Nuestra Señora del Juncal como Capitana de la Flota de Nueva España
de 1630" in TREJO RIVERA, Flor (coordinadora), “La flota de la Nueva España 1630-
1631. Vicisitudes y naufragios”, Colección Obra Varia, México, Instituto Nacional de
Antropología e Historia, 2003, pp. 79-112.
-"El estudio de la documentación histórica aplicado al proyecto de conservación de los
restos materiales del pecio Nuestra Señora del Juncal" in Diario de Campo No. 33,
June 2001, pp. 21-23.
-"400 años en el fondo del mar" in Revista Arcana, August 2001, pp. 80-90.
-"La conservación in situ en la arqueología subacuática" in Manual de conservación in
situ de materiales arqueológicos, compilation by Renata Schneider Glantz,
CONACULTA, INAH, Mexico 2001, pp. 75-88.

Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Name: OLGA ESTELA RAMOS HERNÁNDEZ
Address: Simarruba 126 Col. El Rosario Coyoacán, Del. Coyoacán, México D.F., C.P.
04380
Phone: (52-55) 5618-22-87
Education
1979-1983: BA in Conservation and Restauration of Movable Heritage at Escuela
Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía “Manuel del Castillo Negrete”
(INAH)
Employment History
2001-2007: Director at the Religious Art Museum “Ex convento de Santa Mónica”
INAH, Puebla, Puebla.
1995-2001: Chief of the Department in Conservation of Museums, at the National
Coordination of Conservation of Cultural Heritage (INAH)
1985-1995: Several conservation works for the Restoration Department (INAH)
• Conservation work of alterpieces at the Arizpe Church, Sonora
• Conservation of mural painting at Archeological Zone Huijazoo, Oaxaca
• Restructuration of the Santo Domingo Museum, Oaxaca
• Restructuration of the Guadalupe Museum, Zacatecas
• Conservation work at the “30 siglos de arte mexicano” exhibition
• Conservation work at the “Europalia” exhibition
1985: Senior restorer at the Restoration Department (INAH)
1984: Adjunct Professor at the Mural Painting Workshop (Escuela Nacional de
Conservación, Restauración y Museografía “Manuel del Castillo Negrete” INAH)

Personal Information
Work Address
Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Ex Convento de Churubusco
Xicoténcatl y General Anaya S/N
Col. San Diego Churubusco
C.P. 04120
México D.F
Telephone number: (52 55) 56 88 99 79, 56 88 27 85
Fax: (52 55) 56 88 45 19
Curriculum vitae
Yareli Jáidar Benavides
Personal Address
Andador 1 “C” de Xochitépetl No. 18 Col. Valle de Tepepan, Delegación Tlalpan,
México DF. C.P. 14607
México D.F
Telephone number: (52 55) 56 53 56 18
Personal email: yjaidar@gmail.com
Personal Data
Date of birth: December 9, 1979
Place of birth: Mexico City
Nationality: Mexican
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Movable Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration by the
Conservation, Restoration and Museography National School (Escuela Nacional de
Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, "Manuel Del Castillo Negrete") which
belongs to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de
Antropología e Historia) (INAH), Mexico City. 1998- 2003 course: 10 semesters.
Degree November 2006. Dissertation: "Vegetable extracts used like additives
aimed at conservation purposes” Supervisor: Alejandra Alonso Olvera
Professional Experience
CNCPC- INAH
September 15 th 2006 to present date. Conservator of the archaeological, mural painting
and building decorations area of the National Coordination of Conservation of Cultural
Heritage (Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural) of the
National Institute of Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de Antroplogía e
Historia).

Project coordination
2006 to present date: Conservation, restoration and research of the decoration
(sculpture, stucco and stone relives) and plasters of the archaeological site of Río Bec,
Campeche. (3 field seasons).
2005 to present date: Conservation, restoration and research of the decoration of Substructure
1A in stucco relives of the archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche. (3 field
seasons).
Supervisions
2006 to present date: Supervision of the conservation and restoration work done in
mural painting of the Archaeological site of Calakmul, Campeche.
2007- Supervision of the conservation projects in the church of in Tepotzotlán, Estado
de México.
Participation in archaeological projects
2007
- Conservation of the shield in the building “molinos” in Tepotzotlán, Estado de
México.
2006
- Participation in the project: “conservation and restoration of the decoration of the substructure
IA of the Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche”. (1 field seasons).
Participación en la reestructuración del museo de la pintura mural de Teotihuacan
durante el periodo transcurrido entre el 24 al 30 de octubre del 2006.
- Participation in the conservation of the stone #32 of the archaeological site of Tamtoc,
San Luis Potosí
By contract
2005
- Coordination of the project: “conservation and restoration of the decoration of the substructure
IA of the Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche”. (3 field seasons).
- Restoration of the painting “San José y el niño Jesús”
2004
-Coordination of the project: Conservation, restoration and research of the decoration
(sculpture, mural painting, stucco relives) and plasters of the Acropolis of the
archaeological site of Ek’ Balam, Yucatán. (1 field season)
-Participation in the renovation Project of the National Museum of Anthropology and
History
-2003-2004 Coordination of the project: Conservation, restoration and research of the
decoration (sculpture, mural painting, stucco and stone relifs) of the archaeological site
of Becán, Campeche. (1 field season)
2003
- Participation in the third field season of Conservation, restoration and research of the
decoration (sculpture, mural painting, stucco relives) and plasters of the Acropolis of
the archaeological site of Ek’ Balam, Yucatán.

- Participation in the project: “conservation and restoration of the decoration of the substructure
IA of the Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche”. (1 field seasons).
2002
- Participation in the second field season of conservation, restoration and research of the
decoration (sculpture, mural painting, stucco relives) and plasters of the Acropolis of
the archaeological site of Ek’ Balam, Yucatán.
- 2000-january of 2002. Participation in the restoration of ceramic artifacts of the
Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche
2001
- Participation in the project: “conservation and restoration of the decoration of the substructure
IA of the Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche”. (1 field season).
2000
- Participation in the project: “conservation and restoration of the decoration of the substructure
IA of the Archaeological site of Balamkú, Campeche”. (1 field season).
1999
- Participation in the renovation Project of the National Museum of Anthropology and
History
Courses
2006. Consolidation of wood artifacts by Dr. Khöi Tran.
1999. Photograph course by Guilherme Fracornel.
Participation in conferences, seminars, and congresses
2008: 73 Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada
Paper: “Ornamental elements and architectural coverings at the archaeological site of
Ek'Balam, Yucatan. Research on organic additives aimed at conservation purposes”
Symposium: Interdisciplinary studies of archaeological objects: archaeology, material
science and conservation.
2007 First international congress of heritage. Paper:“Conservando la memoria de los
Cuatro Señores de Balamkú, Campeche. La restauración del relieve de estuco de la
Subestructura IA.
2007 Participation in the VII International Congress of Mayistas, paper: “extractos
vegetales usados como aditivos en Ek’ Balam, Yucatán”, Mérida Yucatán.
2006 Participation in the XV International Materials Research Congress 2006,
Simposyum: Archeological and Arts Issues in Materials Science, paper: “Un
acercamiento a la caracterización de extractos vegetales empleados en conservación”,
Cancún, Quintana Roo.
2001 5° Congreso Internacional de Mayistas, Xalapa, Veracruz. Paper: "La
Restauración del Friso de la Casa de los Cuatro Reyes, Balamkú, Campeche"
Symposium: Conservación, investigación y manejo del patrimonio arqueológico en el
área maya. (Conservation, Research and Management of Archaeological Heritage in the
Maya Area) 27 July 2001

Publications
García Vierna , Valeria A., Yareli Jáidar Benavides and Ma. Cristina Ruiz
“Recuperando una historia. Una década de trabajos de preservación en el Friso de la
Casa de los Cuatro Reyes, Balamkú, Campeche” en el volumen de Conservación del
Patrimonio Arqueológico CNCPC-INAH, in Process.