Constanza Ceruti

Constanza Ceruti
Born (1973-01-11) 11 January 1973
Buenos Aires
Awards Golden Condor Honoris Causa
Academic background
Alma mater National University of Cuyo
Influences Johan Reinhard
Academic work
Institutions Institute of High Mountain Investigations
Main interests Archaeology

María Constanza Ceruti (born 11 January 1973) is an Argentinian high-altitude archaeologist and anthropologist. She specializes in excavating Inca Empire ceremonial centers on the summits of Andean mountains in countries like Argentina and Peru.[1][2]

Work

Born in the city of Buenos Aires on 11 January 1973, she studied anthropology in the University of Buenos Aires.[3] In 1995 she performed an archaeological excavation at an altitude of more than 5.800 meters with Johan Reinhard on the higher slopes of the volcano Misti in Arequipa, Peru.[4] The remains of six human sacrifices older than 500 years of antiquity were discovered. Since 1995, she has performed more than eighty excavations in the Andes. In 1999 she discovered with a team of the National Geographic, at an altitude of almost 7.000 meters, the bodies of three Incan children on the slopes of the volcano Llullaillaco.[5][6][7] These mummies are considered as ones of the mummies better preserved of the world.[8][9]

On 5 August 2000, the Argentinian Army, awarded her its highest mountain distinction, the Golden Condor Honoris Causa, for her high altitude experience with over 100 ascents above 5000 meters.[3] She was nominated for woman of year in Argentina in 2000.[10]

In October 2001, she obtained her PhD of the National University of Cuyo, turning her into the first archaeologist specialised in high altitude archaeology. At present she acts are director ad-honorem of the Institute of High Mountain Investigations of the Catholic University of Salta, and as head of conservation of the museums of the city of Salta.[1][8]

In 2007, she received the 2007 WINGS Women of Discovery Award.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Constanza Ceruti, Anthropologist/Archaeologist". National Geographic. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Constanza Ceruti". WINGS WorldQuest. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  4. ↑ Reinhard, Johan; Ceruti, María Constanza (2010). Inca rituals and sacred mountains: a study of the world's highest archaeological sites. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, University of California, Los Angeles. ISBN 9781931745765.
  5. ↑ Ceruti, María Constanza (2003). Llullaillaco: sacrificios y ofrendas en un santuario Inca de alta montaña (in Spanish). Salta, Argentina: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Salta. ISBN 9506230145.
  6. ↑ Ceruti, María Constanza (January 2013). "Sacred Ice Melting Away: Lessons from the impact of climate change on Andean cultural heritage" (PDF). Journal of Sustainability Education. 4. ISSN 2151-7452.
  7. ↑ Ceruti, Maria Constanza (2015). "Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines: Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human Sacrifice". BioMed Research International. 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/439428. ISSN 2314-6133. PMC 4543117Freely accessible. PMID 26345378.
  8. 1 2 Reinhard, Johan; Ceruti, Constanza (13 March 2002). "Arqueología de Alta Montaña - Introducción". www.portaldesalta.gov.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  9. ↑ "Love Your Mummy". video.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-07. Constanza Ceruti and Johan Reinhard discover one of the best preserved Incan mummies in the world.
  10. ↑ "Armstrong Presents an International Scholar-in-Residence Symposium; Dr. Constanza Ceruti to Speak | PRLog". www.prlog.org. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  11. ↑ "Fellows". WINGS WorldQuest. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
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