Pilar Luna

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Luna and the second or maternal family name is Erreguerena.
Pilar Luna
Born
María del Pilar Luna Erreguerena

1944
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Died15 March 2020 (aged 75–76)
Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico
EducationAnthropology / Archaeology
Alma materNational School of Anthropology and History (ENAH)
OccupationUnderwater Archaeology
Employer(s)National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)
Known forFounding INAH's underwater archaeology division and co-authoring the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Heritage
AwardsJ. C. Harrington Medal

María del Pilar Luna Erreguerena[1] (1944 – 15 March 2020) was a Mexican underwater archaeologist, pioneer in the field of archaeology, who founded the Division of Underwater Archaeology of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).[2] She was awarded her undergraduate degree by the National School of Anthropology and History and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), from which she then obtained her master's degree in Anthropological Sciences.[3]

After 1980 she was the head of the Underwater Archeology Area of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico.[3] She was a member, among other associations, of the Consultative Council of Cultural Heritage Underwater of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),[3] as well as member emeritus of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Society for Historical Archaeology[4][5] and International Grant Advisor for the National Geographic Society.[6] She was the first Latin American woman and only the second underwater archaeologist to receive the J. C. Harrington Medal and is considered the pioneer of aquatic archaeology in Mexico.[7]

  1. ^ Erreguerena, María del Pilar Luna (1982). La arqueología subacuática (in Spanish). Escuela Nacional de Antropología e História de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  2. ^ "Pilar Luna, pionera de la arqueología subacuática – Proceso" (in Mexican Spanish). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Pilar Luna – Rescatista de la historia bajo el agua ]". 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ^ "» Who We Are". acuaonline.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Society for Historical Archaeology". Society for Historical Archaeology. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Pilar Luna | Waitt Institute". 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Condecoran en EU a la arqueóloga mexicana Pilar Luna". noticierostelevisa.esmas.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019.