Biography

Maria Ximena Senatore has been working on archaeology in Antarctica for the last two decades. She is Associate Prof essor CSIC, Intituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (Incipit), Spain. She was a Distinguished Researcher at Universidad de Alicante, and Associate Professor at Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral. As a Senior Researcher at CONICET (Argentina) f or two decades she run research projects on the Archaeology of Capitalism Expansion to Antarctica in the 19th century, Materialities of Antarctic History, and Master Narratives, Heritage Conservation and Tourism in Antarctica.

Project leadership in research projects on archaeology, history, heritage and tourism in Patagonia and Antarctica since 1996. Leader of field research in historical archaeology on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (1995 to 2000) and in South Patagonia (1998-2017). She lectured on the History of Antarctica on cruises to Antarctica from 2004 to 2007.

With a degree in archaeology and a doctorate degree in history, she is interested in understanding the human exploration and incorporation of remote lands into the modern world. Currently she is developing research projects on Contemporary Archaeology in Antarctica.