Find a Grave Beatriz Barba (1928-2021)

Find a Grave Beatriz Barba (1928-2021)
Beatriz Barba
Birth 16 Sep 1928
Distrito Federal, Mexico
Death 29 Jan 2021 (aged 92)
Mexico
Burial Details Unknown
Archaeologist

Beatriz Barba Grave Site

 Beatriz Barba Ahuactzin was a Mexican academic, anthropologist and archaeologist, who was the first woman to earn a degree in archaeology in the country.

She was a member of the National System of Researchers since 1985 and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2003. She was honored with the gold Ignacio Altamirano Medal by the government of Mexico and Secretariat of Education upon her 40th anniversary of teaching in 1991 and in 2013 the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) paid tribute to her life’s work.

In 1965, Barba founded the National Museum of Cultures in the building which had previously served as a mint, and then as the Anthropological Museum. When a new building was created in 1964 for the National Museum of Anthropology, the site was left vacant.

Barba and professor, Julio Cesar Olive, pressed for the conversion of the building into a museum featuring world cultures. She served as the deputy director of the museum from 1965 to 1976 and served as a guest lecturer in anthropology at the University of Guadalajara between 1972 and 1979 and from 1980, was a permanent lecturer for ENAH.

Find a Grave Beatriz Barba (1928-2021)

Barba was appointed as a National Researcher Level II by the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) in 1985 and in 1991 was the recipient of the Ignacio Altamirano Medal, presented by (SEP) and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. From 1995, she led the Permanent Seminar on Iconography for the National Institute of Anthropology and History. In 2002, she became the founding president of the Mexican Academy of Anthropological Sciences.