SITE DIRECTORS
Carlos Sanz, Ph.D.
Dr. Sanz has been performing extensive research at the site of Pintia
for more than 25 years. A professor of Archaeology at the University of
Valladolid, he founded the Federico Wattenberg Center for Vaccean Studies
which oversees all the research work at Pintia. During this time Dr. Sanz
has worked diligently to uncover, preserve and disseminate this site's historical
and archaeological heritage.
Fernando
Romero, Ph.D.
Dr. Romero is a professor of Prehistory at the University of Valladolid with years of experience working in the Duero region of Spain. His work has focused on Iron Age peoples, including the excavations of several fortifications in the Soria province and Vaccean settlements in Valladolid.
Both Drs. Sanz and Romero have been instrumental in bringing about the development of the site’s research facilities and a local museum as well as encouraging the enthusiastic involvement many local and regional public and private entities.
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATORS
Cristina
Górriz
Cristina was named co-director of the Pintia excavation in 2006 after working on the site since 2002. She holds a History degree from the University of Valladolid, and now Cristina is preparing her doctoral thesis on the Pintia necropolis.
Roberto
de Pablo
Roberto is another site co-director, after having worked at Pintia since 2005. When not at Pintia, Roberto works as a researcher at the University of Valladolid and is preparing his Ph.D. on pre-Roman weaponry of the central peninsular region. Recently he has been doing doctoral research at Oxford University.
Catherine Moon
Catie grew up in Mexico and Costa Rica before graduating from Texas A&M University in May 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Genetics and a minor in Roman Classical Studies.
Her
research focused on cis and transacting determinants for DNA replication.
Catie has worked two summers at Pintia and recently completed a master's
degree in Palaeopathology at Durham University in England.
Daniel Morales
Chicago-born Daniel joined the crew at Pintia for the first time in 2009, and is now working on his Bachelor's degree in Anthropology at Florida International University. Daniel speaks fluent Spanish and English.