Graduate Student
Email: rgalindocruz@ufl.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress
- M.A. in Anthropology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, class of 2016·
- B.A. in Anthropology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, class of 2012
Subfield
Chair
Research Interests
My research interests focus on how variations in the daily activities of the pre-Hispanic population in Latin America gave rise to differential practices in food production and consumption. To analyze food, I focus on organic residues (lipids and starch) and lithic and ceramic materials.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Sandoval, Robert; Galindo, Rafael; Romero, Nidia; Herrera, Karina. 2025 “An Adaptive Methodology for Phytolith Analysis in the Colombian Caribbean: Evidence of Paleoenvironment and Agriculture in La Guajira”. Manuscript accepted in Jangwa Pana. https://doi.org/10.21676/issn.1657-4923
· Vargas Ruíz, J. C., Romero Patiño, I., Soto, L. M., & Galindo Cruz, R. (2023). Patrones de asentamiento prehispánicos y uso de modelos de idoneidad en la evaluación de la guerra en la
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. P. Arguello García, JC Vargas Ruíz, & CH Langebaek Rueda, Cacicazgos en las Américas: Estudios en homenaje a Robert D. Drennan, 77-108.
Presentations
· (PACC-S11-006-2022) Physical Characterization of Prehispanic Ceramic Technologies in the Upper Basin of the Ariari River (Colombia). Pan American Ceramic Congress and Ferroelectrics Meeting of Americas. Type of event: Congress Scope: International Held on: 2022-07-24, 2022-07-28 in Panama City-Panama. R.R. Galindo*; L. Laura; M. Lopez; D. Contreras; V. Benavides; J. Jaramillo; S. Fajardo (Oral presentation)
· Pre-Hispanic diet as a marker of social differentiation, Based on the analysis of organic residues obtained from ceramic material for the archaeological sites of Mesitas (San Agustín) and Suta (Sutamarchan). Colombian Congress of Archeology 2022. Type of event: Congress. National Scope held from March 15 to 17, 2022. Universidad del Cauca. R.Galindo. (Oral presentation)
· Methodological proposal for the identification of human remains in submerged contexts through the use of geographic information systems. 9 th European Meeting on Forensic Archeology EMFA 2020/21 Type of event: Congress Scope: International Held on: 2021-08-26 00:00:00.0, 2021-08-27 00:00:00.0 in Geneva-Switzerland – University of Geneve . E. Quiñones, R. Galindo. (Oral presentation)
· Recreation of pre-Hispanic tombs, a strategy for teaching archeology in the Colombian Caribbean. XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCAÇÃO AND INOVAÇÃO. Portugal 2020. E. Quiñones, R. Galindo. (Oral presentation)
· Evaluation and Identification of Fatty Acids Contained in Archaeological Ceramics, 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles, California, 2014. R. Galindo, B. Castro, H. Henderson.(Poster presentation)
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- Elizabeth Eddy Summer New Graduate Student Research Grant, Summer 2024, University of Florida.
- Latin American Studies Research Grant. Summer 2024, University of Florida
- Grinter Fellowship, 2023. University of Florida
- Fonciencias Research Grant, 2021 to 2022. Universidad del Magdalena-Colombia
- Scholarship-Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA), 2015-2016 (IFEA / UMIFRE CRNS USR 3337) 2015.