Over the years EWLS has found a many women leaders who have worked to contribute in cave archaeology. Read our top 10 below!
Anges Milowka (23 December 1981 – 27 February 2011) was an Australian
technical diver, underwater photographer, author, and cave explorer. She
gained international recognition for penetrating deeper than previous
explorers into cave systems across Australia and Florida, and as a
public speaker and author on the subjects of diving and maritime
archaeology. Read more
here.
Elen Feuerriegel was featured in our annual 2015 publication this April as an
Extraordinary Woman Caver (EWC) and was one of the 6 women scientists
who recovered and cataloged than 1200 hominid fossil elements in the
South African Rising Star Cave. Congrats Elen. Read more
here.
Florence Guillot, speleologist for the past thirty years, is co-responsible for
the speleological expedition IOWA 2014 in Papua-New Guinea. Guillot has a PhD in History and is an archaeologist and director of
research programs and the head of the Heritages House in Auzat. Read more
here.
Kris
Hirst is an
Illinois State graduate with a BS in Education with three majors and
five minors and an MA in Anthropology from the University of Iowa. She
is also a member of several societies including the Society for American
Archaeology, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Register of
Professional Archaeologists, and the National Association of Science
Writers. Hirst has contributed to caving through her developement of
articles about caves that show the value of caves in archeological
findings. Read more
here.
Holley Moyes explores caves and examines artifacts to
understand the rituals of ancient people. By studying the artifacts left by ancient
Mayans, anthropological archaeologist and assistant professor at the University
of California at Merced, Moyes hopes to both preserve Mayan culture and
discover stories of these ancient people. Read more
here.
Dr. Sarah Parcak, Space Archaeologist
Adriana Fabiola Sánchez is being featured as an
Extraordinary Woman Caver (EWC) in this year's (2015) annual publication. She
is a dedicated archeologist and works as the President/Founding Member
of Xanvil Culture and Ecology, the Co-Director of Mensabak Archaeology
Project, and our own EWLS Regional Coordinator for Mexico and Canada. Read more
here.
Sarah Yeomans, fellow of the Explorer’s Club and certified archaeological
speleologist is a fellow at the University of Southern California, where
she is currently a doctoral candidate. As Director of Educational
Programs at the Biblical Archaeology Society she conducts archaeological
research of Biblical sites in the Near East as well as ancient medical
technology and astronomy. Read more
here.
Dr. Marion Dowd, lecturer in prehistoric archaeology at IT Sligo and
Ireland’s only specialist in the archaeology of Irish caves has written
numerous scientific articles related to caves and has written three
books. Read more
here.
Margaret W. Conkey, is one of Discover magazine's "Fifty Most Important Women in Science." Read more
here.
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