Lecturer of Archaeology
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Torras Freixa is a Visiting Research Scholar from Universitat de Barcelona, Spain in the Archaeology Program at Boston University. She is doing research with Dr. David Carballo on her project, Living in the ruins of the city of Teotihuacan, Mexico.
BU Archaeology Program Researcher Spotlight.
Research Interests
Cities are something that attract me, not only in my free time but also as one of my research interests. I conceive cities as one of the tangible expressions of a complex society where the traces of the inhabitants’ interactions can be interpreted from individual stories to macroscale approaches. My main focus is on ancient urbanism, mainly in Highland Central Mexico and particularly on the prehispanic city of Teotihuacan. My previous work was to study the early urbanization process of Teotihuacan, in order to understand how and when the city achieve its uniqueness and the political mechanisms involved, but more important to analyze what this process meant in people lives.
Publications (see vitae for full list)
BOOKS Edited
Daneels, A. and Torras Freixa, M. (eds.)
2021 Earthen construction technology. Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France), Volume 11 Session IV-5. Archaeopress, Oxford.
Dilla Martí, R. and Torras Freixa, M. (eds.)
2020 Els Vallmitjana i l’escultura moderna a Catalunya. Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.
Dilla Martí, R. and Torras Freixa, M. (eds.)
2019 Elias Rogent i Barcelona: arquitectura, patrimoni i restauració. Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.