Andrea Aliperta

Andrea Aliperta serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of History of Art at Universitat Politècnica de València, specializing in Mesoamerican architectural archaeology. Her work focuses on geometric and metrological analysis of ancient structures within the broader context of Iberian and Mediterranean art historical research frameworks.

Education:

• PhD in History of Art, Universitat Politècnica de València (2018). Thesis: L'architettura palaziale maya del periodo clásico tardío geometria e misura nell'acópolis di la blanca (petén, guatemala) (The Maya Palace Architecture of the Late Classic Period: Geometry and Measurements in the Acropolis of La Blanca, Petén, Guatemala). Supervised by Dr. Gaspar Muñoz Cosme and Dr. Alessandro Merlo.

Research Profile: Dr. Aliperta's scholarship bridges Art History and Archaeology through quantitative analysis of Maya elite architecture. Her methodology combines field survey data with theoretical frameworks from architectural history to decode spatial organization, construction techniques, and cultural symbolism in Pre-Columbian palaces. Current investigations examine proportional systems and ritual significance in Late Classic Guatemalan acropolises, contributing to cross-cultural studies of ancient built environments.

Funding & Affiliations: Supported by the Prometeo Junior research program (Generalitat Valenciana), which recruits early-career scholars for strategic research lines. No student advisement or laboratory affiliations are documented in available materials.