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Este texto reflexiona sobre el papel de las mujeres en la práctica profesional de la arqueología, en el ámbito de la gestión, y en la visibilización de sus aportes a la disciplina, y cómo esta realidad, a menudo, no se refleja en la práctica laboral. El objetivo es visibilizar y reconocer una contribución femenina históricamente ignorada en el ámbito público y profesional. El análisis se centra en la Comunidad Autónoma de Euskadi (CAE), explorando la participación de las mujeres en la arqueología profesional, la academia y su visibilidad en el discurso histórico. Finalmente, propone líneas de actuación para aumentar la presencia de mujeres en la arqueología, como visibilizar su trabajo, reconocer sus aportes y crear referentes femeninos en la enseñanza de la historia y la ciencia, así como la necesidad de una transformación de la disciplina desde los parámetros del feminismo. ABSTRACT: This text aims to analyse and promote reflection on the role of women in professional archaeological practice in particular, but in management and in academia also. In the same way, we will approach the presence of women in academia and studies related to Archaeology and History, as a space where women are present and whose reality can sometimes be contradictory to what professional practice reflects. In short, this is a review of the conquest of the public working space, or perhaps we should say, of a way of showing and recognising a presence that has always been there, but which has been overlooked or which has not been made visible. This article begins with a general introduction to the subject from a more general and geographically focused perspective. However, the analysis presented is an approach to the documented reality in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country or Euskadi (CAE) both in terms of participation in development Led Archaeology, a situation which has its own characteristics when compared with other areas, presence in academia, as well as visibility in historical discourse. We will end by proposing a series of lines of action in different aspects in order to promote the presence of women in archaeological practice and science. All of that, based on the visibility of the work carried out, recognition of their contributions and the need to generate references through teaching, which will reinforce the visibility of women in history in general and women in science in particular, as well as the need for a of the discipline within the parameters of feminism.

In locales where much of the archaeological record has been destroyed or heavily impacted by pothunting and development, engaging with collector informants—including those who legally excavated sites on private property in the 1980s—can help fill crucial information gaps. However, such collaboration can pose ethical, and potentially legal, challenges. In this article, I outline research goals and results from a survey project in southeast Arizona's York-Duncan Valley, discuss the legal and ethical implications involved in working with former pothunters, and offer a critical evaluation of project practice. Finally, I offer a set of recommendations for those considering similar collaborations. I argue that the rejection of individuals who are knowledgeable about damaged or destroyed archaeological sites effectively silences the sites forever. Data acquired from former pothunters led to the identification and recording of 25 of 87 archaeological sites in the York-Duncan Valley. These individuals also served as interlocutors with others in the local community, helping us foster the trusted relationships necessary to promote site preservation on private property. A long-term engagement strategy that incorporates an assessment determining whether collector informants are responsible or responsive and that nurtures community involvement in preserving local archaeology offers a more productive course of action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]