Graduate student explores Mexican archaeological sites

Archaeologists Enah Montserrat Fonseca Ibarra, left, and Fiorella Fenoglio from Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia with Cal State L.A. anthropology graduate student Jennifer Leiva, second from right, and Cal State L.A.’s Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Repatriation Coordinator Gregorio Pacheco in Ensenada, Mexico, near an archaeological site.

Photo courtesy of Amira Ainis/Cal State L.A.

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LOS ANGELES — Cal State Los Angeles anthropology graduate student Jennifer C. Leiva is conducting a collaborative, cross-border study focused on ancient rock art traditions in northern Baja California.

Her thesis project, “Comparative Rock Art Studies in a Cultural Transition Zone,” explores how ancient imagery reflects indigenous cultural dyn