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= Barbara Arroyo = Barbara Arroyo is a Guatemalan archaeologist specializing in the archaeology of the Pacific Coast and highlands. She received her Licenciatura in Archaeology from University of San Carlos in Guatemala in 1987 and her doctorate in Anthropology from Vanderbilt in 1994. Dr. Arroyo was the first Guatemalan student in the Mesoamerican Studies graduate program at Vanderbilt. Her dissertation research was focused on funerary patterns at the archaeological site of Balberta.

Career
Dr. Arroyo is the coordinator of the Kaminaljuyu Archaeological Zone at the Direccion General de Patrimonio Cultural y Natural in Guatemala. She was a Senior Fellow of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks between 2008 and 2014. In 2016, Dr. Arroyo received the Orden del Pop from the Museo Popol Vuh at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin.