Alicia Espinosa is a postdoctoral researcher at ArchAm (UMR 8096 CNRS). She obtained her doctorate in archaeology in 2020 from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, and held the position of temporary professor in Andean archaeology there between 2019 and 2021. Her research focuses on pre-Hispanic ceramic technologies from the north coast of Peru, leading her to collaborate with numerous research projects, universities and museums in Peru, North America and Europe.