Margarita Sánchez Romero (Madrid, 1971) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, a communicator, and Vice-Rector for Outreach, Heritage and Institutional Relations at the University of Granada. Her main interest as a researcher is to assert the importance of the role of women and childhood in prehistoric societies. With other colleagues, she created the project ‘Pastwomen’, which gives visibility to the research in archaeology and history linked to the material culture of women. She is regular collaborator on the programme ‘El condensador de fluzo’, broadcast on the La 2 channel of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE). She received the ‘Carmen de Burgos’ Feminist Dissemination Award from the University of Málaga and was also awarded the ‘Granada: City of Science and Innovation’ Award, in the Women in Science category. She is author of Prehistorias de mujeres (Prehistories of Women), published by Destino.
