Francisco Rivera is a historical archaeologist and received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Montreal (Canada). His research interests are the anthropology of mining, industrial heritage, the archaeology of the contemporary past, and the historical archaeology of capitalism both in the Atacama Desert (Chile) and Quebec's Lower North Shore (Canada). His long-term research combines archaeological, ethnographic, and historical approaches to study extractive capitalist activities that took place in areas peripheral to the world’s major industrial centers. He is the director of the Alto Cielo Archaeological Project, which explores the cultural history of Ollagüe, an indigenous community in northern Chile. He recently co-edited the book ‘El perfume del diablo: azufre, memoria y materialidades en el Alto Cielo (Ollagüe, s. XX)’ (RIL Editores, Santiago, 2020).