The female footprint in the archaeological collection of Puerto Rico: the case of Alice Loughran de Santiago

Puerto Rico has an extensive and complex history of archaeological collecting. Although very important information has been generated on the various actors involved in this type of activity, there are figures who were participating in the sale, exchange and donation of archaeological artifacts that have gone unnoticed. This is the case of Alice Loughran de Santiago, a woman who became very active in the world of archaeological collecting and interacted with figures and institutions in Puerto Rico and abroad. This work addresses part of those activities that she carried out with museums in the United States and the exchanges she had with researchers such as Franz Boas, Jesse Walter Fewkes and Manuel Zeno Gandia, among others. In addition, the multiple efforts she made to address the subject that was of greatest interest to her, the enigmatic Father Nazario Stones, are documented.