Zorita — Team Directory

Chris Sturm

Onsite Archaeologist

ArchaeologistMatt BensonNovember 4, 2025Zorita, troia

Dr. Dionisio Urbina

Site Director / Onsite Archaeologist

Dr. Dionisio Urbina has worked in the field of archaeology for over 25 years. Dr. Urbina’s excavations have spanned everything from big Bronze Age settlements to a medieval castle, including Iron Age, Roman or Visigothic sites: cities, villages, kilns, baths, military camps, and farms.

ArchaeologistMatt BensonDecember 7, 2018Zorita

Mat Saunders

Founder and Executive Director / Program Director

Mat’s work at Davidson Day expands beyond the classroom and into Anthropology and Archaeology with AFAR. Not only does AFAR operate field schools every summer, but is host to two major conferences, provides a summer program for elementary students, and is building new programs to provide pre-collegiate students an opportunity to discover and learn about archaeology.

Staff, ArchaeologistMatt BensonDecember 4, 2018Cahal Pech, Mieza, Zorita, Troia

Catalina Urquijo

Program Director / Onsite Archaeologist

Catalina Urquijo met her husband (Dr. Dionisio Urbina) on her first archaeological excavation. At this point in time, archaeology was only emerging as a profession in Spain.

ArchaeologistMatt BensonDecember 3, 2018Mieza, Zorita