Martha received her BA degree at CSU Fresno with a degree in Anthropology and Women’s Studies. She then received her M.A. in Anthropology with a focus in bioarcheology and forensic Anthropology from CSU Chico. In 2024, Martha received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley where her area of focus was in bioarcheology. She has conducted field work and research in Israel, Romania, Mexico, and California. Martha has a background in osteology, ethnography, and human rights work.
Martha started working as field technician in 2015 on the Feather River West Levee Project. For the next couple of years, she monitored various sites and aided in skeletal identification efforts. She has also participated in laboratory work, excavations, and surveys. In 2017, Martha worked in the Data Department and in 2024 began work as a senior archaeologist and osteologist, while subsequently being part of the Tribal Coordination team at Far Western. Martha’s main area of focus in cultural resource management as well as in an academic setting includes ethnographic work, osteological analysis, and Tribal Coordination.
In addition to her work at Far Western, Martha also serves as part of the Coalition for Diversity in California Archaeology (CDCA), a committee that serves under the Society for California Archaeology and is also part of the California Archaeology Collaborative (CAC).
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Martha’s Featured Projects
- Lower San Joaquin River. Cultural Resources-Phases A, B, C, D, E, and F; placed under the USACE-Sacramento District environmental and Cultural Resources Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC)
- CalRecycle Park Fire, Thompson, and Boyles Fires.
- Tribal Coordination for TO 13 Fallon 133k.
- Vacaville Rancho Lagunitas Detention Basin Phase 2
- Sites Permitting TO2
Martha’s Featured Publications and Presentations
Diaz-Longo, Martha N.
2025 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Structural Violence and its Impact on Undocumented Border Crossers at the United States/Mexico Border. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. Occasional Speakers Series.
Diaz-Longo, Martha N.
2024 Using Bioarchaeological Methods to Aid in Humanitarian Efforts concerning Undocumented Border Crossers at the United States/Mexico Border. UC Berkeley. ProQuest ID: DiazLongo_berkeley_0028E_23282. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5gv6xv0. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59g163dd
Diaz-Longo, Martha N.
2024 An interdisciplinary approach to Structural Violence and its impact on Undocumented Border Crossers at the United States/Mexico Border”. Paper in Symposium: Archaeologies of Immigration and Transient Labor. Presented at the Society of California Archaeology Annual Meeting
Diaz-Longo, Martha, Kelly R. McGuire, Emily Bales Caywood, and Philip Kaijankoski
2024 Identification and Evaluation Report for Phase A: Shima Trach at Fivemile Slough; Lower San Joaquin River, Stockton, California. Contract No. W9123822D0015; Task Order No. W9123824F0017. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. Davis, California. For U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Diaz-Longo, Martha, Kathleen Hanrahan, and Adrian Whitaker
2024 Environmentally Sensitive Area Action Plan for District 5 Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative, EA 05-1P680, Santa Barbara County, California. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., Davis, California.
Diaz-Longo, Martha N. and Sabrina C. Agarwal
2023 Adding an Ethnographic Lens to Bioarchaeological Data on U.S. Migrants. Western Bioarchaeological Conference (WeBiG).
Diaz, Martha Nuño
2018 Cruzando fronteras: Understanding and Acknowledging Contemporary Identification Efforts of Undocumented Border Crosser’s (UBC’s) in Border States. Society for California Archaeology Meetings (SCA).
Diaz, Martha Nuño and Eric J. Bartelink
2017 Prevalence rates of Osteoarthritis in Males and Females in the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Hospital Cemetery, 1871-1935. Society for California Archaeology Meeting (SCA).
Organized Symposia/Panels/Invited Talks
Diaz-Longo, Martha N.
2024 California Archaeology Collaborative and the Future of Archaeological Practice in the State. Forum discussant at the Society for California Archaeology Meeting.
Diaz-Longo, Martha N.
2024 Coalition for Diversity in California Archaeology Roundtable. Panel discussant at the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting.
2023 Society for California Archaeology-Annual Meeting. Coalitions for Diversity in California Archaeology. “Pathways to Equity and Inclusion in Archaeology – Roundtable.” March 2023.
2022 Co-Organizer: Society for California Archaeology. Coalitions for Diversity in California Archaeology. “Racial Justice and Equity Workshop, ‘Calling Out and Calling In’: Developing Practical Tools Applications for Inclusion and Equity WOrk in Archaeology. September 21 and 22.
2020 Society for California Archaeology-Archaeology Month: A Dialogue on Diversity and Decolonizing Archaeology. Virtual Panel. October 2020
2020 University of California, Berkeley-Archaeology Research Facility: “Ask an Archaeologist-Using Bioarchaeological Methods to Aid in Humanitarian Efforts of Undocumented Border Crossers at the U.S./Mexico Border.” May 2020
2020 American Academy of Forensic Science-Anthropology Section co-organizer of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee symposium, “Humanitarian Concerns in Migration: Conflict, Climate, and Ethics”. Anaheim, California. February 2020