Kay Tarble de Scaramelli (MSc, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, 1977; PhD, University of Chicago, 2006) is a full professor (Emeritus) in the Departamento de Arqueología y Antropología Histórica, Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Central de Venezuela, where she taught since 1985, and supervised over 30 undergraduate theses. She directed and co-directed several research projects in the Middle Orinoco region under the auspices of the CDCH of the UCV, Bauxilum, and UNICEF. A specialist in the archaeology of the middle Orinoco, she has contributed to research on settlement patterns and the development of the ceramic sequence for the region in both the pre-contact and post-contact periods. An interest in the impact of colonialism on the indigenous population has led to several publications with her husband, Franz Scaramelli. Another shared interest is the study of the cultural context of rock art and its role in the construction of the Orinoco landscape.