Beatriz Barba (born 1928) is a Mexican academic, anthropologist and archaeologist, who was the first woman to earn a degree in archaeology in the country.
She has been a member of the National System of Researchers since 1985 and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2003.
She was honored with the gold Ignacio Altamirano Medal by the government of Mexico and Secretariat of Education upon her 40th anniversary of teaching in 1991 and in 2013 the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) paid tribute to her life's work.