[Aztlan] 30th Annual Midwest Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory Program

[michael ruggeri]

March 17, 2007
Event:
30th Annual Midwest Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and  
Ethnohistory
Location:
Northwestern University, Harris Hall, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston,  
Illinois
Information:
The goal of this conference is to provide a forum for Midwest  
Mesoamericanists to share their current research. The meeting will  
consist of informal paper presentations followed by open discussion.  
Student presentations are encouraged. Please don’t forget to attend  
the Friday and Saturday evening welcoming and closing receptions!

This year’s conference is organized by Dr. Cynthia Robin, Associate  
Professor, and Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Professor, of the Northwestern  
University Department of Anthropology. The conference is co-hosted by  
the Northwestern Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS)  
and the Department of Anthropology.


For additional information please visit: http:// 
www.wcas.northwestern.edu/
Contact:
Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology
1810 Hinman Ave
Evanston, IL 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-5402
Email: Kristin De Lucia
Schedule of Events

Friday evening, March 16, 2007
Opening reception, 7pm

Saturday, March 17, 2007
All presentations take place in Harris Hall, Room 107, 1881 Sheridan  
Road, Evanston, 60208.  Breaks and registration take place in Harris  
Hall, Room 108.

8:00-8:30   Registration and Continental Breakfast
                                     Harris Hall 108

8:30-8:40   Opening Remarks
                  Harris Hall 107


Session: Studying Mesoamerican Remains


8:40-9:00    Moving Towards a Biologically Sound Phytolith  
Identification
                   System for Formative and Preceramic Maize
                               Robert Thompson, University of Minnesota

9:00-9:20    Contributions of Microartifact Analysis to Understanding  
the
                   Function of the West Plaza at Chan, Belize
                                Bernadette Cap, University of  
Wisconsin-Madison

9:20-9:40      Flexibility and the Fourth Obligation: Food Offerings in
                    Caves and the Materiality of Maya Sacred  
Relationships
                                Christopher Morehart, Northwestern  
University
                                Noah Butler, Northwestern University

9:40-10:00    In the Heavens, on the Earth, and Under the Ground: A
                    Reassessment of Dogs in Ancient Mesoamerica
                                 Katherine Kanne, Northwestern  
University

10:00-10:20   Break

Session: Ethnohistory and Historic Archaeology of Mesoamerica

10:20-10:40    Aspects of Pre-Columbian Culture in the Work of Diego
                      Valadés: Emphasizing Negotiation over Identity
                                  Amy Galpin, University of Illinois- 
Chicago

10:40-11:00    The Lesser Nobility of the Valley of Puebla in the  
Sixteenth
                      Century
                                   Fredric Hicks, University of  
Louisville

11:00-11:20    Kayak Surveys and Postclassic to Historic Maya  
Occupation on
                      Islands in Lake Mendoza, Peten, Guatemala
                                   Joel Palka, University of Illinois- 
Chicago

11:20-11:40    Ancient Maya Pilgrims and Settlers at Laguna Mensabak,
                      Chiapas, Mexico
                                   Rebecca Deeb, University of  
Illinois-Chicago

11:40-12:00    Colonialism and Integration: A Zooarchaeological  
Analysis of the
                      Subsistence Practices of the San Pedro Maya
                                    Carolyn Freiwald, University of  
Wisconsin-Madison

12:00-1:40      Break for lunch

Session: Ecology and Agriculture in Mesoamerica

1:40-2:00         This Will Do Nicely: Impact of Ecological and  
Demographic
                        Transformation on Rural Maya in the Late  
Classic Eastern
                        Yucatan
                                    Jon B. Hageman, Northeastern  
Illinois University
                                    David J. Goldstein, Southern  
Illinois University at
                                    Carbondale, Northeastern Illinois  
University

2:00-2:20           Wetlands in Human Adaptation and Social Evolution  
in the
                          purépecha Heartland: An Homage to Jeff Parsons
                                     Helen Perlstein Pollard,  
Michigan State University

2:20-2:40            Ancient Maya Terrace Agriculture at Chan, Belize
                                     Andrew R. Wyatt, University of  
Illinois-Chicago

2:40-3:00            Chan Rocks!: Investigating Two Lithic Industries  
at an
                           Ancient Maya Agricultural Community
                                      James Meierhoff, University of  
Illinois-Chicago
                                      Caleb Kestle, University of  
Illinois-Chicago

3:00-3:20   Break

Session: Mesoamerican Production and Material Culture

3:20-3:40            Petrographic Studies of Teotihuacan Period Ceramics
                           from Rural Sites: Source Materials and  
Craft Production
                                     Maria E. Guevara Muñoz, Esculea  
Nacional de
                                     Conservación, Restauración y  
Museografía INAH
                                     Thomas Charlton, University of Iowa

3:40-4:00             Thin Orange Trade Ware Distribution in Rural  
Teotihuacan
                           Sites of the Northeastern Basin of Mexico
                                      Meredith C. Anderson,  
University of Iowa

4:00-4:20             Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: The Possible Behavioral
                           Significance of Candeleros in the Late and  
Terminal Classic
                           Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras
                                     Patricia Urban, Kenyon College
                                     Edward Schortman, Kenyon College

4:20-4:40             Text and Image in Classic Maya Art: Formal and  
Spatial
                            Investigations
                                     Catherine Burdick, University of  
Illinois-Chicago

4:40-5:00              The Radish Festival and Serpent Goddess:  
Insight into
                            the Three Hearthstones of the Maya
                                      Dolores Urquidi, Independent  
Researcher


Saturday evening, March 17, 2007
Closing reception, 7pm

Conference program subject to change. Please check here for updates.