[Aztlan] Michael Coe at the Smithsonian

[michael ruggeri]

February 8, 6:30-9:00 PM
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Seminar
"Guatemala's Ancient World of the Maya"
Michael Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, emeritus,  
at Yale University Location: TBA-Washington, DC

Home to the Maya civilization, Guatemala is a center of stunning  
archaeological sites. Archaeologist Michael Coe explores astounding  
ruins and unveils the latest discoveries. Along the way, he enters  
the political and religious world of the ancient Maya as revealed  
through their art and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Coe begins by focusing on pre-Classic sites dating to the dawn of  
Maya civilization (400 B.C.–200 A.D.), including Kaminaljuyu, the  
remote site of San Bartolo–whose wall murals tell the story of the  
birth and death of the maize god–and El Mirador, an enormous jungle  
city with what is probably the world's largest pyramid. He then moves  
to the great cities of the Classic period (200 A.D.–900 A.D.),  
including Tikal, a ceremonial metropolis spread over 25 square miles,  
and Piedras Negras, a city on the River of Ruins (the Usumacinta  
River). Finally, Coe discusses the likely reasons for the great  
collapse of the Classic civilization.


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