[Aztlan] DECEMBER ANCIENT AMERICA AND MESOAMERICA LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

[michael ruggeri]

Saturday, December 1, 2:00pm-3:00pm
UCLA Lecture
"Ancient Maya Villagers at Ceren, El Salvador: What the Volcano  
Preserved"
Lenart Auditorium,
Fowler Museum
Lecture is free to the public.
Parking is $8.00 at Sunset and Westwood.
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/WebCalendar/view_entry.php?id=146&date=20071201


December 3-8, 2007
The 12th European Maya Conference
Geneva, Switzerland
"The Maya and their Sacred Narratives:Text and Context of Maya  
Mythologies"
Presentations will cover the analysis of sacred texts and  
mythological epics, as well as their derived ritual actions. Some  
anticipated approaches include the reconstruction of mythologies, the  
interaction between sacred narratives and the socio-political spheres  
in general and kingship in particular, the study of paraphernalia,  
the physical layout of ritual locations, and the spacio-temporal  
perspective.
Keynote speakers will include Allen Christenson, Raphaël Gardiol and  
Philippe Borgeaud, Nikolai Grube, Simon Martin, Alain Monnier,  
Christian Prager, Karl Taube, and Fátima Tec Pool.
The Symposium will be preceded by a three-and-a-half-day long  
hieroglyphic workshop that will comprise several groups ranging from  
beginners to advanced level. All groups will be taught and supervised  
by experienced tutors. Tuition will be in available in English,  
Spanish and French. The workshop will include an opening lecture by  
Simon Martin.
emc2007 at wayeb.org
http://www.wayeb.org/indexemc.htm


Wednesday, December 5 , 4:30 PM
"Cave, City and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the  
Rediscovered Mexican Codex-Mapa de Cuauhtinchan"
Dr. Davíd Carrasco is the Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study  
of Latin America in the Divinity School, with a joint appointment in  
the Department of Anthropology, at Harvard University. Prof. Carrasco  
will present his work on a newly discovered Aztec map that can be  
read as a story, recounting the Aztec's journey to Mexico and their  
rise to the most powerful empire in Latin America at the time of  
Spanish contact. A dynamic speaker, Dr. Carrasco will make the map  
come alive and speak about one of the most important moments in the  
history of the Americas.
The talk is part of the Latin American Keywords Seminar and is co- 
sponsored by the Romance Languages, History, and English Departments  
and the Center for Native American Studies at the University of  
Pennsylvania.
215/898-4890.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/events/calitem.php?which=1476
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/events/calitem.php?which=1434


Thursday, December 6, 1:15
British Museum Gallery Talk
"Life, Land and Water in the Andes"
Room 24
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/ 
life,_land_and_water_andes.aspx


Friday, December 7, 7:00 PM
The Pre Columbian Society of Washington, D.C. Lecture
"Inside the House of Huari Elites: The Material Culture of Life and  
the Afterlife."
Speaker: Anita Cook, Professor, Anthropology Department, The Catholic  
University of America
Sumner School, 1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
across the street from National Geographic.
Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the  
Blue/Orange line).
http://www.pcswdc.org/


December 8, 12:00-2:00 PM
"Agave Beverages in Hospitality, Feasting, and Ritual Traditions of  
Ancient Mesoamerica and the Borderlands"
This is one of a series of lectures pertaining to Southwestern Roots  
in Central Mexico: 4,000 Years of Cultural Continuity,
Western National Park Association
Oro Valley, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/index.shtml


December 14, 12:00 PM
"Ancient People and Climate in the Colorado Rockies"
Pegi Jodry, Smithsonian Institution
A high country tale of relations among prehistoric peoples, animals,  
plants, stone and water near the northern Rio Grande.
National Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
http://www.americanarchaeology.com/washingtonDC.html


December 17, 7:30 PM
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture
"Preservation Archaeology at Casa Malpais"
Duval Auditorium,
University Medical Center,
1501 North Campbell Avenue
(north of Speedway).
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml