[Aztlan] OCTOBER ANCIENT AMERICA LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

[michael ruggeri]

Monday, October 1, 7:00 PM
"The Early Caddo Indians of Louisiana"
Jeff Girard
Bossier Parish Central Library Historical Center
2206 Beckett Street
Pam Carter (318) 746-7717
Bossier City, LA


Monday, October 1, 11:45 a.m–12:45 p.m.
"Mound Plantation: An Early Caddo Ceremonial Center in Northwest  
Louisiana"
Jeff Girard
Joint Readiness Training Center & Fort Polk Directorate of Public  
Works Environmental & Natural Resources Division
1645 23rd Street, Building 2515
Fort Polk, LA


Tuesday, October 2, 10:00 AM
"The Early Caddo Indians of Louisiana"
Jeff Girard
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
3015 Greenwood Road
Schreveport, LA


Tuesday, October 2, 6:00 PM
Lafayette Public Library
301 West Congress Street
"Archaeological Research at the Poverty Point Site"
Lafayette Public Library
301 West Congress Street
Lafayette, LA


Wednesday, October 3, 6:00 PM
Jonesville Branch Library
206 Pond Street
"Mounds Up and Down the Ouachita and Update on Recent Archaeological  
Work at Troyville"
speakers:
Joe Saunders and Butch Lee
Jonesvelle, LA


Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 PM
"Wealth and Feasting in the Maya World"
Images painted on the elegant ceramics of the Classic Maya (A.D.  
250-900) reveal the structure of wealth and power within this complex  
culture in southern Mesoamerica. This talk explores the imagery of  
production and consumption among the Maya rulers and nobles, focusing  
on feasting and the exchange of gifts as an economic, political, and  
social system that supported one of the world's great civilizations.
Dorie Reents-Budet, visiting curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas
Boston Fine Arts Museum
Remis Auditorium
http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=29396&date=10/3/2007


Thursday, October 4th
"The Geomorphology of Hohokam Canals."
Southwest Archaeology Team Lecture
Mesa Southwest Museum (M.S.M.),
53 N. Macdonald St.,
Mesa, AZ
http://www.southwestarchaeologyteam.org/sched1.html


October 4–6
2007 Midwest Archaeological Conference
Final Program Posted
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
http://www.midwestarchaeology.org/


Friday, October 5, 7:00 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture
"The Conduct and Consequences of War in the Ancient American Southwest."
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
http://www.pcswdc.org/


Friday, October 5, 7:30 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Lecture
"The Rise of Classic Mesoamerican Civilization and the Veracruz Jungle"
Dr. Rex Koontz
Drew Science Building,
Room 118,
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota



October 5, 7:00 PM
Florida Atlantic University Seventh Annual Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop  
and
Lecture
"Astronomy of the Ancient Maya, In Their Own Words"
Dr. Harvey M. Bricker
FAU Social Science Building
Room 250, Boca Raton, Florida



October 5-6
Dumbarton Oaks Annual Pre-Columbian Symposium
"The Place of Sculpture in Mesoamerica's Preclassic Transition:  
Context, Use, and Meaning" Location; Casa Santo Domingo in La  
Antigua, Guatemala
Organized with John Clark, Julia Guernsey, and Barbara Arroyo, the  
symposium will focus on sculpture from the middle and late Preclassic  
periods in Mesoamerica. Sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, 5  
October, and conclude on Saturday afternoon.
For more information please contact;
Emily Gulick (gulicke at doaks.org).


October 5-7
"Storied Walls; Murals of the Americas"
The Peabody Museum Weekend of the Americas
Registration Desk:
Geological Lecture Hall,
24 Oxford Street,
Cambridge. Mass.
Member $100;
Nonmember $135;
Student/senior $60
Peabody Membership
Single: $40;
Family: $60;
Student/Senior: $25
Saturday Cocktail Reception (not included in weekend registration) $40
Workshop Only $25/workshop
(includes Museum Admission)
Friday Evening October 5, 2007
Public Lecture and Reception (free and open to the public)
5:30 pm
"Ancient Maya Murals:Virtual Courts at Work and Play"
Mary Miller
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Registration: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street Coffee and Refreshments
Morning Session, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Welcome and Introduction
William L. Fash
"Storied Walls and "Wallpaper":The Many Uses of Murals and Friezes in  
Ancient Peru"
Jeffrey Quilter
"House of Earth, House of Sky:The Painted Murals from Building A at  
Cacaxtla"
Javier Urcidy
Lunch 12:30 – 2:00 pm
(Lunch available with advance purchase in Room 14A.)
Afternoon Session, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
"Visual Metaphors in Ancient Hopi Mural and Pottery Painting"
Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin
"Teotihuachan: Murals, Ball Games, and the Beginning of Time"
Maria Teresa Uriarte
"Painting Places for Aztlan: Chicano Murals and Indigenous  
Cosmovision" Saturday Evening
Cocktail Reception, 5:30 – 7:00 pm (reservations required)
Feast of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres in the Peabody Museum  
Photographic Gallery
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Coffee and Danish in the Peabody Museum, Gallery 12, 9:00 am
Workshops: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm.
All options below are concurrent. Please sign up for one
(1) workshop per person.
Awatovi Murals: Storage Tour and Discussion of Mural, Ceramic, and  
Katsina Symbolism Steven LeBlanc, Director of Collections
Little Known Maya Murals Heather Hurst, Illustrator and Graduate  
Student,Yale University
The Murals of San Bartolo: Bill Saturno, Assistant Professor of  
Archaeology, Boston University
Murals in Miniature: Ceramic Art of Peru: Jeffrey Quilter, Deputy  
Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator, Intermediate Area  
Collection, Peabody Museum
Contact: Catherine Linardos at 617-495-2269.
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Weekend.html


Saturday, October 6, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota
Saturday Workshop
"The American Mediterranean: The Veracruz Gulf Coast and Mesoamerican  
Civilization"
Giddens Learning Center 6s
(the Anthropology Lab),
Hamline University
Dr. Rex Koontz
Using a heavily illustrated virtual "tour" of the Classic Gulf Coast  
sites and the new installations in the Museo de Antropología in  
Xalapa, Dr. Koontz will present the new discoveries and analyses of  
monuments from El Tajín to Soyoltepec that give us a fuller picture  
of the role these civilizations played in the Mesoamerican Classic.


October 6, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Florida Atlantic University Seventh Annual Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop
"Reconstructing Maya History from Hieroglyphic Texts"
Drs. Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker
FAU Social Science Building
Room 190.
The workshop will be conducted at an introductory level. Students  
will be
introduced to the principles of the ancient Maya writing system.  
Study materials will be provided.
Pre-registration is required for all workshop participants. The  
hieroglyphic
workshop is free to all students. For non-students, we request a $35  
donation to partially offset the cost of the workshop.
Please register by contacting Cynthia Wilson, Department of  
Anthropology,
Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431  
(561) 297-3232, cwilson at fau.edu. Make checks payable to "FAU/Maya  
Studies Program."


October 06, 11:00 AM
Gallery Talk
"Images of Fertility in Mesoamerican Art"
A survey of Mesoamerican art created during the 3,000-year period  
from the Olmec to the Aztec, with a focus on objects related to the  
fertility of humans as well as to the natural world.
Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall
Met Museum
New York City


Saturday, October 6, 1:15 PM
Gallery Talk
"Aztec sculpture in the British Museum"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html


October 10, 7:00 PM
Central Florida Society of the Archaeological Institute of America  
Lecture
"The Cost of Being King: Founding the Classic Maya Dynasty at the  
site of Copan (Honduras)"
Jane Buikstra, Arizona State University
Orlando Museum of Art,
Orlando, FL
Jane Ellen Buikstra is a prominent American anthropologist and  
bioarchaeologist. She is credited with coining and defining  
bioarchaeology in the US as the application of biological  
anthropological methods to the study of archaeological problems.
Orlando Museum of Art,
Orlando, FL
http://www.archaeological.org/


October 10–13, 2007
"The 65th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference"
Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn and Conference Center
505 North Fifth St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: 605-348-4000 or 888-465-4329
Fax: 605-348-9777
Registration is US$70.00 for regular and US$30.00 for students.
Registration forms postmarked after September 14, 2007 will be US 
$80.00 for regular and US$40 for students.
For those wishing to register by mail, a registration form in MS Word  
format is available.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/RAPCC/


October 12, 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Art Institute Express Talk
"An American Masterpiece: Chimu Ceremonial Knife"
Gallery 100
Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/


October 12-13
15th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Archaeological Conference -
The El Paso Museum of Archaeology
This conference provides a forum for the presentation of recent  
archaeological research in the Jornada Mogollon culture region,  
encompassing far west Texas, south central New Mexico, and northern  
Chihuahua, México. Open to the public, the conference gives the  
community an opportunity to interact with the archaeologists who are  
conducting the research.
contact Lora Jackson at (915) 755-4332
The El Paso Museum of Archaeology


October 12-14
2nd Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Welcome to our site!
www.ithaca.edu/andean


October 13,  1:30 PM:
University of Pennsylvania Museum Pre-Columbian Society Lecture
"It Takes Two to Launch a Dart: Complementary-Opposition in Ancient  
Chavín Art and Architecture"
Peter Roe, PhD. University of Delaware, Department of Anthropology,
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia, Penn.
Room TBA
http://www.precolumbian.org/othermeetings.HTM


October 13,
The South Florida Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America  
Lecture
"Tombs for the Ancestors: Adding the Bioarchaeological Dimension "
Jane Buikstra
Arizona State University
TBA, FLorida
Through a series of four case studies, we explore the manner in which  
bioarchaeological research enhances our knowledge of ancient  
Americans. Our first two examples are contextualized in the South- 
Central Andes, where we consider the manner in which diet, gender,  
and political relationships are interpreted through the study of  
tombs and their contents. Secondly, we explore host-pathogen  
relationships for infectious disease (ancient American tuberculosis),  
as revealed through skeletal changes and molecular biology. Thirdly,  
we consider the manner in which biochemical analyses inform our study  
of the political forces that influenced the founding of the ancient  
Maya Classic dynasty at the site of Copán (Honduras). Finally, we  
illustrate the way in which new methods resolve the persistent  
controversy that surrounds the identity of the remains entombed in  
the Temple of the Inscriptions at the site of Palenque (Chiapas),  
attributed to the influential dynastic ruler, Hanab Pakal.
http://www.pbmnh.org/


October 13
Three Corners Archaeological Conference
At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Archaeology in the tri-state area of California, Nevada, and Arizona  
has grown in scale and the orientation of archaeological research has  
shifted over the last decade. Due to the increase in the number and  
types of archaeological sites discovered, and their interpretation,  
there is a need for the regional researchers to present and discuss  
findings among professionals to promote the development of regional  
theory, methodologies, and management goals. Free conference
ORGANIZERS:
Archaeologists with UNLV, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park  
Service, Lost City Museum, Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada  
Archaeological Association.
Contacts: Mark Slaughter 702.293.8143 or Laurie Perry 702.293.8619
threecornersconference at yahoo.com


October 14, 11:00 AM
Gallery Talk
"Only Human? An Exploration of Figural Imagery in Precolumbian Art"
While Precolumbian art appears to present straightforward depictions  
of human figures, closer examination reveals layers of meaning and  
non-human characteristics.
Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall
Met Museum
New York City


October 15, 7:30 PM
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture
"Out of the Museum Basement: The Textiles, Baskets, and Painted Wood  
from Aztec Ruins and Pueblo Bonito"
Duval Auditorium,
University Medical Center,
1501 North Campbell Avenue
(north of Speedway).
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml


October 18, 7:30 PM
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's monthly "Third Thursdays"
"The Earliest Ancestors of Navajo and Apache in the Southwest"
Archaeologist Dr. Ronald H. Towner
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Auditorium,
5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8
(in the Marana Town Limits)


Friday, October 19, 1:15 PM
"Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico: Scientific Insights"
Gallery Talk
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html


October 21, 2:00 PM
Westchester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
"Paddling the Mayan Waters: Canoe Travel and Sea Trade"
Dr. Heather McKillop
Louisiana State University
Rye Free Library
Rye Free Reading Room, 1061
Boston Post Road,
Rye, NY
Heather McKillop, professor of archaeology in the Department of  
Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, discusses  
artifacts showing evidence of river and sea trade in the present area  
of Central America during Mayan times.
http://www.archaeological.org/
http://www.aiawestchester.org/


Monday, October 22, 2:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"Canoe Travel and Sea Trade of the Ancient Maya"
Heather McKillop, Louisiana State University (Bernard Lecture)
Rye Free Library,
Purchase Street,
Rye, NY
http://www.archaeological.org/


October 23, 6:00 PM
The New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and  
the NYU Center for Ancient Studies Lecture
The 2007 Brush Lecture in Mesoamerican Archaeology:
"Canoe Travel and Sea Trade of the Ancient Maya"
Dr. Heather McKillop,
Louisiana State University
New York University Center for Ancient Studies,
Jurow Lecture Hall,
Silver Center Room 101a,
100 Washington Square E,
New York, NY
New York University Center for Ancient Studies
100 Washington Square East,
Room 908
New York, NY
http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/


October 23-26
II Congreso Centroamericano de Arqueología El Salvador
'Cultural Relations in Prehispanic Central America."
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Contact Information:
Email: gbellosuazol at concultura.gob.sv; afe at sas.upenn.edu
www.munaelsalvador.com and www.congresodearqueologia.org


Thursday, October 25, 5:30 PM
"Inca Architecture: Building a World,"
Jean-Pierre Protzen (University of California, Berkeley )
Dumbarton Oaks Music Room
Washington D.C.
http://www.doaks.org/Pre-Columbian.html


October 26-27
"3rd Annual Southeast Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and  
Ethnohistory"
This meeting aims to showcase current archaeological and  
ethnohistorical research in Mesoamerica with the greater goal of  
encouraging productive discussion, communication, and interaction  
among scholars. We invite Mesoamerican archaeologists,  
bioarchaeologists, art historians, and ethnohistorians resident in  
the Southeastern United States to discuss their active investigations  
of Pre-Columbian and early colonial Mesoamerican societies.
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
The event is free and open to the public, and there is no  
registration fee.
Students are encouraged to attend.
http://uweb.cas.usf.edu/~cwells/SECMAE.htm


October 26-28
78th Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The Menger Hotel,
San Antonio, Texas, http://www.txarch.org/activities/annual_mtng/2007/ 
call.html


October 31 - November 3
64th Annual Meeting -- Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Knoxville, Tennessee
http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2006seac.html



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