[Aztlan] Pre-Columbian Society/DC Symposium, September 13, 2008

[Rosemary Lyon]

The Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, DC continues to accept
registrations for its 2008 symposium, Power and Politics in the Late Aztec
Period, which will be held in downtown Washington on Saturday, September 13,
2008.  Archaeologists and art historians who specialize in Aztec studies
will explore the period during which the Aztecs became the dominant
population of Mesoamerica.  Recent research, including investigations into
the role played by small city-state capitals outside the Valley of Mexico,
will permit new insights into the development of the Aztec state.  While
examining the many kinds of power wielded by the Aztecs prior to the arrival
of the Spanish, this symposium will take a close look at the complexity of
Aztec society.

 

Michael Smith of Arizona State University will be the symposium moderator.
Also giving presentations will be Frances Berdan, California State
University/San Bernardino; Lori Diel, Texas Christian University; John Pohl,
The Fowler Museum, UCLA; Richard Townsend, The Art Institute of Chicago, and
Emily Umberger, Arizona State University.

 

Details about the symposium program and a link to the symposium brochure are
available at the Pre-Columbian Society/DC's website: www.pcswdc.org
<http://www.pcswdc.org/>