[Aztlan] INSTITUTE OF MAYA STUDIES JUNE LECTURES

[michael ruggeri]

Wednesday, June 11, 8:00 PM


Institute of Maya Studies Event

A New Video by Jim Reed

“Copán–Guatemala Highlands Maya Adventure – Part Two”

During the summer of 2007, Jim Reed led a great group of IMS members  
and other Maya enthusiasts on a wonderful adventure to the Mayalands.  
In part two, see the Maya site of Iximché, market day at  
Chichicastenango, intense Maya ceremonies at Pascual Ab´aj, Lake  
Atitlán, Santiago Atitlán, a visit with Maximón, and a talk by the  
archaeologists in charge of Tak´alik Ab´aj. Join in the awe.

Miami Science Museum,

3280 South Miami Avenue across from Vizcaya.

Miami, Florida

http://www.mayastudies.org/html/events.html




Wednesday,
  June 18, 8:00 PM

Institute of Maya Studies Lecture

“The Panama Gateway: Pre- Columbian Intermediate Area”

George Fery

The Intermediate Area geographically covers the southeast of Costa  
Rica, Panama, Colombia and northern Ecuador, and forms a historic and  
archaeological barrier between the great civilizations of Mexico and  
Peru. In archaeological terms, Chiriquí, the northwesternmost  
province of the Republic of Panama, is located within the  
Intermediate Area, and is referred to as the “Chiriquí Cultural  
Complex”. Ancient Panamenian chiefdoms, as they were on the eve of  
European contact, developed by acretion more than by formal design, a  
process similar to the formative phases of the higher civilizations  
to the North and South. The cultures that evolved in our area of  
interest however, had achieved a particularly dynamic form of  
chiefdom system, characterized by intense status rivalry and  
competition for power.

Join George Fery as he takes us on a tour of the Intermediate Area.  
Ceramics and gold found in various types of Pre-Columbian burials  
will illustrate the various influences found in the cultural complex,  
and the important commercial and cultural trade with its southern and  
northern neighbors. A brief look at today’s indigenous population  
will underline the cultural and linguistic influences that took place  
in the distant past, through this corridor between the Americas.

Miami Science Museum,

3280 South Miami Avenue across from Vizcaya.

Miami, Florida

http://www.mayastudies.org/html/events.html