[Aztlan] APRIL ANCIENT AMERICAS LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

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Tuesday, April 1, 5:30 PM
"Meaning,Method and the Iconography of Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings"
Alex Barker, Director, MU Museum of Art and Archaeology
Room 106
Reception follows, Cast Gallery (Galleries close at 7:30 p.m.)
Museum of Art and Archaeology
1 Pickard Hall
Columbia, MO 
http://maa.missouri.edu/calendar.html




April 2-5, 2008
"Funerary Practices and Patterns in Ancient South America" 
Call for Papers
Red Europea de Estudios Amerindios in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. 
The number of burials excavated in South America has increased
exponentially over the past 20 years. The 
diversity of finds has permitted major advances in all fields concerned
with the study of tombs and human 
remains, from palaeopathology to social organisation and economics, as well
as development of stylistic and 
temporal chronologies. The aim of this symposium is to unite all the
investigators at the congress who are 
working in any area of funerary archaeology and its allied fields. Both
theoretical and practical aspects will be 
addressed, ranging from peri-mortem treatment of the body to tomb/cemetery
organisation and ascertaining the 
nature of relationships that existed between the realms of the living and
the deceased in South American societies. 
We encourage the presentation of unedited work, works in progress and any
original studies, be they 
methodological or theoretical. 
If you are interested, please submit a tentative paper title and short
abstract as soon as possible for inclusion in 
this symposium. In addition, please forward this to any other scholar who
may be interested. 
]peeckhou at ulb.ac.be. 
http://www.societedesamericanistes.be/


 

April 2 - 5
Midwest Art History Society 
35th Annual Conference.
Chicago.  
http://www.mahsonline.org/

  


Thursday, April 3, 5:00 pm
"From Site Q to Sak Nikte': 
Chronicle of a 40-year Classic Maya Mystery"
About 40 years ago some exquisite Classic Maya art pieces flooded the
antiquities market from an unknown site, 
known first as "Site Q" and later by its ancient name of Sak Nikte'. A
decades-long search for its location finally 
came to an end in 2005 when Yale Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Marcello Canuto discovered a perfectly 
preserved monument with more than 140 carved hieroglyphs identical to those
of Site Q. Join us to find out how 
this mystery was solved!
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
New Haven, CT 
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/index.html




Thursday, April 3, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective" 
James Adovasio, Mercyhurst College (Joukowsky Lecture)
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 
500 University Ave, 
Rochester, NY 14607
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all


Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PM
"The Koster Site (Illinois River Valley): a 21st Century Perspetive" 
Prof. Jane E. Buikstra, Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological
Research, School of Human Evolution and Social 
Change, 
Arizona State University. 
Co-Sponsored by the St. Louis Community College - Meramec. South County
Campus 
Multipurpose Room
4115 Meramec Bottom Road 
at Lemay Ferry Road
Melville/Oakville.
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/aia/




Thursday, April 3, 6:00 PM 
"The Ancient Maya: What We Thought We Knew, What We Think We Know, and What
We Would Like to Know" 
Skip Messenger is Professor of Anthropology, Hamline University.  His
presentation this month will be part of the 
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) lecture series. The local AIA
Twin Cities chapter currently has a "bare-
bones" website up at: http://www.macalester.edu/aia-mn
Our perceptions of the nature of ancient Maya civilization have undergone
dramatic transformations since they 
were first brought to our attention. More recently the ancient Maya have
been represented with yet another "twist" 
as seen in movies like Mel Gibson's, Apocalypto.  Following a long
tradition of research and publishing articles on 
the ancient Maya, the August 2007 National Geographic had yet another lead
cover article featuring them.  What is 
the current "conventional wisdom" about the ancient Maya?  This illustrated
talk will attempt to bring us "up to 
speed" as far as what we understand what that ancient Maya civilization may
have been like.
Macalester College.  
Davis Lecture Hall 
Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center Southwest corner of Snelling and Grand 
http://www.hamline.edu/mayasociety/Lectures%20and%20Workshops%202007-2008.ht
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Monday, April 4, 6:00 PM 
The Archaeological Conservancy and Southwest Seminars Lecture
"The Same River Twice: Archaeology in a Changing Landscape"
Dr. Sarah Schlanger
Hotel Santa Fe 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 
http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/events.html




Monday, April 4, 6:00 PM 
The Archaeological Conservancy and Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Yellow Jacket, Pinnacle Ruin and Migration from Mesa Verde"
Dr. Steve Lekson
Hotel Santa Fe 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 
http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/events.html




Friday April 4th, 7:00 PM 
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture 
"Seeing the Border Through the Trees: Viewshed Aanlysis and Political
Boundaries in the Classic Period Yaxchilan 
Kingdom" 
Charles Golden
Assistant Professor, 
Department of Anthropology, 
Brandeis University
Dumbarton Oaks Fellow 2007-2008 
Sumner School, 
1201 17th Street, NW, 
17th and M Streets, across the street from National Geographic. 
Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the
Blue/Orange line)
Washington, DC
http://www.pcswdc.org/

 

Friday, April 4, 7:00 PM 
Archaeological Institute of America 
The St. Louis Society Lecture 
"Tombs of the Mayan Ancestors: Adding the Bioarchaeological Dimension" 
Prof. Jane E. Buikstra, 
Director of the center for Bioarchaeological Research, School of Human
Evolution and Social Change, 
Arizona State University. 
St. Louis Art Museum Auditorium, Forest Park St. Louis, Mo. 
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/aia/




April 5, 11:00 AM 
Gallery Talk
'A Precolumbian Bestiary: Animal Imagery in the Ancient Americas" 
Explores how different cultures of the ancient Americas used animal
imagery, including depictions of powerful 
predators, on objects associated with every aspect of their lives.
Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum
New York City
http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp




Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Taos Archaeology Society Lecture 
"The 'Deep Structure' of Early Archaic Rock Art: Human Universals" - 
Ekkehart Malotki 
On a global scale, all earliest making traditions consist of
abstract-geometric motifs and non-figurative patterns, 
regardless of whether they occur on portable objects or on rock surfaces.
This is also true for the American West 
which houses a wealth of non-representational images, both painted and
engraved. To shed light on this most 
enigmatic 
yet fascinating imagery, which to many rock art researchers is of little
interest since it seems to offer no insights 
into the minds of its creators, Professor Malotki resorts to human
universals and cutting-edge ideas gleaned from 
evolutionary psychology. In addition to presenting novel ideas, he hopes to
heighten awe and respect for the 
area's rock art legacy through striking photographs.
Navajo Room at Kachina Lodge
Taos, New Mexico
http://www.taosarch.org/id26.html




Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
John Kelly, Washington University of St. Louis
"Cahokia's Mound 34 and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex"
University of Missouri-Kansas City, University Center, Pierson Hall
Kansas City
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all


Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"What the Hell Are They Doing?: Some Thoughts on Paleoindian and Upper
Paleolithic Behavior" 
James Adovasio, Mercyhurst College (Joukowsky Lecture)
Whitman College, 
Kimball Hall, 
Walla Walla
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all


Tuesday, April 8, 7:00PM
Taos Archaeology Society Lectre 
"The 'Deep Structure' of Early Archaic Rock Art: Human Universals" 
On a global scale, all earliest making traditions consist of
abstract-geometric motifs and non-figurative patterns, 
regardless of whether they occur on portable objects or on rock surfaces.
This is also true for the American West 
which houses a wealth of non-representational images, both painted and
engraved. To shed light on this most 
enigmatic yet fascinating imagery, which to many rock art researchers is of
little interest since it seems to offer no 
insights into the minds of its creators, Professor Malotki resorts to human
universals and cutting-edge ideas 
gleaned from evolutionary psychology. In addition to presenting novel
ideas, he hopes to heighten awe and 
respect for the area's rock art legacy through striking photographs.
San Geronimo Lodge, 
1101 Witt Rd
Taos, New Mexico
http://www.taosarch.org/id26.html




Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Friends of Tijeras Pueblo Lecture
"Archaeology in the Mesa Verde Region"
David Grant Noble
The Mesa Verdean culture represents more than cliff dwellings. It extended
over a vast region from the Chimney 
Rock area in the east to the Colorado River in the west. Its large
open-site villages in the Great Sage Plain near 
Cortez, Colorado, have been the focus of much recent research. David Noble
will discuss some fresh perspectives 
on Mesa Verdean archaeology -from recent research on the large sites to
newly-discovered reservoirs on Mesa 
Verde to the influence of Chaco to evidence of violence and conflict. 
Sandia Ranger District Station
on Hwy 337 (the old South 14) 
just under 1/2 mile south of the light Tijeras, New Mexico. 
http://www.friendsoftijeraspueblo.org/ourevents.html



April 9, 8:00-9:30 PM 
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture/Workshop 
"Understanding Maya Codices"
Steve Mellard 
What are Maya Codices? Where and how were they produced? What information
do 
they contain? How are the almanacs structured and read? Are they relevant 
today? Get all the answers and more from Steve Mellard. The presentation 
will also include a workshop to work out the calendrical structure of an 
almanacs. Bring a Pencil! 
Institute of Maya Studies at the Miami Science Museum, 
3280 South Miami Avenue, across from Vizcaya; 
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192; 
http://mayastudies.org

 

Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 PM

"Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective"
James Adavasio
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) 2316 W First Ave., 
Spokane, WA
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all




Thursday, April 10, 7:30 PM
"Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective" 
James Adovasio, 
Willamette University, 
Collins Legal Center, 
Paulus Lecture Hall (rm. 201). 
345 Winter St. SE, 
Salem, MASS.
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all




Friday, April 11, 7:30 PM
"Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective"
James Adovasio
Portland State University, 
Multicultural Center, 
Smith Hall, Room 228
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all




Friday, April 11, 1:15 PM
British Mueum Gallery Talk 
"Shamanic Themes in American Indian Art"
Room 26
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx




April 11 - 13
26rd Annual Maya Weekend  
"The Future of the Maya World."  
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia, Penn. 
215 898-4890
www.museum.upenn.edu




Saturday April 12, 1:15 PM
Gallery Talk 
"Aztec Gold"
Elizabeth Baquedano
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/aztec_gold.aspx




Sunday, April 13 
Mesoamerican Network of Southern California Spring Meeting
"Children of the Plumed Serpent: Art and Ritual in Mesoamerica's Late
Antiquity"
John Pohl        
"Sustaining the Celestial Vault: A Study of the Skybearer in Mesoamerica
and the American Southwest"
Danny Zborover 
"Putting History Back into Archaeology: The Chontalpa Historical
Archaeology Project, Oaxaca"
Veronica Pacheco (UCLA)
"Ethnomusicology in Action: Exploring Music and Ritual in San Mateo del
Mar, Oaxaca"
Ronald Loewe (CSU-Long Beach) 
Museum of the American West 
Griffith Park Campus
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
http://www.mesoamericanet.com/




Monday, April 14, 7:00PM 
"Behind Smoking Mirror Pendants and Powamu: Fremont-Hopi Cultural
Affiliation". 
Dr. Lynda McNeil
Within the context of ongoing debates about the relationship between
archaeology and oral history, this 
presentation uses linguistic, archaeological, and rock art evidence to
corroborate Hopi oral accounts of migration 
and ceremonial traditions "from the south". The wealth of evidence will be
reviewed showing how Basketmaker II to 
Fremont settlement locations, design, and rock art are logistically,
thematically and uniquely related to Hopi 
Powamu ceremony, artifacts, and ideology,
Museum of the American West/Autry Museum
http://www.mesoamericanet.com/




Monday, April 14, 6:00 PM 
The Archaeological Conservancy and Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Four Corners Migration: A View from the Rio Grande"
Dr. Eric Blinman
Hotel Santa Fe 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 
http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/events.html




Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective"
James Adovasio
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada 
395 Wellington St 
Ottawa, Canada
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all



April 16, 8:00-9:30 PM 
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture: 
"The Archaeology of Northwest Nicaragua"
Clifford T. Brown, PhD. 
The archaeology of northwest Nicaragua is very poorly known, and yet it is 
important to the understanding of the prehistory of both Mesoamerica and 
Lower Central America. This appears to be a frontier area in which complex, 
dynamic social processes such as trade and migration dominated the cultural 
history. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, the region was inhabited by a 
mixture of peoples who had immigrated to Nicaragua from Mesoamerica, 
including the Chorotega, the Subtiaba, and the Nahua. The Chorotega
probably 
moved into Nicaragua during the Mesoamerican Classic period. 
They spoke an Otomanguean language related to Chiapanec. The Subtiaba also 
spoke a Otomanguean language, but one related to Tlapanec, which is now 
spoken in Guerrero, Mexico. The Nahua spoke a Uto-Aztecan language related 
to Aztec. They were later migrants to the area whose incursion was probably 
related to the Aztec political and economic expansion. I will focus my 
discussion on the Department of Chinandega, discussing the natural setting, 
ethnohistory, and archaeology. This area is little known archaeologically, 
but has tremendous potential. 
Institute of Maya Studies at the Miami Science Museum, 
3280 South Miami Avenue, across from Vizcaya; 
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192; 
http://mayastudies.org

 
Thursday, April 17, 7:00 pm 
Southwest Lecture 
"A Mutable Art: Mimbres Pottery Painting in the Modern World" 
The recent history of Mimbres art created between AD 1000 and 1150. By J.J.
Brody. Museum stays open until 7 
p.m. Hibben 105
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
maxwell at unm.edu
http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell/index.html




Thursday April 17, 7:30 to 9 p.m  
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursdays Lecture 
"Clovis, Climate, and Comets in the San Pedro Valley, 13,000 Years Ago" 
Archaeologist Jesse Ballenger 
The San Pedro River Basin preserves at least six Clovis-mammoth sites
between Naco and Sierra Vista. If legitimate 
human-mammoth associations in North America number only 15, then this 
small stretch of land is indeed a remarkable circumstance. The question 
that eludes us is whether this record is an accurate reflection of Clovis 
hunting, or a bizarre phenomenon of preservation and discovery. 
Advocates of the "Pleistocene overkill" model cite the San Pedro Basin as 
proof that Clovis hunters not only specialized in the pursuit of large 
game, but also hunted animals to extinction. Others interpret the 
paleoenvironmental and archaeological record of the San Pedro as evidence 
that both climate and human predation were responsible for the demise of 
Pleistocene animals. These theories are complicated by themselves, but 
recent studies have introduced the possibility that an extraterrestrial 
catastrophe is responsible for the ecological dynamics that led to both 
Pleistocene extinction and the end of the Clovis culture. This 
presentation will review renewed archaeological research in the San Pedro 
Basin in light of these issues. 
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 
5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 
(northwestern Tucson metro area). 
520-798-1201 
info at oldpueblo.org.
http://www.oldpueblo.org

 


April 17, 11:00 AM
Gallery Talk
"Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru" 
The brilliantly colored feathers of Amazonian birds were a luxury that was
used to serve various ceremonial and 
secular purposes. This exhibition spotlights examples of high-status
apparel and accessories dating from the third 
millennium B.C.
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, 
1st floor
Metropolitan Museum
New York City
http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp




April 17, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM
Art Institute of Chicago
"Ritual Caves and Painted Hides" 
Richard Townsend, 
The Art Institute's chair of African and Amerindian Art, presents his
recent studies of little-known cave paintings 
in the central United States.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/event?EventID=3591&EventType=5




April 17, 2008, 7:30 PM
Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
"Cities, Caves and Cosmology Among the Ancient Maya" 
James Brady, 
Dr. James Brady, studies the role of ideology in complex society, religion,
cultural landscapes, and the role of 
caves in Maya culture. 
University of Nevada, 
Las Vegas Campus, 
Wright Hall C144
http://www.archaeological.org/




April 17-20, 2008
Society for California Archaeology
2008 Annual Meeting
Hilton Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank CA


April 18
Nahuatl Studies Symposium
2:00 Opening remarks (Louise M. Burkhart)
2:10 John Frederick Schwaller, SUNY Potsdam, "Broken Spears vs Broken
Bones: The Translation History of an Iconic Description"
2:35 Barry D. Sell, The John Carter Brown Library, "'Superior to Latin
and Greek in Many Ways': Early Nahuatl Scholarship, Early Nahuatl
Scholars"
3:00 Louise M. Burkhart, University at Albany, "Staging Conquest: A
Nahuatl Drama of the Destruction of Jerusalem"
3:25 Break
3:35 Caterina Pizzigoni, Columbia University, "Nahua Conceptions of the
Household in the Eighteenth Century"
4:00 John Sullivan, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, "A Monolingual
Dictionary of Modern Huastecan Nahuatl"
4:25 General discussion
Reception to follow, Arts & Sciences 104
Saturday, April 19
10 AM - ?
Nahuatl language workshop, Arts & Sciences 104
Open to all
Humanities 354
SUNY at Albany, NY


Friday, April 18, 4:00 PM
"Models of Pueblo Prehistory"
Tim A. Kohler
Room 101 in the ARF 
(2251 College Building), 
reception to follow.
Archaeological Research Facility
2251 College Building
University of California at Berkely


Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"Cities, Caves and Cosmology Among the Ancient Maya" 
James Brady
Truckee Meadows Community College, 
Main Gallery, 
Student Center, 
Dandini Campus
Reno, Nevada
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all




April 18, 7:30 PM
South Suburban Archaeological Society
"Contextualing Middle Woodland Pipestone Production" 
Shannon Fie, Ph.D.
Dept of Anthropology, Beloit College
Marie Irwin Community Center, 
18120 Highland Avenue, 
Homewood, Illinois 
708-748-4902 


April 20, 2008, 4:00 PM
Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
"Cities, Caves and Cosmology Among the Ancient Maya" 
James Brady, 
California State University- Los Angeles
Santa Rosa Junior College, 
Santa Rosa, CA
Dr. James Brady, studies the role of ideology in complex society, religion,
cultural landscapes, and the role of 
caves in Maya culture. 
http://www.archaeological.org/




April 21, 7:30 PM  
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Lecture 
"At the Still Point of the Turning World: Chaco and Its Outliers"
Ruth Van Dyke
Duval Auditorium, 
University Medical Center, 
1501 North Campbell Avenue 
(north of Speedway).
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml

 




April 22, 7:30 pm
San Diego County Archaeological Society
Lecture 
"An Early Archaic and Late Prehistoric
Residential Site from the Coast of Camp Pendleton: A Perspective through
Spatial Analysis"
Mark Becker
Coastal southern California is the subject of an archaeology debate. Was it
the coast or the inland that was 
intensely occupied during the Late Prehistoric Period? Answering this
question partly depends on our 
understanding of prehistoric mobility, how to properly interpret different
types of large sites, and even how to 
infer what a residential site should look like. Dr. Becker will present the
results of recent excavation efforts at SDI-
10723 that help evaluate this question, and associated issues, by first
deconstructing common assumptions, and 
then reconstructing the data through new look at the material remains along
with a spatially oriented perspective.
Los Peñasquitos Ranch adobe
(within Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve). 
Located south of the Rancho Peñasquitos area of San Diego County.
Directions to meeting location:
Take Black Mountain Road to the Canyonside Park Driveway, just north of
Mercy Road in Rancho Penasquitos. 
Drive west past the ball fields and parking lots, following the signs to
the Ranch House. Access is on the dirt road, 
through the white wooden gate (open during visiting hours). Parking is
located next to the large barn. The adobe 
structure is south of the barn.
http://www.sandiegoarchaeologicalsociety.com/speakers.htm




April 23-26, 2008
Northwest Anthropological Conference 
Victoria, BC
Sessions
Title: Technology in Archaeology.  Organizer(s): Morley Eldridge & Alyssa
Parker
 Title: Fish Traps and Clam Gardens; Aboriginal Mariculture on the
Northwest Coast.  Organizer(s): Dee Cullen & 
Bjorn Simonsen
 Title: The Power of Traditional Use Studies in British Columbia. 
Organizer(s): Brian Thom.
 Title: Collaborative Archaeological- A Northern First Nations' Approach
and Perspective.  Organizer(s): Camille 
Callison.
 Title: Coast to Crest: Ongoing Prehistoric Archaeological Investigations
in Southwestern Oregon. Organizer(s): 
Cathy Bialas & Kelly Derr.
 Title: Symposium in Honor of Robert Ackerman, WSU.  Organizer(s): Dale
Croes.
 Title: Sunken Village National Historic Landmark Wet Site (35MU4),
Explorations with Japanese Archaeologists, Fall 
2007, Portland, Oregon.  Organizer(s): Dale Croes.
 Title: Collaboration, Innovation and Indigenous Studies Websites.
Organizer(s): David A. Smith.
 Title: Archaeology of a Traditional Temperate Rain Forest - Indigenous
Tree Harvesting on the Northwest Coast.
Organizer(s): Jim Stafford.
 Title: Kwäday Dan Ts'ìnchi Symposium.  Organizer(s): Grant Hughes, Sheila
Greer, Frances Oles & Alexander 
Mackie.
 Title: Beyond the Household: Physical and Cultural Landscapes in the
Archaeology of the Northwest Coast.
Organizer(s): Kisha Supernant, Morgan Ritchie & Adrian Sanders.
 Title: Meeting Today's Challenges of Archaeological Resource Management in
SW Canada/NW US Reservoirs.  
Organizer(s): Marianne Berkey.
 Title: Beyond the Trowel: What happens when archaeologists actually talk
to people?  Organizer(s): Marina La 
Salle.
 Title: Japanese Popular Culture: Challenging Boundaries, Bridging Times,
Crossing Cultures.  Organizer(s): Dr. 
Millie Creighton.
 Title: Unsettling Dichotomies. Anthropological Reflections on the
In/Tangible, the Im/Material, and the In/Visible. 
Organizer(s): Patrick Moore, Solen Roth & Natalie Baloy
 Title: Maritime Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest.
Organizer(s): Scott Williams. 
Title: Inequality, Intensification and Exchange: Studies from Keatley Creek
and the Surrounding Mid-Fraser Region.
Organizer(s): Suzanne Villeneuve.
Contact Information
General questions: nwac.2008 at gmail.com
Registration costs
Regular: $85.00 Canadian.
Student: $45.00 Canadian (student ID required when signing in).
Banquet: $52.00 Canadian.
http://nwac.2008.googlepages.com




April 24, 11:00 AM
Gallery Talk
"Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru" 
The brilliantly colored feathers of Amazonian birds were a luxury that was
used to serve various ceremonial and 
secular purposes. This exhibition spotlights examples of high-status
apparel and accessories dating from the third 
millennium B.C.
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, 
1st floor
Metropolitan Museum
New York City
http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp




April 25-26
25th Center for Archaeological Investigations Visiting Scholar Conference
"Human Variation in the New World"
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
http://www.siu.edu/~cai/bma/vsconf.htm


April 26-27 
New Mexico Archaeology Society Annual Meeting, 
Farmington, New Mexico
http://www.newmexico-archaeology.org/text/calendar.htm


April 27, 2:00 PM
Cahokia Mounds Winter Lecture Series 
"Missouri Hopewell"  
Joe Harl of the Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, will present a
program on "Missouri Hopewell."  2 p.m.  
Free.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
30 Ramey Street, Collinsville, IL 62234
cahokia.mounds at sbcglobal.net       618-346-5160
www.cahokiamounds.com

  
 

Monday, April 28, 6:00 PM 
The Archaeological Conservancy and Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Chacoan Influence in the Northern San Juan Region: Using Albert Porter
Pueblo as a Case Study"
Susan Ryan
Hotel Santa Fe 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 
http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/events.html




Wednesday April 30, 2:30-4:30 p.m.  
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" 
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, 
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved 
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may 
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native 
American perspectives. 
520-647-0980 
info at arizonasenioracademy.org
Arizona Senior Academy, 
13701 E. Old Spanish Trail, 
Tucson, Arizona. 
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 adart at oldpueblo.org. 
http://www.oldpueblo.org




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