[Aztlan] Midwest Mesoamericanist Program

[michael ruggeri]

Just a reminder -  - - -

http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/maya/midwestmeso_sche.html

Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 (University of Illinois in  
Chicago Campus)

Daily Schedule
	Friday
7:00 pm 	
Reception and Presentation
Dr. Gary Feinman, Curator, The Field Museum
Lecture Center B2 (LC B2), UIC Campus
(Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center
	Saturday
8:45-5:30 	
Presentations
Lecture Center D4 (LC D4), UIC Campus

	6:30 pm 	Party
Joel Palka's House, Oak Park
	Sunday
11:00 am 	
Group Visit, Aztec Exhibit
The Field Museum, Chicago

Saturday's detailed schedule -
8:45 am 	Welcome and moderator: Joel Palka

	9:00-9:20 	Thomas H. Charlton and Cynthia L. Otis Charlton,  
University of Iowa
Lake Basins and Obsidian Sources

	9:20-9:40 	Andrew Wyatt, University of Illinois, Chicago
Agricultural Practices at Chan: Farming and Political Economy in an  
Ancient Maya Rural Community

	9:40-10:00     	Philip J. Arnold, III, Loyola University Chicago
Late Classic/Epiclassic Transitions at Teotepec, Southern Veracruz,  
Mexico

	10:00-10:20 	Karin Rebnegger, Michigan State University
The Case of the /Raspador/: Artifact nomenclature

	Break: 10:20-10:40
Introduction and Moderator: Bebe Baird

	10:40-11:00      	Christopher T. Morehart, Northwestern University
Chinampas of Xaltocan, Mexico: An Exploration of an Economic,  
Political, and Sacred Landscape

	11:00-11:20   	John Monaghan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Recent Collaborative Research on the Codex Seldon

	11:20-11:40  	Santiago Juarez, Northwestern University
Cutting through the Data: Using Obsidian to Enrich Our Understanding  
of Production and Economy

	11:40-12:00 	Douglas E. Bradley, Snite Museum of Art, University of  
Notre Dame
Painted Souls in Ancient Mesoamerica

	Lunch: 12:00-1:50

	1:50  	Welcome Back and Moderator: John Monaghan

	2:00-2:20 	Allison Foley, Indiana University
A Stylistic and Empirical Analysis of Dental Modification from Chau  
Hiix, Belize

	2:20-2:40 	Catherine Burdick, University of Illinois at Chicago
'Glyph-in-Hand' Motifs in Classic Maya Sculpture: Courtiers, Cache  
Vessels, and Dedicatory Rituals

	2:40-3:00 	Jon Hageman, David Goldstein, Robin Goldstein, and Erol  
Kavountzis
Chemical and Artifactual Indicators of Ancient Maya Refuse Disposal at  
Guijarral, Belize

	3:00-3:20 	Lisa J. Lucero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Materialized Cosmology among ancient Maya Commoners at Saturday Creek,  
Belize

	Break: 3:20-3:30
Introduction and Moderator: Virginia Miller

	3:30-3:50 	Matthew Krystal, North Central College
Coffee, Crafts, and Commerce: Applied Anthropology in Highland Guatemala

	3:50-4:10 	Nathan J. Meissner, Southern Illinois University at  
Carbondale
Ethnic Identity and Itzá Obsidian Projectile Points at Nixtun-Ch'ich',  
Petén, Guatemala

	4:10-4:30 	Andrea Stone, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Landscape and Water Ritual in Mesoamerican Rock Art

	4:30-4:50  	Christopher J. Stawski, Michigan State University
The Use of Space at the Tarascan Capital of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán,  
Mexico

	4:50-5:10 	Patricia Urban, Hayden Schortman, and Edward Schortman,  
Kenyon College
Social Theory and Explaining Collapse and Renewal:  A Case from the  
Terminal Classic Naco Valley

	Farewell: Virginia Miller, Joel Palka, and co-hosts

	6:30 - ? 	Fiesta at Joel Palka's House
Directions to the house can be found on the Parking & Maps page.