[Aztlan] November Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture

[michael ruggeri]

Friday, November 6th, 6:45 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture
“Of Meanings and Metaphors: Seeking the History of the Maya of Chama”
Elin Danien
The history of the ancient Maya can be gleaned only through the  
combined discoveries of archaeology,iconography, epigraphy, and  
ethnohistory. This illustrated talk shines an interdisciplinary light  
on the objects excavated from one region—the Chixoy River Valley of  
Guatemala’s Alta Verapaz—to explain the creation of a unique pottery  
style, Chama Polychrome, and the events that affected the lives of the  
people who lived at the site of Chama in the 8th century.
Elin Danien is curator of the University of Pennsylvania Museum  
exhibition, Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient  
Maya. She is a Consulting Scholar in the American Section of the Penn  
Museum, where she was responsible for the recent renovation of the  
Mesoamerican gallery and for the publication of its Guide. She  
originated and for many years organized the Penn Museum’s Maya  
Weekend. She is the editor of the recently published Maya Folktales  
from the Alta Verapaz and numerous articles on the Maya and on the  
history of Maya archaeology. She was guest editor of a Maya issue of  
the Museum’s journal, Expedition.
Sumner School, 1201 17th Street,
NW, Washington, DC.
http://www.pcswdc.org/

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