[Aztlan] November Ancient Americas lectures and conferences

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Another busy month in Ancient Americas events,

Mike Ruggeri

October 31-November 1
Ohio Archaeological Council Fall 2009 Conference
“New Approaches in Ohio Archaeology”
Reese Center,
Ohio State University
Newark, Ohio
http://www.ohioarchaeology.org/joomla/


November 1-7
Maya Field Workshops
“The Art and History of Copan”
Maya Field Workshops introduce you to the world of Maya archaeology  
and epigraphy in intensive, on-site seminars. Led by renowned  
archaeologist David Stuart of the University of Texas at Austin, we  
focus not on tours and traveling, but on a concentrated learning  
experience at a single place. In Fall 2009 we will be based in Copan,  
Honduras, where participants will take part in a unique, hands-on  
intellectual and cultural exploration of ancient Maya civilization.
  Over six days you will become immersed in Copan’s ancient history  
and culture. A key part of your experience will be the opportunity to  
learn about Copan’s court and community in its original, genuine  
setting. Each day we will visit the temples and major architecture of  
Copan, reading and decoding their monuments and inscriptions. We will  
explore the reigns of its kings and dynasties over the course of  
several centuries, roughly between 400 and 850 A.D. We will combine  
this on-site experience with daily lectures and workshops, so  
participants can work directly and actively with daily lectures and  
workshops, so participants can work directly and actively with  
Copan’s history, art and archaeology. The leader of our workshops is  
David Stuart, who has been a key player in the decipherment of Maya  
script since a young age. He has conducted research at Copan for over  
two decades, in collaboration with numerous colleagues, and is the co- 
author (with his father, George Stuart) of the recently published and  
critically acclaimed book Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya.
Our week-long inaugural workshop in the Spring of 2009 focused on  
Palenque, México, one of the most fascinating and beautiful of all  
ancient Maya cities. In future years we foresee field workshops  
rotating between important Maya sites such as Palenque, Mexico, Copan,  
Honduras, and Tikal, Guatemala.
To ensure a high-quality experience for all, participation in the Maya  
Field Workshop is limited. so please contact us as soon as you decide  
to join us, at. Our Spring 2009 Workshop filled up early, so we  
encourage you to contact us directly at mayafieldworkshops at gmail.com
http://www.mayafieldworkshops.com/Main.html


November 3, 7:00 PM
"The Famous Crystal River Site: 100 Years of Research, Speculation,  
and Intrigue in Coastal Citrus County"
Richard W. Estabrook, Regional Director, Florida Public Archaeology  
Network, Central Regional Center
Since C.B. Moore started his investigations at the site in 1903, the  
Crystal River site has been the subject of cutting-edge research,  
rampant speculation, and intrigue for the people who have worked at  
this site.  Starting with a brief site overview, I will discuss the  
various site components, including the two temple mounds, the unique  
burial mound complex, and the famous (perhaps infamous) stelae.   
Several well-known Florida archaeologists - Ripley Bullen, Gordon  
Willey, Hale Smith, and Brent Weisman - have all contributed to the  
story of Crystal River.  Yet, despite all this work, a definitive site  
monograph or even agreement of the site’s temporal assignment is  
still lacking.  This presentation highlights some of the site’s most  
interesting mysteries and charts a path for future research.
Flagler Room, Flagler College
St. Augustine, Florida
http://saaa.shutterfly.com/


Wednesday, November 04, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Evolution of Early Dwellings: Continuity and Change in the  
Transition from Archaic Structures to Ancestral Puebloan Pithouses"
Matt Schmader, Parks and Recreation Department of Albuquerque (Stone  
Lecture)
The results of several large-scale excavation projects are presented  
in terms of one unifying feature—the dwelling. Excavated structures  
dating to the middle Archaic period in central New Mexico are over  
5,000 years old. Examples of structures covering a time span from  
about 3000 BC to AD 250 are discussed, as are trends in architecture  
and related features such as hearths and storage pits. The Archaic  
structures form a distinctive set when compared to early puebloan  
pithouses dating from about AD 650 to AD 900. During that time period  
in the middle Rio Grande Valley, more formalized architecture of  
dwellings and features is found. The interior use of living spaces,  
the functions and activities of different types of structures,  
subsistence, and early puebloan material culture are discussed in  
detail.
University of Albany,
Humanities 354
Albany, New York
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all


November 4, 6:30 PM
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Lecture
“Cold Case Files: The Great Anasazi Mystery”

Guest speaker: Richard D. Fisher
Please join Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary and Richard Fisher as he  
presents his lecture, “Cold Case Files: The Great Anasazi Mystery”.  
What happened to the Chaco Canyon Anasazi is one of the last great  
archaeological enigmas and has confounded researchers for generations.  
Using “Cold Case Files” theory and methods to analyze new  
archaeological, scientific, ethnographic and historical evidence, I  
propose an original and unifying theory for the Chacoans and indeed  
all of the Anasazi.
Richard Fisher is a graduate of the University of Arizona in Education  
and has over 100 national and international published articles in more  
than 10 languages on the subjects of the geography and cultures of  
canyons worldwide and is the world’s leading authority on Tarahumara  
ultra long distance running and competitive racing.
Pueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
http://phoenix.gov/PUEBLO/edsummry.html#AUXNOV


November 4-7
2009 Southeast Archaeology Conference
65TH ANNUAL MEETING
Renaissance Riverview Hotel - Mobile, Alabama
http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2009SEAC/seac2009.html


Thursday, November 5, 2009
Dumbarton Oaks Lecture
Ann Cyphers, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
"Bad-Year Economics and the San Lorenzo Olmec"
For reservations and information email or call 202-339-6440
http://www.doaks.org/document/doaks_lecture_2009_11_05.pdf


November 5, 6:30 PM
School for Advanced Research Lecture
"Turquoise, Trumpets, and Tchamahias: The Wealth of Chaco Canyon"
John Kantner (School for Advanced Research)
The stunning monumental buildings in Chaco Canyon have yielded some of  
the most amazing turquoise, copper, and shell symbols of “wealth”  
ever found in the ancient American Southwest. But while we marvel at  
these treasures, what did they mean to the ancient Puebloan people who  
lived in the Chaco world? Dr. John Kantner discusses what we know  
about Chacoan notions of wealth and value, and how these concepts  
changed over time.
The New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://sarweb.org/index.php?membership_lecture_john_kantner


Saturday, November 7, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

San Diego Museum of Man
“Rock Art 2009 34th Annual Rock Art Symposium”
Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
Morning Session begins at 9:00 a.m.
Otto Center Auditorium
(San Diego Zoo)
San Diego, California
http://www.museumofman.org/documents/flyer_rock_art.pdf


November 7, 1:00 PM
"The Deep Structure of Non-Iconic Rock Art: Human Universals"
Ekkehart Malotki
Ekkehart Malotki is a professor emeritus of languages at Northern  
Arizona University where he taught German, Latin, and Hopi from 1977  
until 2004. For more than twenty-five years, his work as an  
ethnolinguist focused on the preservation of Hopi language and  
culture. During the last twenty years, his passion for rock art has  
taken him to the Sahara, to the Paleolithic caves in France, to Italy,  
Scandinavia and Mexico, and twice to Australia. In addition, he has  
devoted much of his time to the photography and interpretation of the  
rock art of the American Southwest.
Deer Valley Rock Art Center
3711 W. Deer Valley Road
2 miles south of Highway 101 and 2 miles west of I-17
Phoenix, Arizona
http://dvrac.asu.edu/events/calendar


November 7-8, 2009 	 	
The Mayer Center Annual Symposium
"The Art of Teotihuacan and its Sphere of Influence"
Organized by Margaret Young-Sánchez (Denver Art Museum) & Annabeth  
Headrick (University of Denver)
Sponsored by the Mayer Center and the Denver Art Museum
Warren Barbour (State Universtiy of New York at Buffalo)
"Host Figurines and the Social Order of Teotihuacan: Soldiers,  
Traders, Diviners and Peasants"
George Cowgill (Arizona State University, Tempe)
"Nose Pendants: Signs of Rank and Office in the Political System of  
Teotihuacan?"
Annabeth Headrick (University of Denver)
"Mass Production in a Preindustrial Age: Individuality and Ideology in  
Teotihuacan's Censers"
Charles C. Kolb (National Endowment for the Humanities)
"Classic Teotihuacan Period Ceramic Production"
James Langley (Canadian Society for Mesoamerican Studies)
"A Distant Prospect of Teotihuacan"
Matthew Robb (Saint Louis Museum of Art)
"The Torch and the Shield: Architectural and Iconographic Continuities  
at the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl"
Saburo Sugiyama (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
"Cosmology, Militarism, and Polity Materialized at the Major Monuments  
in Teotihuacan"
Karl Taube (University of California, San Diego)
"Teotihuacan and the Ceramic Art of Escuintla, Guatemala: Iconography  
and Cosmology in Early Classic Mesoamerica"
Email mayercenter at denverartmuseum.org or call 720.913.0156 to be put  
on the Mayer Center email / mailing list.
Sharp Auditorium (Hamilton Building),
Denver Art Museum
Denver. Colorado
http://mayercenter.denverartmuseum.org/symposia.htm


November 9-14
14th European Maya Conference
"Maya Political Relations and Strategies"
Cracow, Poland
Papers delivered at the symposium will focus on interactions between  
Maya sociopolitical entities through time and across landscapes. The  
analysis will cover epigraphic, iconographic, archaeological,  
ethnohistorical and linguistic evidence. Some of the issues expected  
to be touched upon include:
- the political and cultural role of interactions and alliances for a  
particular political entity,
- the character of political interrelations between centres, as well  
as their change and reorientation over
time,
- the cultural impact which some centres might have had on others,
- the effect of war on political systems and relations,
- studies on trade, communication networks and tribute,
- analysis of the archaeological materials that provide evidence of  
interactions between some Maya political
entities,
- the role of these relations for the development of Maya culture in  
general.
Keynote speakers will include:
Charles Golden (Brandeis University) & Andrew Sherer (Baylor  
University), Elizabeth Graham (University
College London), Nikolai Grube (University of Bonn), Bernard Hermes  
(Nakuum Archaeological Project,
Guatemala), Wieslaw Koszkul (Jagellonian University Cracow), Simon  
Martin (University of Pennsylvania
Museum), Robert Sharer & Loa Traxler (University of Pennsylvania  
Museum), Jaroslaw Zralka (Jagellonian
University Cracow)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Wayeb Conference Board invites the submission of abstracts  
concerning the conference topic. Papers will be selected from all  
subdisciplines of Maya Studies to cover the topic in all dimensions  
and from various perspectives. Presentations will be accepted in  
English and Spanish. Abstracts may not exceed 250 words.
Contributions of authors who submit more than one abstract (including  
co-authored papers) will not be considered. Co-authorship needs to be  
indicated upon submission.
Please submit in electronic format (Word attachment) in the following  
order:
1. Author's name and affiliation
2. Address, Phone Number and email address
3. Title of Paper
4. Abstract
The abstracts will be forwarded without the author's particulars to an  
anonymous Review Committee that will be selected by the Wayeb  
Conference Board.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is May 31st, 2009
Please send your abstract to the following address:  callforpapers at wayeb.org
(Only abstracts sent to this address will be accepted. Do not send  
your abstract to the organisers!)
MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC WORKSHOP
The conference will be preceded by a three-day long hieroglyphic  
workshop. Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced workshops will be  
available. All groups will be taught and supervised by experienced  
tutors.
Tuition will be available in English and Spanish. In the Beginners  
Group Polish language consultation will be provided.
The workshop includes an introductory lecture by Simon Martin  
(University of Pennsylvania Museum).
There will be separate registration available for both events.
Wieslaw Koszkul and Dr. Jaroslaw Zralka at emc2009 at wayeb.org
http://www.wayeb.org/conferencesevents/emc_now.php


Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 PM
AIA-St. Louis Chapter
"Cave Archaeology in the Maya Region"
Professor Jaime Awe (Belize).
Missouri History Museum,
5700 Lindell Blvd at DeBaliveiere, Forest Park
St. Louis, Missouri
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/aia/


November 10, 3:00 PM
El Paso Archaeological Society Lecture
"Archaeology in the Underworld: The Ritual Caves of Mesoamerica"
Caves have been used as ritual spaces in Mesoamerica from as early as  
1200BC until today, but archaeologists have only begun to understand  
the function and meaning of caves within ancient Mesoamerican ritual  
practice and cosmology. This program discusses our current state of  
knowledge and illustrates some of the more interesting finds from  
caves in the last decade.
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
in the auditorium at 4301 Transmountain Rd.
El Paso, Texas
http://www.epas.com/newsletter.htm#Archaeology_in_the_Underworld:_The_Ritual_Caves_of_Mesoamerica_


Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:00 pm
Southwest Lecture
“Archaeological Myths: New/Old Perspectives on Puebloan Migrations”
Eric Blinman.
Archaeological perspectives on the history of the Northern Southwest  
have been shaped by two interrelated beliefs that may not be true. The  
first is the archaeological belief that modern Pueblo peoples, as a  
whole, are descendant from the ancient population known as the Four  
Corners Anasazi. The second is the anthropological belief that the  
variety expressed in modern Pueblo culture (when we bother to think  
about it) is a consequence of the past 400 years of acculturation  
piled onto another 400 years of response to the climate crises of the  
13th century. These two perspectives have had strong but almost  
subliminal roles in shaping our reconstructions of Southwestern  
culture history, and they may have led us astray. The "real" story of  
Puebloan history may be simpler than we think. Museum stays open until  
6:45.
Hibben 105
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell/


November 12, 7:30 PM
Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Lecture
“Pulling Together the Past: An Introduction to the Pimu Catalina  
Island Archaeology Project”
The presentation will introduce the history of Catalina both in terms  
of the people who lived there and the archaeological investigations  
that have occurred there since the late 1800s. The Pimu Catalina  
Island Archaeology Project will synthesize over 100 years of data  
collection as well as work with stakeholders who care for this island,  
such as the Gabrielino/Tongva community, the local island residents,  
and the Catalina Island Conservancy. The talk will discuss our goals  
and achievements during the first three years of work.
Dr. Wendy Giddens Teeter, RPA has been the Curator of Archaeology for  
the Fowler Museum at UCLA since 1998 focusing on museum, educational,  
and cultural issues of North and Central America, especially within  
southern California and Belize. She received her Ph.D. from UCLA  
Anthropology in 2001. She has a research affiliation with the UCLA  
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and teaches periodically through  
American Indian Studies on cultural resource protection issues.
Irvine Ranch Water District
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue
(between the I-5 and I-405, next to the Post Office)
Irvine, California
http://www.pcas.org/meetings.html


November 13-15
New Mexico Archaeological Council 2009 Fall Conference
"The Middle and Northern Rio Grande"
Preliminary Event
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:00–9:00 P.M.. Public Presentation:  
“Archaeological Myths: New/Old Perspectives on Puebloan  
Migrations,” by Eric Blinman (Director, Office of Archaeological  
Studies, Santa Fe). Hibben 105, UNM main campus.
Saturday, November 14
Saturday, November 14: Morning Session
Symposium: "Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Pueblo Population  
Movements in the Northern Rio Grande" moderated by Kurt Anschuetz  
(Hibben 105)
"Movements and Migrations: Pueblo III Developments in the Eastern San
Juan Basin and Acoma-Laguna Areas"
"Pueblo Agricultural Mobility after A.D. 1300: A Preliminary Framework"
"Centrifugal and Centripedal Movement in the Prehispanic Tewa World"
10:00–10:20	"Landscapes of Change: Residential Movement and Community  
Networks in the Northern Rio Grande Pueblo World"
10:20–10:40	Speaker or Discussant (name, affiliation TBA)
1:30–3:45
"Symposium: Agriculture in the Middle Rio Grande Region"
"Surface Runoff Diversion and Terrace Irrigation at Classic Period  
Agricultural Complexes on Albuquerque’s West Mesa within Petroglyph  
National Monument"
"New Research on Classic Period Ancestral Pueblo Agricultural Sites on  
the West Mesa of Albuquerque"
"Rock Alignments, Isolated Sherds, and Classic Period Settlement  
Dynamics: A Review of Evidence for Prehistoric Agricultural Use of  
Albuquerque’s West Mesa"
"Down by the River: Recent Geoarchaeological Investigations at Alameda  
Pueblo"
Saturday, November 14: Afternoon Session
"Puebloan Prehistory: Research Themes in the Northern Rio Grande"
"Timing, Duration, and Distribution: A Look at the Latest Archaic to  
Early Developmental Transition in the Northern Rio Grande"
9:00–1:00
Sunday (Nov. 15) Training Session (Optional)
Half-day, hands-on training session on Rio Grande Glaze Ware, led by  
Hayward Franklin and using collections in the Hibben Center. Limited  
to 30 persons.
Hibben Center
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.abqarchaeology.org/NMAC Fall 2009 Draft Aug 7 09.pdf


November 14,  1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society at the University Museum Lecture
“Breaking Wind: the Trumpet and Conch Horn in Maya Iconography”
John Burkhalter
Some nearly 70 years ago the Mexican composer Carlos Chavez wrote  
longingly about an imagined pre-Columbian music, but as no forms of  
musical notation or didactic sources remain, it is unlikely that the  
music that once flourished in Mexico and Central America will ever be  
re-created.  Although the music is unavailable, the significance of  
music and dance in ancient American life , can be explored through  
such musical instruments as whistles, flutes, rattles, and conch shell  
horns or trumpets, as well as through other objects that do not appear  
to be musically related but have important musical properties.
Room 345
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.precolumbian.org/othermeetings.HTM


Monday, November 16, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Smithsonian Seminar
“Machu Picchu—Terraces of Enlightenment”
$27-$40
The great Inca citadel Machu Picchu sits high in the Peruvian Andes,  
having emerged from beneath the canopy of a rainforest after being  
hidden for nearly 400 years. Take a vicarious journey to an  
architectural and archeological wonder—a fortress that survived to  
become one of the world's greatest enigmas. Through the eyes of  
photographer Mike Torrey, who visited and photographed Machu Picchu  
during the June and December solstices, and writer Marie Arana, who  
lived as a child on the Peruvian coast, explore Machu Picchu's history  
and culture, its vegetation and wildlife, and what it reveals about  
the lives of the Inca. Learn how Machu Picchu's architecture  
incorporates both scientific and spiritual principles: for example,  
the way first rays of the sun—worshipped by the Incas as the god Inti 
— enter the Temple of the Sun and mark the arrival of the winter  
solstice.
Arana is a writer at large for the Washington Post. Torrey is an  
architectural photographer. His book Stone Offerings: Machu Picchu's  
Terraces of Enlightenment (Lightpoint Press) is available for signing  
after the program.
S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange)
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=218714


November 16, 7:30 PM
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture
"Cerros de Trinceras & Warfare in Sonora, Mexico"
Randall McGuire
Duval Auditorium,
University Medical Center,
1501 North Campbell Avenue (north of Speedway)
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml


November 16, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Paleo-Indian Environment of the Great Basin; The Bonneville  
Rockshelter"
Dr. Ted Goebel, Center for the Study of the First Americans
Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Mother_Earth,_Father_Sky_2009.html


November 16, 7:30 PM
Santa Fe Archaeology Society Lecture
"Archaeology Between Mesoamerica and the Pueblo World"
Tim Maxwell, Director Emeritus, OAS
(505) 473-2880
Courtyard by Marriott,
3347 Cerrillos Rd,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://sfarchaeology.org/html/calendar.html


Thursday, November 19, 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery Talk
"Commerce, Trade and Exploration in Aztec Times”
Our topic in 2010 will focus on new developments in the study of early  
Maya iconography and writing, focusing on the sites of Kaminaljuyu,  
Takalik Abaj, Izapa, San Bartolo and others.
Room 1
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/november/exploration_in_aztec_times.aspx


November 19-21
"Animal Symbolism in the Mesoamerican Codex Tradition"
The aim of the symposium is to lead to high quality instructional
sessions that integrate language arts, social studies and visual arts.
The speakers, representing research institutions in the U.S. and
Mexico, are experts on languages, archaeology and zoo-archaeology, and
the art of the three best-known regions that produced books – commonly
referred to as codices – prior to European contact. These areas were
occupied by the Maya of Yucatan, the Mixtec speakers of southern
Mexico, and the Aztecs, who lived on the site that is now Mexico City.
The event is built around nine presentations addressing the meanings
of animals in pre-Historic Mexico and the continuation of these
cultural traditions beyond the conquest.
The symposium is an opportunity for members of academia to collaborate
with teachers so that the topic can be introduced in classrooms in New
Mexico.
Though attendance is free and open to the public, preregistration is
required, as seating is limited.
Latin American and Iberian Institute,
801 Yale NE,
University of New Mexico Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://laii.unm.edu/animal-symbolism/registration/


November 20, 7:30 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Lecture
"Performing Rulership during the Late Preclassic: Landscape, Themes,  
and Symbols from the Pacific Piedmont"
This presentation will focus primarily on the site of Izapa,  
considering how space was structured through the erection of stela and  
altar monuments, and the implications of the highly narrative imagery  
found on these sculptures. I will focus in particular on the images  
that feature avian transformation, which referenced a ruler's ability  
to communicate with the supernatural realm. Discussion will also turn  
to other symbols featured on the monuments that further illustrate  
rulers' emphasis on their supernatural powers as a foundation for  
claims to political authority
Julia Guernsey
Drew Science 118 (south of Old Main),
Hamline University
St. Paul, Minnesota
www.hamline.edu/mayasociety/MSM_LIST_lectures_and_worksh_Fall_2009.htm


Saturday, November 21, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
A Study Day at the British Museum
"Moctezuma’s Feast"
Explore the role of food and feasting in Aztec (Mexica) culture in  
this study day. Food offers a fascinating window into the world of the  
Aztecs
PROGRAMME
10.00–10.15
Opening remarks
Dr Rebecca Earle, Warwick University
10.15–11.00
"The origins of ‘Mexican’ food"
Professor Jeffrey Pilcher, University of Minnesota
11.00–11.45
"Maize in Mesoamerican mythology"
Professor Alfredo López Austin, UNAM 12.00–13.30
Lunch break – please make your own arrangements
13.30–14.15
"The view from the Metate: women and the Aztec world"
Dr Camilla Townsend, Rutgers
14.15–15.00
"Aztec banqueting: objects and artefacts"
Dr Colin McEwan, British Museum 15.00–15.30
Afternoon break
15.30–16.15
"The chocolate drink"
Dr Rebecca Earle, Warwick University
16.15–17.00
"Mexican cuisine today"
Patricia Quintana, Mexican chef and author
17.00–17.15
Concluding remarks
Dr Rebecca Earle, Warwick University
Please note that each presentation will last about twenty minutes, to  
allow ample opportunity to ask questions of the speaker, and for  
discussion.
BP Lecture Theatre
£28, concessions £18
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Moctezumas feast programme FINAL.pdf


November 21, 9:00 AM
Maya Society of Minnesota Workshop
"Stepping Back in Time: Middle Preclassic Ritual and Power at La Blanca"
This workshop will present recent data from ongoing archaeological  
investigations at the Middle Preclassic site of La Blanca, Guatemala,  
which is located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala.  La Blanca  
flourished between 900-600 BC, and was the major regional power along  
the coast and piedmont.  Upon its decline, sites such as Izapa rose to  
power within the same region.  A quatrefoil-shaped altar found at La  
Blanca that anticipates images seen at Izapa, San Bartolo, Takalik  
Abaj, and other Late Preclassic sites, will form the basis of  
discussion and illustrate Middle Preclassic antecedents for ritual  
patterns and imagery better known from later periods
Julia Guernsey
Giddens Learning Center 6s (the Anthropology Lab),
Hamline University(southeast corner of Hewitt and Snelling),
St.Paul, Minnesota
www.hamline.edu/mayasociety/MSM_LIST_lectures_and_worksh_Fall_2009.htm


November 28, 10:30 AM-5:00 PM
Institute of Archaeology UCL, London
South American Archaeology Seminar
Everyone is welcome. Please reply to b.sillar at ucl.ac.uk if you wish to  
confirm your participation and order your lunch.  A contribution of £5  
towards the cost of coffee, tea, lunch & administration will be  
required on the day.
10.30 am   Coffee
11.00 am  Bill Sillar (UCL), Sara Lunt (English Heritage) and Rob Ixer  
(Good Provenance) Potential sources and implications of the choice of  
andesite temper within classic style Inka pottery from Cuzco, did they  
really have to work that hard?
11.40 a.m. Diura Thoden Van Velzen  (Independent / UCL)  Zudañez  
Archaeological Project, Bolivia: work in progress
Lunch   (12.30-1.30 p.m.)
1.30 p.m.    William Brooks (U.S. Geological Survey)  Mercury and  
Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ancient Perú
2.10 p.m.  Mercedes Okumura (Cambridge University)  Mid-late Holocene  
Brazilian shellmounds: diet and disease
Tea      (3.0-3.30 p.m.)
3.30 p.m.  Carlos E. Rengifo  (University of East Anglia)  Tombs of  
Specialists at San Jose de Moro: the Construction of Social Identity  
during the First Millennium in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru
4.10 p.m. Quetta Kaye (UCL)  Evidence for inter-island transport of  
heirlooms: luminescence dating and petrographic analysis of ceramic  
inhaling bowls from Carriacou, West Indies.
This event is Co-sponsored by: The Institute for the Study of the  
Americas & The Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Institute of Archaeology UCL, 34 Gordon Square, London.
Dr.  Bill Sillar
Institute of Archaeology,
University College London,
31-34 Gordon Square,
London  WC1H 0PY ENGLAND
Ph: (0)20 7679 1538
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November 30, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Political Ecology of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico"
Dr. Paul Minns
Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Mother_Earth,_Father_Sky_2009.html

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