[Aztlan] Norman Hammond on La Milpa-London lecture

[michael ruggeri]

November 2, 5:00 PM
"Exploring La Milpa: a Classic Maya city in Belize"
Norman Hammond
This presentation discusses a decade of research by Professor Hammond,  
among the world's pre-eminent specialists in the ancient Maya, on a  
major Maya site buried in the rainforest in Belize since AD 850. La  
Milpa had a population estimated at 50,000 and a main plaza large  
enough to play two football World Cup finals side by side, but  
flourished for a relatively short time, unlike many other Maya cities.
Norman Hammond became Professor of Archaeology at Boston University in  
1988, and also Associate in Maya Archaeology at the Peabody Museum,  
Harvard University. His books include Lubaantun: a Classic Maya realm  
(1975), Ancient Maya Civilization (1982: 5th edn 1994 and various  
foreign translations, most recently Chinese, 2000), Nohmul: a  
Prehistoric Maya Community in Belize (1985) and Cuello: an early Maya  
community in Belize (1991), and he has also edited South Asian  
Archaeology (1973), The Archaeology of Afghanistan (1977, with  
F.R.Allchin), Afghan Studies 1 (1979), Social Process in Maya  
Prehistory (1977), Maya Archaeology and Ethnohistory (1979, with  
G.R.Willey),  and the Archaeology Proceedings of the 44th  
International Congress of Americanists (8 vols, 1983-84). Papers have  
appeared in journals ranging from Nature, Science and the Proceedings  
of the Royal Society to the Antiquaries Journal and Mexicon, and he is  
a member of the editorial boards of Ancient Mesoamerica and the  
Journal of Field Archaeology. Professor Hammond is a former Academic  
Trustee of the Archaeological Institute of America, and serves on  
several committees of the AIA's governing board; he is also a former  
member of Council of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and  
currently serves as Secretary for the Americas.
Venue : STB3/6 (Stewart House, basement)
Institute of Archaeology,
University College London,
31-34 Gordon Square,
London  WC1H 0PY ENGLAND
Ph: (0)20 7679 1538
Fax: (0)20 7383 2572