November Ancient America Lectures and Conferences
Wednesday, November 01, 7:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Fremont of Range Creek Canyon, Utah" Museum of Arts and Culture,
2316 W 1st Avenue
Spokane, Washington
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Thursday, November 02, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Fremont of Range Creek Canyon, Utah" Whitman College,
Olin Hall Room 130
(920 East Isaacs St.)
Walla Walla, Washington
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Thursday, November 2, 7:30 pm
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Lecture
"Sto:lo Shxweli: Reconciling Landscape, Power, and Material Remains in
the Archaeology of Fraser Valley, British Columbia" The lower Fraser
River Watershed of southwestern British Columbia - called S'ólh
Téméxw ('Our World') to the Stó:l ('People of the River') ˆ has
been a center of Northwest Coast archaeology for over 100 years. The
archaeological record of the region extends back 10,000 years. The
Stó:lo concept of shxweli is central to this way of understanding and
practicing archaeology. We focus on the 'Stone T'xwelátse' ˆ a
recently repatriated stone figure ˆ as a case study illustrating the
relationship between landscape, power, and material remains in the
archaeology of the Fraser Valley, B.C. Harry and Yvonne Lenart
Auditorium
Fowler Building, UCLA
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa
Friday November 3rd, 7:00 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC
"Olmec Monumental Art"
Claude-François Baudez
Since our Western art tradition has put such a prize on naturalism, we
tend to think that other civilizations valued it as much as we did and
do. I pretend that Olmec monumental art illustrates the opposite, and
suggest that the Olmecs most appreciated the anthropomorphic statues
that incorporated feline features, and disliked the very naturalistic
style of the colossal heads. The latter represented the severed heads of
ballplayers who were not only losers, but probably also enemies.
Therefore they could not claim the divine patronage of the jaguar, and
had to appear just as "plain", ugly people. Honorary director of
research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS. France),
archæologist, Claude-François Baudez has led several archæological
investigations in Costa Rica and Honduras to study poorly known cultures
of Mesoamerica and the Intermediate Area. He is also a Mayanist with a
special interest with iconography. He has been co-director of the French
Mission at Toniná, director of the first phase of the Copán Project,
and has studied iconography at Balamku (Campeche). He is the author of
several monographs on Central- American archæology, of numerous
articles on Maya iconography, of a book on Copán sculpture, and has
written a book on the history of the religion of the ancient Maya.
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the
Blue/Orange line). http://www.pcswdc.org/
Saturday, November 4, 2:00-5:00 PM
Northeast Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group (NutMEG) Lecture "The Aged
Creator: Patterns in Mesoamerican Belief Systems" Simon Martin
Before the meeting, anyone attending is invited to join the speaker and
other attendees for lunch at a local Indian restaurant; this restaurant
is also being selected, and will be specified in the follow-up message.
In order to give the restaurant an idea of how many to expect, please
notify John Justeson (justeson@gmail.com) if you are considering joining
us for lunch, by Friday, November 3. Location; Yale University
Room; TBA
Sunday, November 5, 1:30 -2:30 pm
Chicago Humanities Festival Presentation In recognition of the
Newberry's important fall exhibition, "Aztecs and the Making of Colonial
Mexico," the art historian and direc- tor of the Center for Latin
American Studies at Columbia University discusses notions of peace,
conflict, and warfare as they pertained to 16th century Aztec culture
and politics.
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
Chicago, Il.
Tickets must be purchased in advance ($5.00) 312-494-9509
www.chfestival.com
Wednesday, November 08, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"Pre-Hispanic Agriculture in Northern Coastal Peru" University of
Georgia,
Visual Arts Building,
Room 117,
Athens, Georgia
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
November 7th, 5:00 P.M.
Stanford Archaeology Center Distinguished Lecture Series Linda
Manzanilla, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, UNAM, Mexico
"Corporate organizations in Central Mexico during the Classic Period"
Stanford Archaeology Center
Stanford University
Building 500,
488 Escondido Mall
Stanford CA 94305
650 723 5731
http://archaeology.stanford.edu/lectures.html
November 8-11, 2006
63rd Annual Meeting -- Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Conference Hotel:
The DoubleTree Hotel
424 West Markham, Little Rock, AR, 72201 501-372-4371 fax 501-372-0518
http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2006seac.html
November 8-11
64th Plains Anthropological Conference 2006 Topeka, Kansas
http://www.plainsanth2006.org/schedule.shtml
Thursday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.
"Re-thinking Conquest: Spanish and Native Experiences in the Americans"
British historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto is the Prince of Asturias
Professor at Tufts University and a professorial fellow of Queen Mary
and visiting professor of global environmental history at the University
of London.
He is the author of many books, including "Ideas That Changed the World"
(2003) and "The Americas" (2003)
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building
Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington D.C,.
November 9, 5:15 p.m.
Stanford Archaeology Center Workshop
Linda Manzanilla, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, UNAM,
Mexico,
"Interdisciplinary Methodology for Activity Area Research at
Teotihuacan"
Sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center and the Mellon Foundation
Lectures at 5:15 with refreshments at 5:00 http://
archaeology.stanford.edu/workshop_series.html
Thursday, November 09, 7:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Future of Machu Picchu"
Rollins College, Bush Auditorium
Orlando, Florida
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
November 11, 1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Lecture
"Pre-Columbian Medicine"
Chalon Rodriquez, M.D
In this presentation, Dr. Chalon Rodriguez will discuss some aspects of
the practice of medicine, surgery and surgical procedures in Pre-
Columbian Incan, Aztec and Maya cultures. In these cultures, belief
systems and the art of cure were interrelated; medical art, religion and
magic were intertwined in everyday ancient life. These two factors also
influenced the technique, place and role employed by the shaman to heal
the sick person, as well as the particular herbs, animal parts or
minerals used to effect the cure. Dr. Rodriguez will utilize excerpts
from the commentaries of Sahagun, the Badianus manuscript, the
Florentine Codex, a 1552 Aztec herbal and Pre- Columbian ceramics to
illustrate the shamanic treatment of different diseases.
Dr. Rodriguez, a retired physician, is one of the founders of The Pre-
Columbian Society of Washington, D.C.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street,
Room 345
(Please check for directions at the Kress entrance desk.) Philadelphia,
PA
http://www.precolumbian.org/othermeetings.HTM
November 11-November 14
39th Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary "Decolonizing
Archaeology and the Post-Colonial Critique" The 2006 conference will
explore archaeology's relationship with colonialism and assess the value
of post-colonial approaches to archaeology.
Call for Papers:
We seek papers from diverse theoretical, political and social
standpoints that further the discussion of archaeology and the colonial
enterprise.
Some Mesoamerican-related papers to be presented include: (view all
abstracts)
Denise Brown, Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Falken Forshaw, Independent Scholar
"What in the World: Maya Astronomy and Architecture in Post-Colonial
Documents"
Kerry Hull, Department of English, Reitaku University (Japan) "The
"Coloring" of Colonial Maya Lexicons in Early Post-Conquest Mexico"
Gyles J. Iannone, Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) "Decolonizing
the Maya "Collapse"
Olaf Jaime-Rveron, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
"The post-colonial condition in the Mesoamerican past: The Case of the
Olmecs"
Geoffrey G. McCafferty and Sharisse McCafferty, Department of
Archaeology, University of Calgary
"De-Colonizing Malintzin: Feminist Archaeology to the Rescue!"
Citlalli C. Reynoso-Ramos, Benémérita Universidad Autónoma de
Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
"The Influence of Landscape Setting in the Interpretation of Cholula
Archaeological Site, Puebla, Mexico"
John Robertson, Department of Linguistics, Brigham Young University
"Moran's Colonial Manuscript: Its Contributions to Understanding Ancient
and Modern Mayan Linguistics"
Danny Zborover, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary "Mexico
and the People without History"
Danny Zborover, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary
"Mesoamerican 'Territorial-Narratives' as Tools of Propaganda and
Negotiation"
Chacmool Archaeological Association
University of Calgary
Department of Archaeology
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N1N4 Canada
Phone: (403) 220-7120
Email: arkyconf@ucalgary.ca
www.arky.ucalgary.ca/
Sunday, November 12, 2:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Classic Kingdoms of the Maya: New Discoveries, Novel Ideas"
Scarsdale Public Library,
Scarsdale, NY
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Tuesday, Noember 14, 5:00 P.M.
"Sacrifice as Reprocity: Aztec & Inca"
Dr. Esther Paztory
Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History Department
of Art and Archeology, Columbia University This lecture discusses the
role of human sacrifice in the visual culture and religious context of
two Pre-Columbian new world empires, the Aztec of Central Mexico and the
Inca of the Andean region of South America. Dr. Pasztory will compare
aspects of art and architecture with special emphasis on architectural
locations, natural settings and and visual imagery associated with
various forms of sacrificial ritual and its role in sustaining natural
cycles and providing ideological validation for political authority in
state level tribute empires. Please join us for an intriguing lecture by
this renowned scholar.
School of Art, Room 100
Northern Illinois University
De Kalb, Il.
http://www.niu.edu/visit/index.shtml
November 15, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"A Brief History of Mexico, from the Spanish Conquest to the French
Empire
and Maximilian"
Professor Mario Ferrante has the whole story from the time Hernán
Cortés arrived off the coast of Vercruz in 1519, to the brief
three-year rule of Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg in
1864.
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya,
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org
Thursday, November 16, 7:00-8:30pm
"Archaeology of the Platform Mounds and people of Mesa Grande and Pueblo
Grande"
This illustrated lecture and panel discussion is centered on the
archaeology of the platform mounds and the Hohokam people of Mesa Grande
and Pueblo Grande featured at Pueblo Grande Museum and Mesa Southwest
Museum, both of which are photographically featured in the aerial
photograph exhibit from Adriel Heisey currently in our changing gallery.
The exhibit galleries will be open from 6pm to 7pm for participants to
view the gallery prior to the lecture. Piueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PUEBLO/edsummry.html#TBJH
Thursday, November 16, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
Honey Bee Village Lecture Series
"New Insights on Honey Bee: Results of Current Excavations" Henry
Wallace,
Senior Research Archaeologist,
Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Oro Valley Public Library meeting room
1305 W. Naranja Dr.,
Oro Valley, Arizona
November 18, 10:00 am
"Chocolate and the Maya Underworld"
Simon Martin,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Ancient Maya art has left a rich body of images describing the Maya
Underworld and the pivotal role it plays in bringing life to the
agricultural cycle and to humankind itself. Central to this is the
journey of the Maize God into this dark abyss, his contests with the
lords of death, and his eventual rebirth as both a pillar of the world
and source of all sustenance.
This lecture presents recent findings on this mythic tale, the
forerunner to creation epic of the famed Popol Vuh ˜ set down by the
K'iche' Maya in the 16th-century. In particular, the talk emphasizes the
contribution of cacao, the seed from which chocolate is produced and the
most prized of product of the ancient Maya orchard. The stories of corn
and cacao prove to be intimately linked: one the basic foodstuff of a
whole civilization, the other a literal "cash crop" so valuable that it
was used as an ancient currency. de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA
http://www.thinker.org/
Tuesday, November 21, 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery Talk
"Death and Afterlife among the Aztecs"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html
November 22, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies - Fun and Games "The 2nd Annual Patolli Game"
Every aspect of Aztec life involved religion, sports and games.
Beginning with a short slide lecture of the game of Patolli and a
discussion of the rules of the game, those in attendance
will be divided into two teams. The game of chance will begin and allow
the
players to experience the same game that Montezuma and Cortés played.
Dr.
Anne Stewart will conduct the discussion and referee the game. Miami
Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org
AIA Lecture
"The Fremont of Range Creek Canyon, Utah" Museum of Arts and Culture,
2316 W 1st Avenue
Spokane, Washington
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Thursday, November 02, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Fremont of Range Creek Canyon, Utah" Whitman College,
Olin Hall Room 130
(920 East Isaacs St.)
Walla Walla, Washington
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Thursday, November 2, 7:30 pm
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Lecture
"Sto:lo Shxweli: Reconciling Landscape, Power, and Material Remains in
the Archaeology of Fraser Valley, British Columbia" The lower Fraser
River Watershed of southwestern British Columbia - called S'ólh
Téméxw ('Our World') to the Stó:l ('People of the River') ˆ has
been a center of Northwest Coast archaeology for over 100 years. The
archaeological record of the region extends back 10,000 years. The
Stó:lo concept of shxweli is central to this way of understanding and
practicing archaeology. We focus on the 'Stone T'xwelátse' ˆ a
recently repatriated stone figure ˆ as a case study illustrating the
relationship between landscape, power, and material remains in the
archaeology of the Fraser Valley, B.C. Harry and Yvonne Lenart
Auditorium
Fowler Building, UCLA
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa
Friday November 3rd, 7:00 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC
"Olmec Monumental Art"
Claude-François Baudez
Since our Western art tradition has put such a prize on naturalism, we
tend to think that other civilizations valued it as much as we did and
do. I pretend that Olmec monumental art illustrates the opposite, and
suggest that the Olmecs most appreciated the anthropomorphic statues
that incorporated feline features, and disliked the very naturalistic
style of the colossal heads. The latter represented the severed heads of
ballplayers who were not only losers, but probably also enemies.
Therefore they could not claim the divine patronage of the jaguar, and
had to appear just as "plain", ugly people. Honorary director of
research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS. France),
archæologist, Claude-François Baudez has led several archæological
investigations in Costa Rica and Honduras to study poorly known cultures
of Mesoamerica and the Intermediate Area. He is also a Mayanist with a
special interest with iconography. He has been co-director of the French
Mission at Toniná, director of the first phase of the Copán Project,
and has studied iconography at Balamku (Campeche). He is the author of
several monographs on Central- American archæology, of numerous
articles on Maya iconography, of a book on Copán sculpture, and has
written a book on the history of the religion of the ancient Maya.
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the
Blue/Orange line). http://www.pcswdc.org/
Saturday, November 4, 2:00-5:00 PM
Northeast Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group (NutMEG) Lecture "The Aged
Creator: Patterns in Mesoamerican Belief Systems" Simon Martin
Before the meeting, anyone attending is invited to join the speaker and
other attendees for lunch at a local Indian restaurant; this restaurant
is also being selected, and will be specified in the follow-up message.
In order to give the restaurant an idea of how many to expect, please
notify John Justeson (justeson@gmail.com) if you are considering joining
us for lunch, by Friday, November 3. Location; Yale University
Room; TBA
Sunday, November 5, 1:30 -2:30 pm
Chicago Humanities Festival Presentation In recognition of the
Newberry's important fall exhibition, "Aztecs and the Making of Colonial
Mexico," the art historian and direc- tor of the Center for Latin
American Studies at Columbia University discusses notions of peace,
conflict, and warfare as they pertained to 16th century Aztec culture
and politics.
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
Chicago, Il.
Tickets must be purchased in advance ($5.00) 312-494-9509
www.chfestival.com
Wednesday, November 08, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"Pre-Hispanic Agriculture in Northern Coastal Peru" University of
Georgia,
Visual Arts Building,
Room 117,
Athens, Georgia
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
November 7th, 5:00 P.M.
Stanford Archaeology Center Distinguished Lecture Series Linda
Manzanilla, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, UNAM, Mexico
"Corporate organizations in Central Mexico during the Classic Period"
Stanford Archaeology Center
Stanford University
Building 500,
488 Escondido Mall
Stanford CA 94305
650 723 5731
http://archaeology.stanford.edu/lectures.html
November 8-11, 2006
63rd Annual Meeting -- Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Conference Hotel:
The DoubleTree Hotel
424 West Markham, Little Rock, AR, 72201 501-372-4371 fax 501-372-0518
http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2006seac.html
November 8-11
64th Plains Anthropological Conference 2006 Topeka, Kansas
http://www.plainsanth2006.org/schedule.shtml
Thursday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.
"Re-thinking Conquest: Spanish and Native Experiences in the Americans"
British historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto is the Prince of Asturias
Professor at Tufts University and a professorial fellow of Queen Mary
and visiting professor of global environmental history at the University
of London.
He is the author of many books, including "Ideas That Changed the World"
(2003) and "The Americas" (2003)
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building
Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington D.C,.
November 9, 5:15 p.m.
Stanford Archaeology Center Workshop
Linda Manzanilla, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, UNAM,
Mexico,
"Interdisciplinary Methodology for Activity Area Research at
Teotihuacan"
Sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center and the Mellon Foundation
Lectures at 5:15 with refreshments at 5:00 http://
archaeology.stanford.edu/workshop_series.html
Thursday, November 09, 7:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Future of Machu Picchu"
Rollins College, Bush Auditorium
Orlando, Florida
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
November 11, 1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Lecture
"Pre-Columbian Medicine"
Chalon Rodriquez, M.D
In this presentation, Dr. Chalon Rodriguez will discuss some aspects of
the practice of medicine, surgery and surgical procedures in Pre-
Columbian Incan, Aztec and Maya cultures. In these cultures, belief
systems and the art of cure were interrelated; medical art, religion and
magic were intertwined in everyday ancient life. These two factors also
influenced the technique, place and role employed by the shaman to heal
the sick person, as well as the particular herbs, animal parts or
minerals used to effect the cure. Dr. Rodriguez will utilize excerpts
from the commentaries of Sahagun, the Badianus manuscript, the
Florentine Codex, a 1552 Aztec herbal and Pre- Columbian ceramics to
illustrate the shamanic treatment of different diseases.
Dr. Rodriguez, a retired physician, is one of the founders of The Pre-
Columbian Society of Washington, D.C.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street,
Room 345
(Please check for directions at the Kress entrance desk.) Philadelphia,
PA
http://www.precolumbian.org/othermeetings.HTM
November 11-November 14
39th Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary "Decolonizing
Archaeology and the Post-Colonial Critique" The 2006 conference will
explore archaeology's relationship with colonialism and assess the value
of post-colonial approaches to archaeology.
Call for Papers:
We seek papers from diverse theoretical, political and social
standpoints that further the discussion of archaeology and the colonial
enterprise.
Some Mesoamerican-related papers to be presented include: (view all
abstracts)
Denise Brown, Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Falken Forshaw, Independent Scholar
"What in the World: Maya Astronomy and Architecture in Post-Colonial
Documents"
Kerry Hull, Department of English, Reitaku University (Japan) "The
"Coloring" of Colonial Maya Lexicons in Early Post-Conquest Mexico"
Gyles J. Iannone, Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) "Decolonizing
the Maya "Collapse"
Olaf Jaime-Rveron, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
"The post-colonial condition in the Mesoamerican past: The Case of the
Olmecs"
Geoffrey G. McCafferty and Sharisse McCafferty, Department of
Archaeology, University of Calgary
"De-Colonizing Malintzin: Feminist Archaeology to the Rescue!"
Citlalli C. Reynoso-Ramos, Benémérita Universidad Autónoma de
Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
"The Influence of Landscape Setting in the Interpretation of Cholula
Archaeological Site, Puebla, Mexico"
John Robertson, Department of Linguistics, Brigham Young University
"Moran's Colonial Manuscript: Its Contributions to Understanding Ancient
and Modern Mayan Linguistics"
Danny Zborover, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary "Mexico
and the People without History"
Danny Zborover, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary
"Mesoamerican 'Territorial-Narratives' as Tools of Propaganda and
Negotiation"
Chacmool Archaeological Association
University of Calgary
Department of Archaeology
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N1N4 Canada
Phone: (403) 220-7120
Email: arkyconf@ucalgary.ca
www.arky.ucalgary.ca/
Sunday, November 12, 2:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"The Classic Kingdoms of the Maya: New Discoveries, Novel Ideas"
Scarsdale Public Library,
Scarsdale, NY
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all
Tuesday, Noember 14, 5:00 P.M.
"Sacrifice as Reprocity: Aztec & Inca"
Dr. Esther Paztory
Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History Department
of Art and Archeology, Columbia University This lecture discusses the
role of human sacrifice in the visual culture and religious context of
two Pre-Columbian new world empires, the Aztec of Central Mexico and the
Inca of the Andean region of South America. Dr. Pasztory will compare
aspects of art and architecture with special emphasis on architectural
locations, natural settings and and visual imagery associated with
various forms of sacrificial ritual and its role in sustaining natural
cycles and providing ideological validation for political authority in
state level tribute empires. Please join us for an intriguing lecture by
this renowned scholar.
School of Art, Room 100
Northern Illinois University
De Kalb, Il.
http://www.niu.edu/visit/index.shtml
November 15, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"A Brief History of Mexico, from the Spanish Conquest to the French
Empire
and Maximilian"
Professor Mario Ferrante has the whole story from the time Hernán
Cortés arrived off the coast of Vercruz in 1519, to the brief
three-year rule of Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg in
1864.
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya,
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org
Thursday, November 16, 7:00-8:30pm
"Archaeology of the Platform Mounds and people of Mesa Grande and Pueblo
Grande"
This illustrated lecture and panel discussion is centered on the
archaeology of the platform mounds and the Hohokam people of Mesa Grande
and Pueblo Grande featured at Pueblo Grande Museum and Mesa Southwest
Museum, both of which are photographically featured in the aerial
photograph exhibit from Adriel Heisey currently in our changing gallery.
The exhibit galleries will be open from 6pm to 7pm for participants to
view the gallery prior to the lecture. Piueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PUEBLO/edsummry.html#TBJH
Thursday, November 16, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
Honey Bee Village Lecture Series
"New Insights on Honey Bee: Results of Current Excavations" Henry
Wallace,
Senior Research Archaeologist,
Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Oro Valley Public Library meeting room
1305 W. Naranja Dr.,
Oro Valley, Arizona
November 18, 10:00 am
"Chocolate and the Maya Underworld"
Simon Martin,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Ancient Maya art has left a rich body of images describing the Maya
Underworld and the pivotal role it plays in bringing life to the
agricultural cycle and to humankind itself. Central to this is the
journey of the Maize God into this dark abyss, his contests with the
lords of death, and his eventual rebirth as both a pillar of the world
and source of all sustenance.
This lecture presents recent findings on this mythic tale, the
forerunner to creation epic of the famed Popol Vuh ˜ set down by the
K'iche' Maya in the 16th-century. In particular, the talk emphasizes the
contribution of cacao, the seed from which chocolate is produced and the
most prized of product of the ancient Maya orchard. The stories of corn
and cacao prove to be intimately linked: one the basic foodstuff of a
whole civilization, the other a literal "cash crop" so valuable that it
was used as an ancient currency. de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA
http://www.thinker.org/
Tuesday, November 21, 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery Talk
"Death and Afterlife among the Aztecs"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html
November 22, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies - Fun and Games "The 2nd Annual Patolli Game"
Every aspect of Aztec life involved religion, sports and games.
Beginning with a short slide lecture of the game of Patolli and a
discussion of the rules of the game, those in attendance
will be divided into two teams. The game of chance will begin and allow
the
players to experience the same game that Montezuma and Cortés played.
Dr.
Anne Stewart will conduct the discussion and referee the game. Miami
Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org
