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Review: American Indian Dance Theatre- "Dances from a Tribal Life"

2007-10-14T17:54:00.000-04:00

I always believed that the beauty of Native American dance would translate well to a theatrical venue as opposed to being limited to only powwows. After witnessing the latest performance of the American Indian Dance Theatre, "Dances from a Tribal Life," my belief was confirmed. This two hour performance brought together the best of traditional Native American dance mixed with modern interpretations resulting in a very mesmerizing show.

The program featured a newly staged Honoring Ceremony, in which the company pays tribute to the elders who have passed on the traditional dances to the younger generations; an Eastern Woodlands Suite of social dances common to many tribes on the east coast of North America; an Eagle Dance suite from the Hopi and Zuni pueblos; as well as dances paying tribute to some of the animals and birds revered by many tribes, including the deer and the buffalo.

Principal dancers of the company also performed solo renditions of many powwow favorites including Grass Dances, Men's and Women's Traditional Dances, Men's Fancy Dances, Women's Fancy Shawl Dance and the Hoop Dance.

It was great to see these young dancers dressed in the finest regalia performing traditional dances but I think the highlight of the show was when they came on stage dressed in "street clothes" and performed more modern dances. It was a great way to highlight the fact that Native Americans are not simply relics in a museum or history book but are part of the present and continue to evolve and grow culturally.

My only complaint is that the drummers and singers were all off stage. Luckily I sat in one of the first few rows and was able to see the musicians backstage while they performed. But most of the attendees sitting further back didn't have this same opportunity. The drummers and singers are as important a part of the performance as the dancers thus relegating them to an off stage location missed an opportunity to make the show even better for the audience. I've seen other cultural dance performances ranging from Cambodian to South African and they always had the musicians on stage and it added greatly to the overall experience.

Overall this was a very enjoyable performance and highly recommened to all. For tour dates and other info visit:

http://www.americanindiandancetheatre.com/

Exhibit: "Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee & British Delegations"

2007-10-11T12:37:00.000-04:00

Exhibit Location: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

Dates: Through Nov. 25, 2007

Website: http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/emissaries/index.html

Overview:

Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations presents two vivid mirror images- Cherokee society in 1762, as seen by a British lieutenant and diarist, Henry Timberlake, and British society of the same period, seen through the eyes of three Cherokee leaders who convinced Timberlake to bring them to Britain to meet King George III. The exhibit includes the items that comprised their daily life- weapons, peace pipes, eyeglasses, uniforms, clothing, tableware and jewelry. Emissaries presents 18th century Cherokee and British life with a fresh sense of discovery that we might have if time travel made our visit possible.

Exhibit is based on the book: "The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake"

About the book: "This is the first modern scholarly edition of what is considered the most detailed ethnographic account of Cherokee life in the late 18th century. Timberlake's memoirs describe the months he spent living with the Cherokees then escorting a delegation to London to meet King George III. He provides details of daily life, including ceremonies, games, the role of women, the preparation of food, and the creation of weapons, baskets, and pottery. This edition pairs the original text with extensive footnotes and annotiations, a new introduction, index, and more than 100 illustrations, including artifacts, maps, period artwork, and contemporary artwork."

Mississippian and Mound Builders Events

2007-10-10T14:59:00.000-04:00

November 1, 6:00-7:00 PM
Art Institute Of Chicago Lecture
Kent Reilly, Texas State University,
"Sacred Objects, Cosmic Vision in the Amerindian World"
Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/event?EventID=3554&EventType=5

Monday, February 04, 2008, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"From Colonization to Complexity: First Peopling to Monumental
Architecture in North America"
David Anderson, University of Tennessee (Stone Lecture)
Chan Auditorium,
Admin. Science Bldg., UAH
Central Florida (Orlando)

March 26 - March 30, 2008
Society of American Archaeology
73rd Annual Meeting
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://saa.org/meetings/index.html

Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PM
"The Koster Site (Illinois River Valley): a 21st Century Perspetive"
Prof. Jane E. Buikstra, Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological
Research, School of Human Evolution and Social Change,
Arizona State University.
Co-Sponsored by the St. Louis Community College - Meramec. South County
Campus
Multipurpose Room
4115 Meramec Bottom Road
at Lemay Ferry Road
Melville/Oakville.
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/aia/

Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
John Kelly, Washington University of St. Louis
"Cahokia's Mound 34 and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex"
University of Missouri-Kansas City, University Center, Pierson Hall
Kansas City

Saturday, December 06, 2008, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"Cahokia: An Ancient Kingdom in the Mississippi Valley"
Michael Fuller, St. Louis Community College- Meramec
Whitman College,
Kimball Hall,
Walla Walla

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2007 Powwow in Washington, DC

2007-05-25T14:43:00.000-04:00

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will hold its annual National Powwow in Washington, DC from August 10-12, 2007. This is one of the most colorful and awe-inspiring cultural events in the world.

Powwows are not reenactments of events held long ago. Powwow dances, songs, namings and other ceremonies have evolved over the years. Today's powwows contain elements of the original forms of cultural expressions as well as contemporary interpretations that celebrate the past.

Today's powwows reflect traditions of many Plains communities that share their customs, languages, songs, dances, and foods. The powwow extols the values of beauty, honor, and tradition by paying homage to past, present, and future generations through music, dance, namings, and other ceremonies.

A traditional element of powwows is to recognize the vfalor and courage of warriors through honoring songs and presentations. This year's National Powwow will acknowledge Native and non-Native men and women of the armed forces who will receive special honor in song, dance, and remembrance. All veterans are encouraged to attend, as their dedication and sacrifice will be recognized as we pay tribute to the voluntary service of American Indians in every war and conflict fought by the United States since the Revolutionary War.

The National Powwow will begin with the Grand Entry, a ceremonial procession of esteemed veterans and tribal leaders who bring in the traditional eagle staffs and the colors of their respective Nations along with the flag of the USA.

After the color guards and tribal dignitaries enter, a procession of dancers (hundreds upon hundreds of them) circle closer and closer to the center of the arena until the entire arena is filled with a spiralizing, unbroken circle of dancers. Drum after drum is invited to sing a song of tribute to the seemingly never-ending line of men, women, and children dancing as one. It's a breathtaking sight!

REVIEW: HBO's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" (Airs 5/27/07)

2007-05-10T23:48:00.000-04:00

HBO's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is not a good film. It is a great film! It is perhaps the greatest film yet made about America's Indian Wars of the 1800s. The events and characters are all known to us; in fact, have become legendary. Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians, William Tecumseh Sherman and the American Cavalry, Custer's Last Stand and the Wounded Knee Massacre are all part of our nation's mythology. Yet as with all legends, in time they become mere caricatures of the underlying reality on which they're based.

"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" does something very rare: it tells us a familiar story in such a fresh way that we are forced to see it with new eyes. The typical way of making a film on this topic is to dumb everything down to "white man evil, red man victim" or "red man savages, white man civilized." Yet this film deals with the complexities of these events in ways that make it impossible to make such simplistic judgements.

I found my sympathies continually shifting from red man to white man and back again. Over and over, back and forth. This is not an easy film. It does not give any answers but simply shows the reality of these tragic events from both the Indian and American perspectives. It is up to the viewer to decide what to make of it all.

I'm sure activists on both sides will dislike this film for this very reason. This film doesn't take sides. It shows the good and the bad of all those involved. It shows the missed opportunities and arrogance of both sides. It shows two cultures who seem unable to fully comprehend the other's needs. Sitting Bull seems unable or unwilling to accept that his world has changed forever and will never go back to the way it was. His resistance to this change leads him and his people to unnecessary hardships and his own eventual destruction.

Yet the Americans seem just as unable or unwilling to accept that it is not necessary to strip Indians of their culture and identity in order for them to participate fully and equally in American society. One can be both Indian and American without contradiction just as surely as one can be both Irish and American.

"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a smart film. It is an important film. It is a film that needed to be made and now it has been made. It says what needed to be said in exactly the way it needed to be said. The only problem with this film is that it is not being released theatrically. This film deserves to be on the big screen so that our entire nation can relearn what we thought we already knew.

For more info and to view the trailer visit the link below:

http://www.hbo.com/films/burymyheart/

Note: This review was based on a prescreening copy sent by the filmmakers for review purposes.

February Events

2007-02-13T19:51:00.000-05:00

Friday, February 2nd, 7:00 PM
PreColumbian Society of Washington DC Lecture "Nahuatl Potsherds, Or,
The Meanings of Ruined Things for Central Mexicans and Europeans"
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street,NW,
Washington, DC.
The school is at 17th and M Streets, across the street from National
Geographic. Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West
(on the Blue/Orange line) http://www.pcswdc.org/

February 2-4, 2007
The 4th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop "Murals and Painted
Texts by Maya Ah Tz'ibob" This year's symposium offers a glimpse of Maya
life through images and hieroglyphic texts painted by Maya scribes
called ah tz'ibob. Murals from the northern Maya area will be the focus
of discussions by archaeologists, epigraphers, and art historians, with
additional examples from elsewhere in the Maya world. We will explore
the earliest murals, recently discovered at Late Preclassic San Bartolo,
to the latest pre-Columbian examples from the Late Postclassic sites of
Mayapán and Tulum.
Friday, February 2, 7:00-8:00 PM
Keynote Address by Karl Taube:
"Windows to Another World: Murals of Ancient Mesoamerica." Free and open
to the public.
This talk will be held in the Freeman Auditorium on Tulane's campus. Our
keynote speaker, Dr. Karl Taube, will discuss his research on painted
imagery from the Preclassic to Postclassic Maya lowlands. Saturday,
February 3
All lectures on Saturday, February 3
will be held in the Freeman Auditorium.
9:00-9:15 AM; Preliminary remarks
9:15-10:00; Prehispanic Maya Paintings from the Architecture of the
Yucatán Peninsula: A Survey
Merideth Paxton
10:00-10:45; Murals and Painted Texts from Ek' Balam Alfonso Lacadena,
Leticia Vargas, and Víctor Castillo 10:45-11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00-11:45; Mural Painting at Chichén Itzá
Virginia Miller
11:45-12:30 PM; Postclassic Murals at Mayapán: A Window into the
Mesoamerican World View
Susan Milbrath and Carlos Peraza Lope
12:30-2:00LUNCH
2:00-2:45;
Acts of Creation and Kingship: The Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala
William Saturno
2:45-3:30; Early Classic Maya Paintings from the Holmul Region and the
Maya-
Teotihuacan Affair
Francisco Estrada-Belli
3:30-3:45 REFRESHMENt
BREAK
3:45-4:30; Conserving the Painted History of Chamá: Image, Text, and
Politics in Maya Polychrome Pottery
Elin Danien, Lynn Grant, and Gene Ware
4:30-5:00; DISCUSSION
Sunday, February 4
9:00-12:00 PM We welcome you to join the presenters on Sunday morning as
they gather for an informal discussion of their research as it relates
to the symposium theme.
STONE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Tulane University
100 Jones Hall
New Orleans LA 70118
ph: (504) 865-5164
rtsclas@tulane.edu

Saturday, February 3, 1:15 PM
Gallery talk
"Warriors and Weapons in Ancient Mexico" Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

February 5, 6:00 PM
Soutnwest Seminars Ancient Sites and Ancient Stories Lecture "Unraveling
Historical Myths: The View from San Marcos Pueblo" Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://SouthwestSeminars.org

Tuesday, February 6th, 3:30-5:00pm
C.J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
"Debating Chavín: A Critical Analysis of the Recent Excavations at
Chavín de Huántar, Peru."
Dr. Burger is a scholar in Pre-Columbian Peruvian studies, specializing
in the Formative Period (1800-200 BCE) and Chavin Horizon for over 20
years. He is the author of the most comprehensive volume to date on this
period of pre-Hispanic Peru: Chavin and the Origins of Andean
Civilization, Thames and Hudson (1992). His field excavations at sites
such as Chavín de Huántar and Huaricoto in the highlands, and Mina
Perdida, Cardal, and Manchay Bajo on the coast have fundamentally
advanced our understanding of Formative Period development and
interaction. Dr. Burger has further been involved in extensive research
on the studies of early Andean trade goods, material exchange, and food
consumption. In addition, Dr. Burger is Curator of the Peabody Museum of
Natural History at Yale University, which recently sponsored "Machu
Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas," an exhibition highlighting
Hiram Bingham's 1912 expedition to this renowned site.
The University of Texas at Austin
ART 1.102

Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 6:30 PM
"From Tenochtitlán to Mexico City: The Creation, Destruction, and Re-
creation of a Great American City"
Thomas B. F. Cummins, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of the History of Pre-
Columbian and Colonial Art
Single lecture $18; $12 for Members.
Registration is required; please call 617-495-4544. Harvard Universtiy
Museums
Norton Lecture Hall
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, MASS.
Harvard University Art Museums Fall http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/
events/lectureseries.html

Wednesday, February 7, 5:30 PM
Tom Dillehay, Vanderbilt University
"Living Monuments: Aesthetics and Spiritualism of Chilean Araucanian
Landscapes"
Illustrated
Tom Dillehay, Vanderbilt University
ICC Auditorium
Georgetown University
Washington DC
http://www.doaks.org/publiclectures.html

Wednesday, February 7, 7:30pm to 9:00pm "New-Found Solar Alignment
Petroglyph Site In South Mountain Park"
Community Room
Pueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
www.pueblogrande.org

February 8, 6:30-9:00 PM
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Seminar "Guatemala's Ancient
World of the Maya"
Michael Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, emeritus, at
Yale University Location: TBA-Washington, DC Home to the Maya
civilization, Guatemala is a center of stunning archaeological sites.
Archaeologist Michael Coe explores astounding ruins and unveils the
latest discoveries. Along the way, he enters the political and religious
world of the ancient Maya as revealed through their art and hieroglyphic
inscriptions. Coe begins by focusing on pre-Classic sites dating to the
dawn of Maya civilization (400 B.C.ˆ200 A.D.), including Kaminaljuyu,
the remote site of San Bartoloˆwhose wall murals tell the story of the
birth and death of the maize godˆand El Mirador, an enormous jungle
city with what is probably the world's largest pyramid. He then moves to
the great cities of the Classic period (200 A.D.ˆ900 A.D.), including
Tikal, a ceremonial metropolis spread over 25 square miles, and Piedras
Negras, a city on the River of Ruins (the Usumacinta River). Finally,
Coe discusses the likely reasons for the great collapse of the Classic
civilization.
Advance registration is required.
http://residentassociates.org/
(202) 357-3030 or (202) 252-0012
Email: CustomerService@ResidentAssociates.org

February 8, 7:30 PM
Pacific Coast Archaeology Society
"Between the Wetlands and the Coastal Prairie - 8,000 Years of
Prehistory in West Los Angeles"
Irvine Ranch Water District,
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue
(between the I-5 and I-405, next to the Post Office) Irvine, Calif.
http://www.pcas.org/meetings.html

February 10, 1:30 pm
Pre-Columbian Society of University of Pennsylvania "Xunantunich's Royal
Residence: Shifting Power and the Collapse." Richard Leventhal, PhD,
University of Pennsylvania Museum, Curator, American Sector: Excavations
in the 1990s of the ancient Maya city of Xunantunich in Belize revealed
new information about its Royal Residence during the Late Classic.
Large-scale shifts of the location of the royal residence within the
Xunantunich city center provide a picture of the shifting power
structure at the site and throughout the Maya lowlands during a time
period just prior to and leading into the collapse. In addition,
small-scale changes in the nature and form of the royal residence
provide us with a detailed picture of the shifting relationship between
the elite and the residents of Xunantunich, which helps us to understand
the nature of the city as well as the process of collapse leading to the
final abandonment of the southern Maya lowlands.
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Room 345
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.precolumbian.org/

Saturday, February 10
The East Texas Archeological Conference
Robert R. Muntz Library
University of Texas at Tyler Campus Tyler, Texas.
http://www.txarch.org/activities/calendar.html

February 10 and 11, 2007
The 35th Annual Midwest Conference on
Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory at SIUC, IL
Childhood Health and Morbidity in Ancient Chilean Cultural Groups: A
Preagricultural vs. Agricultural Comparison From Yaya-Mama to Tiwanaku:
Changing Materiality, Temporality, and Religious Ideology in altiplano
carved monolith traditions
What was the Tiwanaku Phenomenon? - Ceremonial Architecture at Palermo,
Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru
Post-Tiwanaku Ethnogenesis in the Coastal Moquegua Valley, Peru
The Ushnu of Viña del Cerro as a Site for Astronomical Observation and
Cult to Mountains in Atacama
Two calendars on Chuquibamba textiles
The Hospital of San Andrés (Lima, Peru) and the search for the Royal
Mummies of the Incas
The Yanaconas of Potosí: A Social Analysis of Labor in the Toledan
Visita
Environmental Coring in SW Guayas Province, Ecuador: Dating of Sequences
and Preliminary Results
Stone Structures and Temporary Encampments: Subsistence Patterns and
Residential Architecture at the Late Archaic Site of Caballete, Rio
Fortaleza, Perú
Episodes of War in the Early Horizon and Late Intermediate Period: New
Dates from the Fortress of Acaray, Huaura Valley, Peru
Warfare and Defensive Architecture on the Inca Frontier in Northern
Ecuador
Old Problems and New Issues and Evidence for the Archaeology of the
Central Coast: The Case of Cajamarquilla
Ideology and the Development of Social Power at the Site of Panquilma,
Peruvian Central Coast
Ceramic Traditions and Ethnohistorical Boundaries. Do they match? A case
from Conchucos, Ancash, Peru
Rethinking Funerary Analysis in Andean Archaeology: Perspective from
Sicán and Pachacamac
Archaeological Applications of a Portable XRF Spectrometer at Huaca
Loro, Peru: Results and Implications
Ceramic Production and State Control: A View from a Hinterland Middle
Sican Ceramic Workshop
Bioarchaeological Impacts of European Conquest in Peru: Health,
Identity, and Ethnogenesis in the Lambayeque Valley (AD 1536-1750)
Lawson Auditorium 161
Southern Illinois University
Carbonale, Illinois
http://www.pachacamac.net/midwest/

Sunday, February 11, 2:00 PM
"Wickliffe Mounds: A Mississippian Mound Center in Western Kentucky"
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Collinsville, Illinois
Interpretive Center Auditorium.
www.cahokiamounds.com

February 12, 6:00 PM
Soutnwest Seminars Ancient Sites and Ancient Stories Lecture "Living in
the Shadow of Chaco"
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://SouthwestSeminars.org

February 14-17, 2007
95th College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference New York
"Drawing Blood: Images of Sacrifice and Identity in the Americas, Pre-
Hispanic to Contemporary"
The image of blood evokes ideas of birth, death, regeneration,
fertility, purification, suffering and redemption. Consequently, blood
plays an integral role in human creative expression. In the Americas,
blood has a long visual history spanning the pre-Hispanic, Viceregal,
and Modern periods up to the present day. This session seeks to explore
the role of blood as an expression of sacrifice and identity in the
pictorial history of the Americas, past and present. Contact: Juliet
Wiersema Department of Art History and Archaeology University of
Maryland Email: jbwier@umd.edu or
Pamela Huckins
Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Email: pamela.huckins@nyu.edu

Friday, February 16, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Public Lecture Series
" The Great Caral Controversy: The Oldest City in the New World?"
Professor Michael Moseley
University of Florida
Author of "Inkas and their Ancestors"
Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium
Fowler Building, UCLA
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa

February 19, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Ancient Sites and Ancient Stories Lecture
"Comancitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of
Captivity and Redemption"
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://SouthwestSeminars.org

February 21, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization" Larry C. Peterson,
Professor, Acting Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Rosenstiel School
of Marine & Atmospheric Science, Marine Geology and Geophysics,
University of
Miami.
This program will summarize results of a study of undisturbed marine
sediments from the anoxic Cariaco Basin in the southern Caribbean Sea.
Changes in the chemical composition of these sediments reflect
variations in river input and the hydrological cycle over northern
tropical South America.
A seasonally resolved record of river input and regional rainfall shows
that
the collapse of Maya civilization in the Terminal Classic Period
occurred
during an extended regional dry period, punctuated by more intense
multiyear
droughts centered at approximately 810, 860, and 910 AD. These new data
suggest that a century-scale decline in rainfall put a general strain on
resources in the region, which was then exacerbated by more severe
drought
events, contributing to the social stresses that led to the Maya demise.
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya,
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org

Thursday, Feb. 22, 5:00 p.m
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA LECTURE "Memory and Materiality at
Chaco Canyon: Ritual Practice and the History of Great Houses" Dr.
Barbara Mills, Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Acting Head, Department
of Near Eastern
Studies, U. of Arizona
Tucson Society
Chavez Building Rm 110
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/WebCalendar/view_entry.php?id=117&date=20070216

Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.
The Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University in Winston- Salem,
NC
"/Apocalypto: /Fact and Fantasy in Mel Gibson's Maya World," a panel
discussion www.wfu.edu/moa

February 26, 6:00 PM
Soutnwest Seminars Ancient Sites and Ancient Stories Lecture "Dreams,
Myths and a World View"
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://SouthwestSeminars.org

Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 PM
AIA Lecture
"In the Shadow of the Sleeping Giant: Discovering Ancient Maya
Communities Along the Sibun River"
Pennsylvania State University,
Carpenter Hall, Room 107
University Park, PENN.
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all

February 28, 5:30 pm
Gordon R. Willey Lecture
"The Newly-Discovered Monumental Carved Monolith at the Aztec Great
Temple, and the Tomb of the Emperor Ahuizotl" Leonardo López Luján,
Senior Researcher and Professor of Archaeology at Museo del Templo
Mayor,
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology Geological Lecture Hall
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
within the Harvard campus.
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/new.html
February 28, 8:00-9:30 PM
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"Comparative Architecture Part II: Sites and Sights" Joaquín J.
Rodriguez III, P.E., SECB, Consulting Structural Engineer, is an elected
member of the IMS Board of Directors, having served as president from
2002 through 2005.
This program features a comparison of building construction techniques
through the ages and different civilizations. Part II will emphasize
examples of similar techniques from diverse cultures ˆ from the
Egyptians
and the Persians, up through Gothic architecture, to that of the Maya
and
the Inka.
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue
across from Vizcaya
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org

Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"In the Shadow of the Sleeping Giant: Discovering Ancient Maya
Communities Along the Sibun River"
Dickinson College,
Weiss Hall, Room 235
Chambersberg, PENN.
maggidic@dickinson.edu
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10124&society_code=all

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January Ancient America Events

2007-01-16T21:12:00.000-05:00

Thursday, January 11, 7:30 pm.
"The Role of Salmon Pueblo in the Chacoan and post-Chacoan Worlds of
the Middle San Juan Region"
Pueblo Grande Museum,
4619 E. Washington St.,
Phoenix, Arizona,
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id97

Jan. 12, 7:30 pm.
Houston Archaeological Society Lecture
"The Brushy Creek Clovis Site."
M.D. Anderson Hall (Building 20)
3900 Mt. Vernon
University of St. Thomas campus
http://www.txarch.org/activities/calendar.html

January 12-January 14, 2007
2007 Braunstein Symposium
"Figurines of Ancient Mesoamerica: Power and Guidance"
UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas,
Nevada This will be the second annual symposium of what is hoped to
be a long tradition of bringing scholars together to discuss and
discover selected topics of ancient Mesoamerican figurines.

Papers to be presented include:

Understanding the Use of Preclassic Articulated Pottery Figurines
from the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec - Violeta Vázquez Campa

Setting the Tone: Classic Maya Figurines in Performance and Music-
making - Christina Halperin

With Hands and Molds: An Analysis of the Technology of Figurines -
Matilde Ivic de Monterroso

Pots with Faces: A Comparative Analysis of Ceramic Vessels with Human
Faces from Eastern Guerrero - Mary E. Pye and Gerardo Gutierrez

Along the Rivers and through the Woods: Cancuén's Figural Contacts -
Erin Sears

The symposium is open to scholars and graduate students. Registration
for this event is limited, and will be handled on a first come, first
served basis.
The symposium is open to scholars and graduate students. Registration
for this event is limited, and will be handled on a first come, first
served basis.
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, UNLV 4505 Maryland Pkwy
Box 454012
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4012
Phone: (702) 895-1402
http://hrcweb.nevada.edu/ museum/

January 13, 1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Lecture
"From Site Q to Sak Nikte': Chronicle of a 40-year Classic Maya
Mystery"
About 40 years ago, some exquisite Classic Maya art pieces flooded
the antiquities market from an unknown site. A Yale graduate student,
Peter Mathews, came to believe that these monuments came from an as
yet unknown ancient Classic Maya city. He coined the moniker Site Q,
an abbreviation for the Spanish phrase Â¿sitio que?, or which site?
Thus began a decades long quest for the origin of these works of art
and for what else such a site could divulge. Eventually, scholars
eventually learned that Site Q was called anciently called Sak
Nikte', or White PlumerÃ a Flower, but its location remained a
mystery. Compelled by the mystery, they named the site La Corona for
the crown-like shape of one of its main architectural complexes and
suggested that La Corona was Site Q. In 2005, during a second
archaeological expedition to La Corona, Dr. Canuto confirmed that La
Corona was indeed Site Q by finding a perfectly preserved monument
bearing more than 140 carved hieroglyphs identical to those of Site
Q. He will address his findings in his January talk.
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.precolumbian.org/

Saturday, January 13, 1:15 PM
Gallery talk
"Animals and plants of the Ancient Mexicans"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

Sunday, January 14, 2:00 PM
"Dickson Mounds: New Perspectives on the Rise of Mississippian on the
Cahokia Frontier"
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Collinsville, Illinois
Interpretive Center Auditorium.
www.cahokiamounds.com

January 17, 8:00-9:30 pm
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"The Inka Trail to Machu Picchu: A Botanist's Perspective" Dr. Lauren
Raz,
Curator of the Herbarium at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Dr.
Lauren Raz's trip to the Inka trail was a fulfillment of a lifelong
dream, not a formal research expedition. In June of 2005, Lauren
hiked a portion of the Inka Trail with some colleagues from the New
York Botanical
Garden. This program will cover the most well known stretch of the
trail from the Sacred Valley, outside of Cuzco, to Machu Picchu.
Along this route
are hundreds of Inka sites, each one a window into Inka agricultural
and ceremonial life, and of these, Machu Picchu is the largest and
most well studied. The trail is also fascinating from a natural
history perspective
because it traverses several altitudinal zones, representing
different forest types and spectacular Andean flora.
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya,
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org

January 18, 5:00 PM
"Xunantunich's Royal Residence: Shifting Power and Collapse of an
Ancient Maya City"
(Sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center and the Mellon Foundation)
Stanford Archaeological Center
Building 500,
just off Stanford's Main Quad.
http://archaeology.stanford.edu/lectures.html

Friday, January 19, TBA
"Obsidian as a Commodity: It's Importance, Production, and Exchange
in Ancient Mesoamerica"
University of Kentucky
Department of Anthropology
211 Lafferty Hall
Lexington, KY
http://www.as.uky.edu/anthropology/museum%20of%20anthropology.htm

Saturday, January 20, 1:15 PM
Gallery talk
"Native American Sacred Landscapes"
Room 26
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

January 24, 8:00-9:30 pm
Institute of Maya Studies Lecture
"Comparative Architecture Part I: Materials and Methods – A
comparison of
building construction techniques through the ages and different
Civilizations"
Part I will emphasize wood and stone technology, properties and
assemblies, from wood beams and dry megalithic stone construction to
the arches, vaults and domes of the Egyptians and Minoans through the
Maya and
up to Gothic architecture. With an emphasis on material properties
Miami Museum of Science,
3280 South Miami Avenue,
across from Vizcaya,
Maya Hotline: 305-235-1192
http://mayastudies.org

January 28, 11:00 AM
"A Precolumbian Bestiary: Animal Imagery in the Ancient Americas"
Explores how different cultures of the ancient Americas used animal
imagery, including depictions of powerful predators, on objects
associated with every aspect of their lives.
Gallery Talk Stanchion,
Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum
New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp

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DECEMBER ANCIENT AMERICA EVENTS

2006-12-10T09:22:00.000-05:00

Friday, December 1
Precolumbian Society of Washington DC Lecture
"Paracas Textile"
Ann Peters, Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
Across the street from National Geographic. Metro: Farragut North (on
the red line) and Farragut West (on the Blue/Orange line).
http://www.pcswdc.org/

December 03, 1:00 pm
"Precolumbian Masks: Expressions of Reality"
Views several Precolumbian masks to explore Central American ideas
about the transformation from one identity or life stage to another.
Free with Museum admission
Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City

December 4-9, 2006
11th European Maya Conference
Malmö, Sweden
"Ecology, Power, and Religion in Maya Landscapes"
The European Association of Mayanists (Wayeb) welcomes scholars and
students to participate in the 11th European Maya Conference that
will be hosted by Malmö University, Sweden, December 4-9, 2006. The
conference combines a Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop (December 4-7) and a
Research Symposium (December 8-9). The theme of the 11th EMC Research
Symposium is "Ecology, Power, and Religion in Maya Landscapes."
Keynote speakers include Nicholas Dunning, Elizabeth Graham, Nikolai
Grube, Stephen Houston, and Karl Taube.
http://www.wayeb.org/indexemc.htm

Wednesday, December 6, 5:30 pm
Dumbarton Oaks Lecture
Patricia McAnany, Boston University
"Feeding a Hungry Landscape: Perception and Ritual Practice in
Ancestral Maya Societies"
Illustrated
ICC Auditorium at Georgetown University
WashingtonDC
http://www.doaks.org/publiclectures.html

Wednesday, December 6, 6:30 p.m.
Honey Bee Village Lecture Series
"Visualizing Hohokam Life: 3-D Computerized Models of Honey Bee Village"
Douglas Gann,
Preservation Archaeologist,
Center for Desert Archaeology
Oro Valley Public Library meeting room
1305 W. Naranja Dr.,
Oro Valley, Arizona
http://cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=322

Dec. 8, 2006, 7:30 pm.
Houston Archaeology Society
"Rock Art in Texas."
Reeda Peel,
Director -Texas Rock Art Data Base.
M.D. Anderson Hall (Building 20)
3900 Mt. Vernon
University of St. Thomas campus
Houston, Texas
Mt. Vernon is closed between W. Main and W. Alabama.
Street parking on Yoakum is the best bet.
The visitor parking garage on W. Alabama @ Graustark charge is $2.00.
Do not park in permit-only lots
http://www.houstonarcheology.org/nextmtg.html

December 9, 1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Lecture
"The War Club: An Important Moche Symbol." Elizabeth Benson,
Institute for Andean Studies
The Moche, or Mochica people, who lived on the desert north coast of
Peru in the first seven centuries of our era, produced ceramic art
and metallurgy that reveal much about their lives and beliefs. One of
the major motifs, appearing in many media and contexts, is a war
club. It, perhaps, should be called a mace, for it can be a staff of
office as well as an implement to bash a head. It appears as an
architectural embellishment, such as on a roof; it can be the sole
motif on a fine pottery bottle; it can be animated and have a human
head. What does this say about Moche belief and customs and about the
nature of warfare and ritual?
Elizabeth P. Benson set up the Pre-Columbian Collection at Dumbarton
Oaks in 1962, later becoming the curator of the collection. She then
started the publication, conference, and fellowship programs, and
became director of Pre-Columbian studies. She left Dumbarton Oaks at
the end of 1979, and is now a research associate of the Institute of
Andean Studies. She has published and lectured on several Pre-
Columbian fields but has worked mostly with the Moche. She has
recently been honored for this work by institutions in Austin, Texas,
Washington DC, and Lima, Peru.
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

Saturday, December 9, 10:00-1:30
Seminar
"Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico"
SL
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

Saturday, December 9, 1:15 pm
Gallery talk
"Snakes and dragons: roots of Mexican myth – a creative exploration"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

December 18, 7:30 PM
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture
"Prehistory of the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada"
Duval Auditorium,
University Medical Center,
1501 North Campbell Avenue (north of Speedway)
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml

Thursday December 21, 7:30-9:00 pm: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's
"Third Thursdays" program:
"Archaeology and Winter Solstice in a South American Culture"
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8,
in the Marana Town Limits, Arizona. http://oldpueblo.wordpress.com/

Friday, December 22, 1:15 pm
Gallery talk
"Games and Sports in Ancient Mexico
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

December 26, 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk
"Masterpiece of the Day: Aztec Coronation Stone" Gallery 100
Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/events.php?page=6&EventType=4

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November Ancient America Lectures and Conferences

2006-11-30T19:58:00.000-05:00

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

July Ancient America Lectures and Conferences

2006-07-03T10:55:00.000-04:00

Friday, July 7, 6:45 PM
PreColumbian Society of Washington DC Lecture "The Two Thousand Year
Evolution of the Khipu" William J Conklin
International Monetary Fund
700 19th Street, NW,
Washington, DC,
between G and H Streets.
Metro: Foggy Bottom and Farragut West. Street parking is available
after 6:30 pm.
Photo ID Required to check in
http://www.pcswdc.org/

July 08, 2:45 PM
"Recently Discovered Murals at Calakmul, Mexico" Ramón Carrasco
Vargas,
Director,
Calakmul archaeological project
This lecture is in Spanish and will be summarized in English directly
afterward by archaeologist Marinés Colón González. The Grace
Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City

July 08, 4:00 PM
"Mayan Life and World"
Ernesto Vargas Pacheco,
archaeologist,
Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas UNAM, Mexico.
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City

July 9, 2:00 PM
"Southwestern Colorado - An Ancestral Puebloan Homeland" Centennial
Lecture Series
Anasazi Heritage Center
Dolores, Colorado
www.co.blm.gov/ahc/spexbt.htm

Thursday, July 13
"Feathered Serpents and Scarlet Macaws; the Imagery of Casas Grandes
Ceramics"
Price Auditorium
Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/events?EventType=5

July 13, 11:00 AM
"Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings"
Early in the first millennium A.D., Maya kings portrayed themselves in
the roles and costumes of divinities. This exhibition includes kingly
regalia, depictions of the royalty's real and mythic actions, and
objects they used in these activities. The pieces range from large-scale
stone relief sculpture, to distinctively shaped ceramic vessels, to
objects carved of jade, shell, bone, and pearl. Gallery Talk Stanchion,
Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City

July 17-26, 2006
52nd Congreso Internacional de Americanistas Sevilla, Espaÿa
"The Role of Exchange and/or Colonization in the Pre-Tiwanaku Period in
the South Central Andes"
"Reflecting Ancient Plurality: Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the
Andes"
"Explaining the Civilization Origins in the Central Andes: A Regional
and Comparative Perspective"
chevalier@berkeley.edu
http://www.52ica.com/index.html

July 19, 11:00 AM
"Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings"
Early in the first millennium A.D., Maya kings portrayed themselves in
the roles and costumes of divinities. This exhibition includes kingly
regalia, depictions of the royalty's real and mythic actions, and
objects they used in these activities. The pieces range from large-scale
stone relief sculpture, to distinctively shaped ceramic vessels, to
objects carved of jade, shell, bone, and pearl. Gallery Talk Stanchion,
Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City

Thursday July 20, 7:30 to 9 p.m
"Casa Grande Ruins: The Early Years"
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program At the end of
the 20th century a large excavation project was conducted at the Grewe
archaeological site, immediately east of the Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument. Grewe was the original site of the Hohokam community that
between A.D. 550 and 1450 grew and shifted westward into what we now
recognize as the Casa Grande Ruins. In this program archaeologist Doug
Craig, who directed the Grewe Archaeological Research Project (GARP),
will discuss the more than 1,300 archaeological features that were
identified and investigated during the GARP including 271 structures, 3
or 4 adobe compounds, hundreds of pits, and other features such as
Hohokam canals, burials, and a ballcourt. Come and hear about the
Hohokam world according to GARP, which provided a whole new slant on the
overall picture of Hohokam cultural development.
520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8,
in the Marana Town Limits, Arizona
http://oldpueblo.wordpress.com/

July 26, 11:00 AM
"Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings"
Early in the first millennium A.D., Maya kings portrayed themselves in
the roles and costumes of divinities. This exhibition includes kingly
regalia, depictions of the royalty's real and mythic actions, and
objects they used in these activities. The pieces range from large-scale
stone relief sculpture, to distinctively shaped ceramic vessels, to
objects carved of jade, shell, bone, and pearl. Gallery Talk Stanchion,
Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Wednesday, July 26, 1:15 PM
"Art and Status in Native North America" Room 26
British Museum,
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

Thursday, July 27, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
"Saving the Past"
William H. Doelle, President and CEO of the Center for Desert
Archaeology, will discuss preservation archaeology and the creation of
the From Above exhibit.
Mesa Southwest Museum
Mesa, Arizona
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/getinvolved/events.php

Friday, July 28, 1:15 PM
"From Stones to Serpents: the Making of Mexican Turquoise Mosaics" Room
27
British Museum,
London, England
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/events/index.html

July 29, 1:00-2:00 PM
"Petroglyphs and Game Drives in Northeastern New Mexico" Archaeologist
Lawrence Loendorf has recently studied Rock cairn drive lines that are
part of elaborate ancient game drive systems are found across
northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado. In recent years,
archaeologists from New Mexico State University have discovered that
many of these sites have associated rock art depictions of small human
figures that appear to be driving animals toward nets or corrals. Animal
drive complexes are fairly common on the North American Plains, but the
interrelationship between rock art and archaeological drive sites is not
found at these sites. This added component of rock art scenes of game
drives, at the New Mexico and Colorado sites, is an important discovery
with implications for understanding whether rock art was done as
"hunting magic" or some other reason.
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Petroglyph National Monument's Las Imágenes Visitor Center 4735 Unser
Blvd. NW at Western Trail. Advanced registration is required and limited
to 25 participants. Contact Susanna Villanueva, 505-899-0205 ext. 332
http:// www.abqarchaeology.org/events.shtml

Red Queen Exhibition opens

2006-06-17T19:28:00.000-04:00

When: May 27, 2006 - September 24, 2006
Where: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Scottsdale,
Arizona
What:
Ricardo Mazal: La Tumba de la Reina Roja
from Reality to Abstraction

During routine archeological excavations in Palenque, Mexico, in
1994, workers found a pre-Columbian tomb and, within, the mummified
remains of a woman. The coffin was carved from a single slab of
limestone, embellished with jewels, gold and jade. Her remains were
accompanied by masks, necklaces, earrings and bracelets and—like the
area around the tomb—covered blanketed in cinnabar, a rich red
pigment. The Red Queen, who dates from ca. 600 A.D., is one of the
most important Mayan discoveries in decades.

Captivated by the first photos he saw of The Red Queen, Ricardo
Mazal, an accomplished abstract painter, was fascinated by the deep
red cinnabar that cloaked the Red Queen in her tomb. He traveled to
Palenque in 2002 to do in-depth research and to photograph the site
and its surrounding jungle environs. Struck by similarities these
digital images had to the forms in his previous paintings and
drawings, Mazal began to digitally transform the photographs to bring
them closer to abstraction, eventually translating these images into
dynamic abstract paintings.

Ricardo Mazal: La Tumba de la Reina Roja, from Reality to Abstraction
includes photographs, monotype studies, finished paintings and a
video documenting his processes. In these works, Mazal explores the
three "zones" of experience with pre-Columbian culture and
spirituality: the jungle, the stones and the tomb. As he immersed
himself in the mystical past of the Red Queen, Mazal was reconnected
with his Mexican heritage and embarked upon a narrative of personal
discovery that allowed him to explore universal, age old questions of
power, fame and mortality.

Organized by independent curator Elizabeth Ferrer in close
collaboration with the artist and SMoCA. Versions of the project were
shown at the Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and
the esteemed National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, in 2004
and 2005. Sponsored locally by the SMoCA Salon. Educational programs
sponsored in part by Willie Joffroy.