topiltzin-2091

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') – 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' – a
recently repatriated stone figure – 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
http://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


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
http://www.chfestival.com

Wednesday, November 08, 7:30 PM
AIA Lecture
"Pre-Hispanic Agriculture in Northern Coastal Peru" University of
Ge****a,
Visual Arts Building,
Room 117,
Athens, Ge****a
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
Do***ents"
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
http://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

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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


November 2, 2007
6th annual Sackler Art & Archaeology Symposium at the University of
Connecticut
"The Aztec Empire: Iconographies and Ideologies of Power"
The 6th annual Beverly and Raymond Sackler Art and Archaeology
Symposium investigates the nature of Aztec imperial organization. The
symposium addresses issues such as the Aztec promotion of hegemonic
(vs. strictly military) control over a diverse group of quasi-
independent city-states, and imperial integration of economics,
religion and politics in state rituals. Speakers will also examine the
complex interactions between ruling metropole and subject peoples.
Through these interactions, the central Aztec state negotiated
economic and social stability with its peripheral neighbors so as to
counteract political instability. Admission is free and a reception
follows.
Speakers include:
Dr. Michael E. Smith, Arizona State University
"Material culture of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico: local,
regional, and global patterns."
Dr. Cecelia Klein, University of California, Los Angeles
"From Clay to Stone: The Role of Ceramic Figurines in the Formation of
the Official Aztec Pantheon."
Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Northwestern University
"Cosmology at home"
Dr. Eulogio Guzmán, Boston Museum of Fine Arts School/Tufts University
"Iconographic Variability: Shifting Meanings in Aztec Sculpture and
the Political Expansion of the Mexica State"
Thomas. J. Dodd Research Center,
University of Connecticut,
405 Babbidge Road,
Storrs, CT
http://www.art.uconn.edu/events/sackler/sackler_2007.htm


Friday, November 2, 7:00 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture
" Title-Houses of the Living, Houses of the Dead: Excavation, Heritage
Preservation, and Community Development at Cerro Leon, Peru
Brian Billman, Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
President, MOCHE, Inc.
Sumner School, 1201 17th Street,
NW, Washington, DC.
Refreshments at 7:00 PM - lecture follows.
http://www.pcswdc.org/


November 2, 12:00 PM
American Indian Heritage Lecture Series
"Another Ghost of Courageous Adventurers: New Revelations about
Paleoindian Lifestyles in Vermont 11,000 Years Ago"
Dr. Stephen Loring,
Smithsonian Institution
Archaeological research in northern Vermont, coupled with observations
derived from contemporary Labrador Innu families, provides an exciting
window into the spirit world of ancient hunters and their descendants.
National Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
http://www.americanarchaeology.com/washingtonDC.html


Saturday, November 3
32nd Annual Rock Art Symposium
This year's Symposium will be held at the Otto Center at the San Diego
Zoo on Park Blvd. in San Diego's Balboa Park.
Seating is limited, so register early.
Registration is $35 for students and Museum members, $45 for general
admission, including a commemorative ceramic mug.
CALL FOR PAPERS
If you have rock art research to report, or a new discovery to
announce to the world, we can accept proposals for Rock Art 2007
papers until October 15, subject to available time on the program. To
submit a paper, send the title and a brief abstract by e-mail to
rockart@museumofman.org or by mail to Ken Hedges at the San Diego
Museum of Man, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101.
http://www.museumofman.org/html/events_rock_art_2007.html


Tuesday, November 6, 1:15 PM
Gallery Talk
"Materialising Myth in MesoAmerica"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/materialising_myth_mesoamerica.aspx


Tuesday, November 6, 6:45 to 9:15 p.m.
"Along the Royal Inca Highway"
The 3,200-mile Inca Road was built more than 500 years ago to link the
outposts of the Inca Empire. Join adventurer Karin Muller as she
provides a chronicle of the Inca and how they lived, worshipped, and
warred. She searches for remnants of the ancient road, offering a rare
glimpse into the descendants of the Inca that includes one of South
America's largest festivals in Oruru, Bolivia; the shearing of the
vicuna, whose fleece was once reserved for the Inca god-king; and
mysteries of the spirits at a shaman's rite. She also discusses the
role of coca leaves in Andean culture and the route along which coca's
modern counterpart, cocaine, is carried into Brazil.
Muller is an author, filmmaker, and photographer. She produced a PBS
do***entary and book, Along the Inca Road (National Geographic), which
is available for signing at the program.
Member
$30.00
Gen. Admission
$40.00
Senior Member
$27
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=85056


November 6, 7:30 PM
National Geographic Society Lecture
"Palenque and the Ancient Maya World"
George and David Stuart
National Geographic Society
Grosvenor Auditorium,
Washington, D.C.
In the 3,000 years between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500, the Maya created
one of the most distinctive and accomplished civilizations in the
Americas. Among the best known of the ancient Maya capitals was Lakamhá
-better known by its Spanish name, Palenque-which foremost Maya
experts George and David Stuart describe as being perhaps "the
greatest archaeological discovery in the Americas." This dynamic
father-son team, having completed two decades of work at the site and
currently distilling their findings into an upcoming illustrated book,
will tell the compelling story of Palenque-its rulers, unique social
structure, worldviews, and enduring architecture-and offer their keen
insights into the Classic Maya culture.
Part of the National Geographic Live! Lecture Series - Advance
registration is required.
National Geographic Society
Grosvenor Auditorium,
Washington, D.C.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com


Wednesday, November 7, 12:00 PM
Brown Bag Lecture
"Beyond Mounds and Pots: Digging into Amazonia's Largest Artifacts"
Anna Browne-Ribeiro (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)
Room 101 in the ARF
(2251 College Building)
University of California at Berkeley
http://sscl.berkeley.edu/arf/lectures/lectures.html


November 8, 7:30 PM
Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Lecture
Dr. Eleanora (Norrie) Robbins
"Middle Paleolithic Transport of Medicinal Plants to North America"
Irvine Ranch Water District,
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue (between the I-5 and I-405, next to the Post
Office) in Irvine,
http://www.pcas.org/meetings.html


Friday, November 9, 7:30 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Lecture
"Warrior Queens Among the Ancient Maya"
Kathryn Reese-Taylor
Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor is Associate Professor in the Department of
Archaeology, University of Calgary, Canada, Director of the Naachtun
Archaeological Project and Fellow of the Latin American Research
Centre.
Few women are associated with warfare in Maya art, and when depicted,
are shown most frequently in supporting roles. However, stelae from
Calakmul, Coba, Naachtun, and Naranjo portray queens as Warriors in
their own right. In these carved monuments, warrior queens stand atop
captive assuming positions of power in compositions accentuating
conquest. Moreover, each of the Calakmul and Naachtun stelae is
paired with another depicting the king in the same pose in order to
emphasize the corresponding roles played by both queen and king. This
paper discusses these examples of warrior queens among the Classic
Maya and the context in which they arose.
Drew Science Building,
Room 118,
Hamline University.
St. Paul, Minn.
http://www.hamline.edu/mayasociety/Lectures%20and%20Workshops%202007-2008.htm


Friday, November 9, 3:00 PM
"Polity and Placemaking at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz Mexico"
Chris Pool, University of Kentucky
Humanities 354.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NY AT ALBANY
http://www.albany.edu/anthro/speakerseries.htm


November 9, 12:00 PM
"Ten-Thousand Years in the Upper Potomac River Valley: The Archaeology
of the Barton Site
Dr. Robert Wall, Towson University
Excavations at the Barton Site near ***berland, Maryland, have
revealed a long sequence of human occupation that dates from
Paleoindian times to the early 1600s when the Susquehannocks
established a small settlement on the site. Ongoing investigation are
revealing significant details about life near the headwaters of the
Potomac over the last 10,000 years.
National Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
http://www.americanarchaeology.com/washingtonDC.html


Friday, November 9, 4:00pm-6:00pm
UCLA Friday Seminar Series
"New Data on Olmec Households in Veracruz, Mexico"
Fowler Seminar Room (A222)
UCLA
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/WebCalendar/view_entry.php?id=140&date=20071109


November 10
November 10, 1:30 PM
University of Pennsylvania Museum Pre-Columbian Society Lecture
"The Murals of El Zapotal, Veracruz, Mexico"
Cherra Wyllie, PhD: Assistant Professor of Art History, University of
Hartford
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia, Penn.
Room TBA
http://www.precolumbian.org/othermeetings.HTM


Saturday, November 10, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Workshop
"Results of the First Three Years of Investigations by the Proyecto
Arqueológico Naachtun."
Giddens Learning Center 6s
(the Anthropology Lab),
Hamline University.
This presentation summarizes the results of three seasons of
investigations at the Classic Maya centre of Naachtun. The first
season of study involved an extensive survey of the monuments at
Naachtun, while the second season focused on establishing a chronology
for the site and recording and excavating the central reservoir, the
Late Classic palace complex, and defensive fortifications found
throughout the site. Finally, the third season concentrated on
do***enting the earliest period of exponential growth at the site, the
Preclassic to Early Classic transition. In sum, our investigations
point to Naachtun as the dominant centre in the region as early as 150
CE.
http://www.hamline.edu/mayasociety/Lectures%20and%20Workshops%202007-2008.htm


Saturday, November 10, 8:30 AM-4:30pm
TEACHER WORKSHOP
Explore the Rise and Fall of the Classic Maya, with archaeologists
George and David Stuart. A father-and-son team of prominent
archaeologists shows how recent discoveries have shed new light on the
rise and mysterious collapse of this great Mesoamerican civilization.
Journey through The Field Museum's new permanent exhibition, The
Ancient Americas, and follow the story 13,000 years of cultural
complexities, connections to geography and understanding the rich
traditions of the Mayan peoples. Learn about the many resources and
materials for the classroom.
Field Museum of Chicago
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/CalendarSystem/Search_Type.asp?Type=LEC


Saturday, November 10, 10:00 AM
The 2007 Lewis K. Land Memorial Lecture:
"Windows to Another World: Murals and Flower Symbolism in Mesoamerica
and the American Southwest"
Karl A. Taube, University of California, Riverside
Koret Auditorium,
de Young Museum,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

November 10, 10:00am-1:00pm
Northwest Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group
John Justeson will speak on epi-Olmec decipherment and the text on a
Teotihuacan-style mask
SUNY Albany
Humanities Building Room 354


November 10-12
40th Annual Chacmool Conference
"Eat, Drink and Be Merry; The Archaeology of Foodways"
The 2007 Chacmool conference will be focusing on the archaeology of
foodways to examine the many approaches that can be taken to look at
eating, feasting, sustenance and food preparation. We are currently
soliciting papers and sessions for the conference. Forms for
submission of abstracts and proposals for sessions can be found in our
abstract submission section.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
http://www.arky.ucalgary.ca/Chacmool2007/index.htm


Sunday, November 11, 12:30 PM -1:30 PM
Chicago Humanities Festival
"Transformations in the Maya World During the 9th Century "Collapse"
Elizabeth Pope
By examining shifts visible in the archaeological and artistic
records, the Art Institute's Pope will offer several theories that
explain the Classic period Maya "collapse." She links the abandonment
of the Classic Lowland cities and apparent changes in Maya cultural
systems observable in the Post-Classic period to the underlying Maya
beliefs about cycles of creation and destruction. Far from
experiencing
a Classic period "extinction," Maya culture was a dynamic system that
changed in response to stresses in the cultural, economic, and
environmental realms.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Il


Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 PM
"Rise and Fall of the Classic Maya"
Join this father and son team of prominent archaeologists as they show
how recent discoveries have shed new light on the rise and mysterious
collapse of this great Mesoamerican civilization.
Field Museum of Chicago
James Simpson Theater
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/CalendarSystem/Search_Type.asp?Type=LEC


Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 PM
"The Enigmatic Mystery of Chacoan Cylinder Jars"
There are only 210 known ceramic cylinder jars in the prehispanic
American Southwest. 192 of those come from Pueblo Bonito in Chaco
Canyon. Patricia Crown, professor of anthropology at the University of
New Mexico, explores the production of the unusual vessels and reveals
new insights into their use at Chaco.
Center for English as a Second Language,
Room 102 (one building east of Arizona State Museum North
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/index.shtml


November 13, 5:15 p.m.
"Pomp and Cir***stance: Cities in a Maya Landscape"
About our speaker: Most of Professor Pyburn's primary research has
taken place in Belize, where she has directed major excavations and
general mapping and reconnaissance in the remains of three ancient
Maya cities. The focus of her research in Belize has been on
understanding and reconstructing very large systems of human
organization that developed before the modern world system, for which
the Maya provide a crucial example as one of the few places in the
world where urbanism developed independently.
Lecture Abstract
In this lecture K Anne Pyburn will consider commercialism as a
stimulus to the development of ancient Maya cities. She shifts focus
from production and prestige economy, which have been the subject of
much archaeological reasearch and theorizing, to consumption by
ordinary households, which is less often discussed. Professor Pyburn
does not propose consumerism as a prime mover for the rise of cities,
nor does she visualize ancient Maya traders as canoe - born
capitalists. She proposes that consumer culture is not exclusively a
product of modern capitalism (contra Campbell 1987, McCracken 1988 and
others), and that certain archaeological patterns suggest that a
healthy trade in commodities contributed to Maya urbanism.
Archaeology Center
Building 500
Stanford University
http://archaeology.stanford.edu/lectures.html


November 14, 12:00 PM
Brown Bag Lecture
"Transport in the Prehispanic Andes: Archaeological and ethnographic
investigations"
Nico Tripcevich, PhD (Archaeological Research Facility)
Room 101 in the ARF
(2251 College Building)
University of California, Berkeley
http://sscl.berkeley.edu/arf/lectures/lectures.html


Monday, November 19, 12:00 PM
"Shamanism and Rock Art"
The interpretation of rock art is one of the most vexing problems in
archaeology. American Indian shamanism has provided one of the most
popular contexts for rock art interpretation, but also some of the
most heated controversy. In this lecture, Ken Hedges will present an
overview of shamanism and rock art, outlining the ways we can use
shamanism to give insight into rock art images while avoiding the
pitfalls of an oversimplified shamanistic model.
Gill Auditorium.
San Diego Museum of Man
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, California
http://www.museumofman.org/html/education_publicprograms.html#Nov19


Saturday November 24
Andean Seminar
The Institute for the Study of the Americas & The Institute of
Archaeology, UCL
10.30 am Coffee
11.00 am William Gosling (The Open University) Holocene fire and
occupation in the Amazonia
11.30 am Michael Frogley (University of Sus***) Mites, mud and the
rise and fall of the Inca: oribatid mite abundances as indicators of
domestic animal densities
12.00 noon Trish Biers (Cambridge University) The Puruchuco-
Huaquerones Bioarchaeology Project: recent research at an Inka
cemetery in Lima, Peru
Lunch
2.00 pm Charles Stanish, Ran Boytner (Cotsen Institute of
Archaeology, UCLA) and Aimee Plourde (Institute of Archaeology, UCL)
Revising the Later Prehistory of the South Central Andes: New Data
from the Atacama and Northern Titicaca Basin.
Tea
3.45 pm Cesar Astuhuaman (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) Mining and
Archaeology: the Rio Blanco Project within the Highlands of Piura,
Peru
4.15 pm Frank Meddens (Preconstruct Archaeology) Sacred space and
continuity in Ayacucho; results of recent work
6th floor seminar room,
The Institute of Archaeology,
UCL; University College London,
34 Gordon Square,
WC1H 0PY (near Euston Train Station)


November 24, 11:00 a.m.
Gallery Talk
"A Precolumbian Bestiary: Animal Imagery in the Ancient Americas"
Stanchion, Great Hall
Metropolitan Museum
NY City
http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp


Friday, November 30, 4:00pm-6:00pm
UCLA Friday Seminar Series
"Household Archaeology, Volcanoes, Remote Sensing, and Social Memory
in Ancient Costa Rica"
Fowler Seminar Room (A222)
UCLA
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/WebCalendar/view_entry.php?id=145&date=20071130


November 30, 12:00 PM
"Ancient Peoples and Ancient Shorelines: New Discoveries in the Search
for the Earliest North Americans"
Dr. Dennis Stanford,
Smithsonian Institution
For over thirty years Dr. Stanford has researched for the traces of
the earliest people in North America, an odyssey that has taken him
from Alaska to Texas to the remnant shorelines of Pleistocene Europe
and now to the Chesapeake Bay where an exciting suite of sites holds
tantalizing clues about the colonization of ancient North America.
National Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
http://www.americanarchaeology.com/washingtonDC.html


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