Here are events for the month of March that help reveal the ancient Native American civilizations of the Americas:
March 15, 2013, 7:30 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Lecture
"Ancient Maya Creator Gods"
Karen Bassie-Sweet,
Research Associate, Department of Archaeology,
University of Calgary,Canada; Director of Jolja Cave Project, Chiapas Mexico
Giddens Learning Center 100E,
Hamline University,
Saint Paul, Minnesota
http://sites.hamline.edu/mayasociety/
March 15, 5:30 PM
Dumbarton Oaks Lecture
"Sacrificial Blood, Death and Rebirth in Pre-Columbian Mural Painting"
María Teresa Uriarte
For centuries, cultures around the world have practiced ritual blood offerings and death by sacrifice. In ancient Mesoamerica, these practices were considered essential to rebirth, renewal, and the cycling of the world. A number of ancient murals, notably the spectacular paintings of Cacaxtla, Mexico, depict individuals engaged in offering blood. The paintings document the importance and antiquity of the practice and illustrate its role in a process of sacrifice, death and rebirth that lies at the heart of the Mesoamerican worldview.
María Teresa Uriarte is head of the Cultural Affairs department of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México (UNAM) and director of the project “La
pintura mural Prehispánica.” She is the author of over 40 publications and co-editor of Olmeca: balance y perspectivas and Pre-Columbian Architecture in Mesoamerica.
Reservations required: pre-columbian@doaks.org
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Washington DC
http://www.doaks.org/museum/museum-events/MariaTeresaUriarteLecture.pdf
March 15, 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery talk
"Aztec Turquoise Mosaics Under the Microscope"
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?...
March 16
2013 Midwest Mesoamericanists Meeting
Loyola University, Chicago
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall
6431 N. Sheridan Rd,
Chicago, Illinois
(Loyola El Stop)
First Lecture at 8:30 AM
Toponyms, Names, Polity, and Identity amongst the Classic Period Petexbatun Maya Jeff Buechler (UI Chicago)
Architectural Trends of Southern Quintana Roo: An Intra-Regional Examination of Variety in the Built Environment Lindsay Kay Robinson (UW Madison)
A Multiscalar Approach to Identify a Classic Maya Marketplace at Buenavista del Cayo, Belize Bernadette Cap (UW Madison)
Break
Plant Patterns and Sustainable Practices of the Maya: Past and Present
Colleen Lindsay (UI Urbana-Champaign)
A Mesoamerican Online Ethnobotanical Database Jon B Hageman (Northeastern Illinois), Kelsey O. Nordine (Wash U St. Louis), & David J. Goldstein (NPS - St. Croix)
Watery Landscape of Ancient Maya: Analysis of a Sediment Column from the Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize Jessica Harrison (UI Urbana-Champaign) & Heather McKillop (LSU)
Itza, Kowoj, and Chak’an Itza Obsidian Procurement Strategies: A pXRF Analysis of Small Projectile Weaponry from Petén, Guatemala
Nathan J. Meissner (SIU Carbondale), Prudence M. Rice (SIU Carbondale), &
Timothy W. Pugh (Queens College/CUNY)
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
Ritual Use of Animals in the Formative Mixteca Alta
Ayla M. Amadio (SIU Carbondale)
Reactivation of Sacred Landscape in the Last Great Maya City
Khristin Landry (UI Chicago)
A Monumental Maya Pilgrimage Shrine at Lake Mensabak, Chiapas
Joel Palka (UI Chicago)
Cholula and Cahokia
Alice B. Kehoe (Marquette)
A Re-examination of Predatory Animal Imagery at Teotihuacan, Mexico
Charles R. Stapleton (NIU)
Lightning in Mesoamerica: Manifestations and Transformations
John E. Staller (Independent Scholar)
What Lies Beneath: Carving on the Underside of Aztec Sculpture
Claudia Brittenham (U Chicago)
Break
Mesoamerican Copper: An Industry of Connections
Monette Bebow-Reinhard (Independent Scholar)
Further Adventures at Lake Mensabak, Chiapas: Dates, Obsidian, and West Mexican Metal Rebecca Deeb (UI Chicago)
The Curious Case of the Spouted Vessels
Helen Perlstein Pollard (MSU), Joshua Lieto (MSU), & A. Daniel Jones (MSU)
Accessing Value: A Study of Maya Middle Preclassic Pottery from the Western Petén Lakes Area of Guatemala Katherine E. South (SIU Carbondale)
Break
'The Dog’s Breakfast' and Tarascan Ceramic Petrography
Amy Hirshman (WVU)
Marine Fossils as Significant Objects in Maya Commoner Households
Lauren Herckis (U Pitt)
Manufacture of Shell Objects in a Formative Site in Oaxaca, Mexico
Maria Teresa Palomares (SIU Carbondale) & Felipe Nava (ENAH)
Break
Land Disputes and Colonial Representation in the Mexican Manuscript Known as the Relación de Michoacán Angelica Anfandor-Pujol (U Minnesota)
Xochihuia—Nahua Love Magic in Context León Garcia Garagarza (Newberry)
Historic Maya Warfare, Sacred Places and Divine Protection
Chris Hernandez (Northwestern) & Joel Palka (UI Chicago)
http://www.luc.edu/anthropology/midwestmesoamericanistmeetings2013/
March 16, 3:00 PM
Dumbarton Oaks Lecture
"Classic Maya Politicking: Perspectives from Three Monuments"
Sarah Jackson
The Classic Maya royal court developed as a full-fledged institution within the context of the often tumultuous years of the Late Classic period (ca. 600-900 CE). Research on its members and their roles reveals a strategically dynamic institution that was a productive locus of influence and power. Iconographic and hieroglyphic data shed light on the court as a political community, highlight the ways that this institution was variable and adaptable, and aid in identifying cultural metaphors that framed Maya understandings of the court.
Sarah Jackson is an anthropological archaeologist, specializing in the study of ancient Maya culture. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and is currently Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. Her first book is titled Politics of the Maya Court: Hierarchy and Change in the Late Classic Period.
Reservations required: museum@doaks.org
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Washington DC
http://www.doaks.org/museum/museum-events/SarahJacksonTalk.pdf
March 16, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Maya Society of Minnesota Workshop
"The Iconography of the Gods from the Popul Vuh and Classic Period Maya Art"
Karen Bassie-Sweet
Giddens Learning Center 6S - the Anthropology Lab,
Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota
http://sites.hamline.edu/mayasociety/
Courtesy Mike Ruggeri.
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