February 2014 Ancient Americas Lectures and Conferences February 3, 6:00 PM Southwest Seminars Lecture “Spectacular Recent Finds at Woodrow Ruin Complex; A Mimbres Site Jacob William Sedig Hotel Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico southwestseminars.org/SWS/Ancient_Sites_1_2014.html February 3, 6:30 PM AIA Lecture Seven Aztec and Inca Plants that Changed the World: Maize, Tomato, Chocolate, Potato, Coca, Qinoa, Cinchona” Patrick Hunt Although the Aztecs and Inca did not originate use of these new World plants (maize, tomato, cacao, potato, coca, qinoa), their sophisticated botanical heritage and agricultural practices were well suited to develop these food and medicinal sources for their societies. Some Aztec chinampa remains can still be seen in Mexico today along the former Lake Texcoco at Xochimilco. Chocolate was a beverage of elite Mexica and thought to have health benefits now confirmed. When the Spanish conquistadores and their parochial scientists became familiar with these plants and their uses (from codices, ethnographic accounts and shamans or amauta officials, each amply illustrated in this lecture), living samples and seeds were taken back to Europe and the plants eventually grown there (note Frederick the Great of Prussia even mandated potato farming in 18th century Prussia). Cinchona is the South American (Western Amazon) indigenous source for quinine as a medicine for malaria. Italian cuisine could hardly be imagined without tomato sauce for pastas and Pizza Margherita or corn for polenta. Modern medicine has incorporated synthesized coca in analgesics (e.g., novocaine, trocaine). These are just a few ways New World plants have transformed history. The lecturer has studied the history of these important plants and has given invited papers (e.g. Oxford University, Society of Latin American Studies, Jesus College 1990) and has consulted (also by invitation) with Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology for New World exhibitions. The lecturer is a Research Associate in Archeoethnobotany at the Institute of EthnoMedicine among other academic affiliations. Barnard College New York, NY archaeological.org/events/12263 February 4, 7:45 PM Oregon Archaeological Society (OAS) February Lecture “Fremont Rock Art on the Southwestern Wyoming Frontier” Dr. Jim Keyser. Fremont rock art, best known from the large, elaborate figures of the Classic Vernal Style, is widely known to all rock art aficionados. Although Fremont occupation and rock art has long been rumored to exist in southwestern Wyoming , the only images so far published have not been particularly convincing. Recent OAS rock art research in the area has resulted in the identification and recording of sites that demonstrate, beyond a doubt, that there was a strong Fremont presence in southwestern Wyoming. Keyser has conducted rock art research across western North America. He also has an ongoing research interest in European rock art in France, Spain, and Italy. He is a member of the Science Advisory Committee for the Study of Chauvet Cave (France), and is listed in Whos Who in Rock Art. Prior to retirement, he served for 27 years as a regional archeologist for the U.S. Forest Service. He maintains faculty affiliation with the University of Montana and has more than 150 archaeology publications of which more than 100 concern rock art, robe art, or ledger art. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) 1945 SE Water Av, Portland, Oregon oregonarchaeological.org February 4, 7:00 PM Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society Lecture Results of the Hovenweep Pottery Analysis Project, Year 2” Jonathan Till Till’s presentation will focus on Abajo Archaeologys second year of work with the Hovenweep pottery analysis project, including typological, temper, rim arc, and design style analyses of sherds from particular sites in the Hovenweep landscape. Jonathan Till has lived and worked as an archaeologist in the Four Corners region for more than 20 years. Till has worked with a variety of organizations, including Abajo Archaeology, Crow Canyon, and Edge of Cedars Museum. Contact Kari Schleher at 505-269-4475 with questions. Methodist Church, 515 Park Street, Cortez, Colorado (NO URL) February 4, 7:00 PM St. Augustine Archaeological Association Lecture Latest Discoveries at the Miami Circle Site Archaeologist Bob Carr will update on excavations at the high profile pre-contact site in MIami. Flagler Room Flager College St. Augustine, Florida https://saaa.shutterfly/ February 5, 12:00 PM Art Institute of Chicago Express Talk Peruvian Gold” Gallery 100 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois artic.edu/node/3680 February 5, 7:30 PM Pueblo Grande Museum Lecture The Ancient and Modern Maya of Guatemala and Honduras Todd Bostwick, PhD, Verde Valley Archaeology Center & PaleoWest Archaeology The Maya Culture of Central America is considered one of the most advanced of all the ancient civilizations on earth. They built impressive temples and palaces, created beautiful arts and crafts, had a sophisticated writing system, and developed complex calendars that continue to amaze us today. In this program, Dr. Bostwick will discuss his recent trip to Guatemala and Honduras where he visited with living Maya people, witnessed some of their ceremonies, and toured ancient Mayan archaeology sites, including the incredible World Heritage sites of Tikal and Copan. Pueblo Pueblo Grande Museum Phoenix, Arizona phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo/calendar/index.html February 5, 12:00 PM UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Survey and Settlement on the Peruvian South Coast: The LIP Chincha Kingdom (and a Little Paracas, Too) Fowler Museum Building, Room A222 UCLA Los Angeles, California ioa.ucla.edu/news-events/events-calendar/pizza-talk-survey-and-settlement-on-the-peruvian-south-coast-the-lip-chincha-kingdom-and-a-little-paracas-too February 6, 7:00 PM Midland Archeological Society Monthly Meeting “The Blackwater Draw Site and Clovis Caches in North America. Dr. David Kilby, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University. Dr. Kilby will consider 20 potential Clovis caches, seeking to understand their distribution, their functions, and their potential for furthering our knowledge of Clovis adaptations. Sibley Nature Center, 1307 East Wadley Avenue, Midland, Texas txarch.org/calendar/evt_detail.php?calid=784&month=2&year=2014 February 6, 5:30 PM The Dumbarton Oaks Museum Lecture Bringing the Pre-Columbian World to Life: The Scholars Role in Entertainment Media An Illustrated Lecture by John Pohl In popular culture, ancient civilizations have often been portrayed as mysterious worlds far removed from our own. From the costume dramas of the 1950s and 60s to the feature films of the 21st century, Hollywood has conjured a great variety of epochs and characters, yet it has continuously struggled to represent the ancient Americas. Dr. Pohl has decades of experience documenting the Pre-Columbian past in scholarly publications, as well as bringing it to life in films. He provides unique insight into the reasons for the movie industry’s challenges in representing the ancient civilizations of the Americas. JOHN M.D. POHL is Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Art History at UCLA. A specialist in the ancient art and writing of Mexico, Dr. Pohl is noted for bringing the ancient past to life using a wide variety of media and techniques. He has contributed to feature film production design with Dreamworks SKG, and to museum exhibition development with the Walt Disney Company’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Princeton University Art Museum. His most recent endeavors include the acclaimed exhibitions, “The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire,” for the Getty Villa Museum (2010) and “The Children of Plumed Serpent, the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico,” for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Dallas Museum of Art (2012). Dr. Pohl has published numerous books and articles including Exploring Mesoamerica and The Legend of Lord Eight Deer. Space is limited and reservations are required. RSVP to [email protected]. Lecture is followed by light refreshments. Dumbarton Oaks Museum Washington DC doaks.org/news-events/events/bringing-the-pre-columbian-world-to-life-the-scholars-role-in-entertainment-media February 7, 6:45 PM Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC February Lecture Rethinking Maya Heritage: Preservation Models for the Future Richard M. Leventhal, PhD Maya culture is usually identified through the spectacular ruins of a once great civilization lost in the jungles of Central America. Although the Maya people today see some continuities and connections to this ancient culture, they see an even stronger and direct connection to their recent history and heritage of the 19th century. The Caste War rebellion in the Yucatan of the mid 19th century is a critical historical moment for the modern Maya of the region and is reflected in the more recent Zapatista movement of Chiapas. These continuities and changes in the representation of the Maya past are the focal point for this talk. A new community development and preservation project in this region highlights a Maya view of history and the past. This type of community project highlights issues of contested heritage and provides a model for the identification and preservation of heritage in the future. Richard M. Leventhal is the Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania Cultural Heritage Center, Professor in Penn’s Department of Anthropology, and Curator in the American Section at the Penn Museum. His current work focuses on preservation of cultural heritage and cultural sites, on prevention of the looting of global heritage resources, on museum acquisition policies, and on the relationship between heritage and economic development within indigenous communities. Dr. Leventhal has served as the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; the President and CEO of the School of American Research in Santa Fe; Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA; Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCLA; and Director of the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies at SUNY-Albany. Dr. Leventhal received his BA and PhD in anthropology from Harvard University. Sumner School 17th & M Streets, N.W Washington DC pcswdc.org/monthly_lecture.php February 7, 12:15 PM Middle American Research Instiitute Brown Bag Zapo-Teotihuacanos or Teo-Zapotecs?: New Insights on the Zapotec-Teotihuacan Connection in Central Mexico” Haley Holt Mehta Haley Holt Mehta, a PhD Candidate in the department of Anthropology, will present on her dissertation research in Central Mexico in a talk entitled: “Zapo-Teotihuacanos or Teo-Zapotecs? New Insights on the Zapotec-Teotihuacan Connection in Central Mexico.” Dinwiddie Hall Room 305 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/1456/MARI-Brown-Bag-Haley-Holt-Mehta-Zapo-Teotihuacanos-or-Teo-Zapotecs-New-Insights-on-the-Zapotec-Teotihuacan-Connection-in-Central-Mexico February 7-8 Speaking and Writing Aztec (Nahuatl); The First London Nahuatl Study Day and Workshops Friday 7th – Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House 17:30 18:00 Registration 18:00-18-05 Welcome address by Professor Linda Newson, Director of ILAS 18:05-18:20 Introduction and Aims of the Workshop by Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano, UCL Institute of Archaeology 18:20-19:20 Inaugural Lecture “The Unconquered Nahuatl Language” Dr. Patrick Johansson (Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas. National University of Mexico) Saturday 8th – Deller Hall, Senate House 9:30-10:00 Registration 10:00 -10:10 Welcome and Introduction 10:10-11: 15 Writing in Images. Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano, UCL Institute of Archaeology 11:00-11:45 Coffee Break 11:45-1:00 Introductory Level Workshop on Aztec Pictorial Writing. Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano 1:00-2:30 Lunch Break 2:30- 3:30 Introduction to the Nahuatl Language. Dr. Patrick Johansson, Institute de Investigaciones Históricas, National University of Mexico 3:30-4:00 Tea Break 4:00-5:00 Introductory Level Workshop to the Nahuatl (Aztec) Language. Dr. Patrick Johansson 5:00-5:30 Closing Address The lecture is free and open to all. To attend please RSVP to [email protected] The Study Day requires registration: £15 students/unwaged- £20 standard (Fee doesn’t include lunch) Senate House, Malet Street, London, England ilas.sas.ac.uk/ February 7-9 Louisiana Archaeological Society 40th Annual Meeting The 2014 Annual LAS meeting will be held February 7-9, 2014 on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The reception is from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Williamson Museum on Friday, February 7. Exhibits, book sales, and a silent auction are scheduled from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, February 8 in the NSU Student Union Ballroom, and the LAS business meeting isscheduled for 5:00 pm on February 8 in the NSU Student Union Ballroom. The banquetis scheduled for 7:00 pm in the NSU Student Union Ballroom where Dr. Thomas Guderjan will deliver the Keynote address New Perspectives on Two Decades of Research on the Ancient Maya of Belize. As the conference is hosted on the Northwestern State University campus there is no conference hotel. Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana laarchaeology.org/annual.html February 8, 1:30 PM Pre-Columbian Society at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology February Lecture Pre-Columbian Engineering in US Films. Richard C. Shupp, PhD: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Lafayette College, Easton, PA The anticipated Maya apocalypse in 2012 spawned a number of Hollywood films that suggested a broad spectrum of possible outcomes. Some films were intensely sentimental, and others were stunningly gruesome. Most, however, were just amusingly ridiculous. Grossly inaccurate depictions of Pre-Columbian civilizations abound in American movies. For the past several months, a group of Lafayette College students and Professor Shupp have researched the images of Pre-Columbian engineering as it has been portrayed in American film. They will illustrate their talk with video clips from the films they have identified and analyzed and share their observations and conclusions. Room 345 3260 South Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania precolumbian.org/nextmeeting.HTM February 8, 1:00 PM Angel Mounds Lecture Series Mississippian Cosmology” April Sievert, Director & Senior Lecturer in Anthropology 8215 Pollack Ave, Evansville, Indiana angelmounds.org/events/special-event-listing/ February 8 Alabama Archaeological Society’s Winter Meeting At 4pm, the featured speaker will be Mr. Steven Meredith, who will be discussing “Paleoindian Discoveries in the Alabama Coastal Plain.” Mr. Meredith’s presentation is a summary of his research based on the study of collections and the archaeological record. This database includes scores of fluted points from more than twenty Alabama counties - the majority of which were found by avocational archaeologists (collectors). It has been only through their efforts in collection and documentation that there is now a sample large enough to suggest interpretations of some aspects of life in Alabama 12,000 years ago. Other presentation topics throughout the day include: “Archaeological Research in Downtown Tuscaloosa” “Evaluating Paleoindian Migration and Settlement Models: Implications for Clovis in Alabama” “An Analysis of Near-Mound Cemeteries at Moundville “The On-going Project to Repair the Omussee Mound Near Dothan” “Preliminary Findings from the Tim Baker Site in Morgan County “The Archaeology of Camp Lawton: The Worlds Largest Prison” “Excavations of the Creek Indian Factory (1RU512) at Fort Mitchell” “Kolomoki State Park in Early County, GA” “The Conservation of Canoes” “Using Historic Research, Tombstone Research, and Genealogy to Inform Archaeological Research” Landmark Park Dothan, Alabama alabamaarchaeology.org February 9, 3:00 PM AIA Lecture Living and Dying through Political Turmoil: Excavations in a Terminal Tiwanaku (AD 950-1150) Village in the Moquegua Valley, Peru” Dr. Nicola Sharrat For 500 years the Tiwanaku, one of the earliest Andean states, exerted ideological, economic and political influence over large areas of what is now Peru and Bolivia. However, around AD 1000, the Tiwanaku state began a process of political collapse and violent turmoil during which cities were abandoned, elite authority was rejected and symbols of the state were destroyed. As with much archaeological work on political breakdown, research on the Tiwanaku collapse has concentrated on explaining why the state fell apart and the large-scale repercussions on social structure and economic systems. Yet, states are made up of groups and individuals who are affected by and respond to political change. In this talk, I discuss recent excavations (2006-2012) at the site of Tumilaca la Chimba in the Moquegua valley, Peru, a village that was established by refugees fleeing burning state towns. Drawing on evidence from burials and from houses, I explore how members of this post-collapse community rooted daily and ritual practice in state period traditions but also modified earlier customs as they responded to the turbulence of violent political breakdown. Nicola Sharratt received her BA Hons in Archaeology from Cambridge University and her MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently holds a joint post-doctoral position at the American Museum of Natural History and the Bard Graduate Center, in New York. Her excavation project in Peru concentrates on the aftermath of the collapse of the Tiwanaku state circa AD 1000, a process that radically altered the social, economic and political landscape of the pre-Hispanic Andes. She is currently preparing an exhibition (scheduled to open in March 2014) at the Bard Graduate Center on chuspas, small, woven bags that were traditionally used to carry coca leaves. Displaying a sample of chuspas spanning 1500 years, all from the AMNH’s permanent Andean textile collections, the exhibition will examine how the production and use of these bags are affected by and contribute to social interaction, ritual practice and global as well as local economies. Spiro Hall 2, Wagner College 631 Howard Avenue (1 Campus Road), Grymes Hill Staten Island, New York archaeological.org/events/13420 February 11, 7:30 PM Missouri History Museum AIA Lecture The Forging of a Classical Maya Kingdom: La Corona and Its Alliance to the Snake Kings of Calakmul (Guatemala) Marcello Canuto, Tulane University, shows how La Corona and its political system were profoundly transformed by the relationship with the Kanaal dynasty. Lee Auditorium Missouri History Museum Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park 5700 Lindell Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri mohistory.org/node/9238 February 11, 6:30 PM Friends of the Tijeras Pueblo February Lecture New Information About Tijeras Pueblo What is this “Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological” site behind the Ranger Station? Whats going on there now? Find out about Tijeras Pueblo past and present – and something of the future. “Tijeras Pueblo: A New Lease on Learning” will feature a quick review of what we think weve known about the 700-year-old site and will also consider current and proposed studies and the tools that make them possible. The lecture will be presented by Judy Vredenburg, Friends of Tijeras Pueblo Presdent and Education Coordinator. Sandia Ranger Station Tijeras, New Mexico For more information, call Judy at (505) 400-8687. February 12, 8:00 PM Institute of Maya Studies Lecture Ancient Maya Cities Series Presentation: Palenque and Its Tombs George Fery From monumental to common, burial customs and rituals in Lakamha (Palenque), as in Mesoamerica in general, are traced back to the Preclassic (1200 BCE). Maya houses in any archaeological site may hold one or more burials located in various places, such as below living room floors, or under patio areas. Burials vary from a simple hole in the ground to elaborate structures, and offerings vary in importance and number. A few prominent women are mentioned in the inscriptions at Palenque, although only one, Ix Tzakbu Ajaw, is associated with being from another location, and moved to Palenque for her wedding to Pakal. She is referred to as a Toktahn person, possibly the first dynastic seat of Palenque’s polity, whose locale is yet unidentified; or was it possibly Uxtekhu, another important site in the region? The Institute of Maya Studies (IMS) meets at the Miami Science Museum, 3280 South Miami Avenue, across from Vizcaya; Maya Hotline: 305-279-8110. Subscribe to the full-color e-mailed version of our monthly IMS Explorer newsletter at: instituteofmayastudies.org February 12, 7:30 PM AIA Lecture Lady KAbels Tomb in Guatemala and the Cleveland Stela” Olivia Navarro-Farr, College of Wooster Sponsored by Cleveland Archaeology Society Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Dr. Cleveland, Ohio archaeological.org/events/13214 February 13, 12:30 PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gallery Talk The Art of Looking—Ancient America Join educator Eduardo Sanchez for an illuminating look at LACMA’s galleries for Art of the Ancient Americas. Even those familiar with this area of LACMA’s collection will find something new in several objects that have recently been put on display. The walkthrough includes a discussion of objects from Maya and Aztec cultures, and a look at a spectacular skull from central Mexico inlaid with semiprecious stones whose origins offer clues to the intricate trade routes and practices of those who lived in this culturally rich region. LACMA, BP Grand Entrance Free, with general admission Los Angeles, California lacma.org/event/art-looking-5 Thursday, February 13, 7:00 PM San Juan Basin Archaeological Society; Colorado Archaeological Society Lecture Point Pueblo: A Total Chacoan Great House Community” Linda Wheelbarger Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College Linda Wheelbarger is a professional archaeologist who has worked in the Southwest for 36 years. Through the early 1980’s, Wheelbarger worked on several projects including McPhee Reservoir, Animas-La Plata Reservoir, Rifle-San Juan Powerline, and Vermejo Park for the York Canyon Coal Mine Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies Fort Lewis College Durango. Colorado sjbas.org/index.html February 13, 7:30 PM Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Lecture Adaptive Divergence among Southern California Hunter Gatherers Dr. Micah Hale Southern California has seen much archaeological research over the last century. Indeed, the last few decades have put southern California in the fore with respect to explaining the origins of cultural complexity—the latter assumed to be represented by elaborate archaeological assemblages. However, the complexity of material culture is not evenly distributed in time or space, but is concentrated in the last 2,500 years and within Gabrielino and Chumash territories. A casual perusal of scholarly publication titles easily proves this to be true and conspicuously leaves outlying regions out of the discourse, save for curious inquiries. If material culture complexity has meaning, the attention deficit paid to, say, archaeology of the San Diego region seems warranted. However, cast in a different light, the lack of material culture elaboration, especially in coastal San Diego, is very difficult to explain. My research considers the socioeconomic context of southern California, finding that cultural complexity is not always manifest in elaboration of material items. In fact, social institutions that can stabilize a relatively simple economic strategy to the point of resisting change from neighboring intensive economies must have been complex. I discuss theoretical models that make such an explanation possible and shed light on broad trends in human behavior, supported by data from southern California. Overall, my research concludes that social institutions have a more limiting effect on the rate and character of cultural evolution than the rate of technological innovation, or other external factors. Dr. Micah Hale is a California archaeologist originally trained in the Great Basin traditions of UC Davis and CSU Sacramento. Since early 2012, he has been Dudek’s cultural resources practice manager and lead archaeologist out of the Encinitas branch. Prior to that, Dr. Hale was a principal at ASM affiliates where he worked throughout southern California and the Great Basin since 2001. Irvine Ranch Water District Community Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Avenue (between the I-5 and I-405) Irvine, California pcas.org/meetings.html February 13, 7:00 PM Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center Lecture The Rise and “Expansion” of Tiwanaku Civilization in the Bolivian Andes” Dr. Timothy McAndrews, Professor, Department of Sociology/Archaeology, UW-L; MVAC Director Tim McAndrews is a widely recognized expert on the enigmatic Tiwanaku civilization, which emerged at an extreme elevation in the beautiful, though harsh, South American Andes. Join us as he discusses his research on Tiwanaku expansion out of the Lake Titicaca Basin and into the distant region of Cochabamba, Bolivia, nearly 1500 years ago. After a decade of research, McAndrews is turning traditional interpretations of Tiwanaku expansion upside down and argues that it was local chieftains, not Tiwanaku kings, who directed the influx of Tiwanaku culture into the Cochabamba region. University of Wisconsin; La Crosse, Cartwright Center, Port OCall Speaker:Dr. Timothy McAndrews, Professor, Department of Sociology/Archaeology, UW-L; MVAC Director uwlax.edu/mvac/EventsDisplays/public.htm#McAndrews February 14, 12:00 PM Pueblo Grande Museum Lecture Why We Study Prehistoric Canals: A Geoarchaeological Perspective Gary Huckleberry, Ph.D. Pueblo Grande Museum Phoenix, Arizona phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo/calendar/index.html February 14, 7:30 PM Maya Society of Minnesota Lecture From the Underworld to the Summit: Promotion and Reception of 20th Century Archaeological Finds in Mexicos Chapultepec Andrea Moerer, PhD, Latin American Studies, University of Minnesota. 118 Drew Science, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota sites.hamline.edu/mayasociety/ February 14, 12:15 PM Middle American Research Instiitute Brown Bag Excavations at the Site of Ikil in the Yaxcaba Municipality, Yucatan, Mexico” Jessica Wheeler Jessica Wheeler, a PhD student in the department of Anthropology, will present on her research in the Yucatan Peninsula in a talk entitled: “Excavations at the Site of Ikil in the Yaxcaba Municipality, Yucatan, Mexico.” Dinwiddie Hall Room 305 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/1457/MARI-Brown-Bag-Jessica-Wheeler-Excavations-at-the-Site-of-Ikil-in-the-Yaxcaba-Municipality-Yucatan-Mexico February 15, 1:15 PM British Museum Gallery Talk Gold in ancient Mexico Room 27 British Museum London, England britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=1216&title=Gold%20in%20ancient%20Mexico&eventType=Gallery%20talk February 16, 2:30 PM Alianza de Las Artes Americanas Lecture The Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya Mary Miller - Yale University Schlessman Hall, North Building Denver Art Museum Denver. Colorado Alianza de Las Artes Americanas alianza-dam.org February 16, 2:00 PM Verde Valley Archaeology Center Lecture Ancient Textiles, Baskets, Hides, and Wood from Southeastern Utah Dr. Laurie Webster Oak Creek Country Club Community Room, 690 Bell Rock Blvd, Sedona During the 1890s, thousands of perishable artifacts were excavated from alcoves in southeastern Utah and shipped to museums outside the Southwest. Until recently, few of these collections had been studied or published. In 2010, Laurie Webster began to systematically document these collections. In her presentation, she will discuss her work with these collections and highlight some of the more remarkable 1000 to 2000-year-old textiles, baskets, sandals, hides, wooden implements, and other perishable artifacts from these archaeological sites. Dr. Laurie Webster is an anthropologist and a specialist in Southwestern perishable material culture living in Mancos, Colorado. She is a visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History and the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. Her publications include the edited volume Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas and the catalog Collecting the Weaver’s Art: The William Claflin Collection of Southwestern Textiles, as well as numerous journal articles about prehistoric perishable technologies. Oak Creek Country Club Community Room, 690 Bell Rock Blvd, Sedona, Arizona verdevalleyarchaeology.org/Calendar?eventId=799788&EventViewMode=EventDetails February 17, 7:30 PM Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture “Households, Community and Social Power at the Harris Site-Mimbres Vally, New Mexico” Barbara Roth The Harris Site, located in the north-central portion for the Mimbres River Valley of southwestern New Mexico, is a large Pithouse period (A.D. 500-1000) site that is best known for its role in Emil Haury’s definition of the Mogollon as a distinct Southwestern cultural group. Excavations conducted at the site since 2007 have focused on the northern portion of the site where Haury did not excavate. The goals of these excavations have been to investigate household organization during the Pithouse period and to examine how households changed over time in response to the shift to irrigation agriculture. Our work has documented clusters of related households that appear to be extended families, and some of these households had significant amounts of social power that made them central to community development at Harris. In this presentation, I discuss the results of our research, including excavations of a large communal structure this past summer that has helped us to examine the role of ritual in integrating the community. I explore the implications of these findings for understanding Pithouse period communities throughout the Mimbres region. University Medical Center’s Duval Auditorium, 1500 N Campbell Blvd, Tucson, Arizona az-arch-and-hist.org/2013/09/barbara-roth-households-community-and-social-power-at-the-harris-site-mimbres-valley-new-mexico/ February 19, 8:00 PM: Institute of Maya Studies Lecture Taíno and Maya: Parallel Cultures” Peter Barratt – Independent Researcher; Island Planning Consultants This presentation explores a culture that was historically parallel to the Maya. Originally from upstream communities on the Orinoco River of South America, the Taíno colonized the entire chain of islands of the Caribbean (including the Bahamas). But they were not the first to visit the islands. The Ortoiroid peoples had previously entered the islands from South America and the Casimiroids visited from Central America. These people arrived in the islands between 4000 and 2000 BCE). This study will concentrate on the people who arrived around 200 BCE at Cedros in Trinidad and worked their way up the island chain developing the culture that we know today as Taíno. Most interesting to students of the Maya, they shared many similarities: they played a similar ball game, practiced cranial deformation and shared similar beliefs. The Institute of Maya Studies (IMS) meets at the Miami Science Museum, 3280 South Miami Avenue, across from Vizcaya; Maya Hotline: 305-279-8110. Subscribe to the full-color e-mailed version of our monthly IMS Explorer newsletter at: instituteofmayastudies.org Wed, February 19, 12:00 PM Pueblo Grande Museum Lecture “An Ancient Legacy to the Modern World – Prehistoric Irrigation in the Salt River Valley” Jerry Howard, Ph.D. Pueblo Grande Museum Phoenix, Arizona phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo/calendar/index.html February 21, 6:00 PM Angel Mounds Lecture Series End of Prehistory: A Historian’s Perspective on America’s Ancient Past” Christina Snyder, Assistant Professor, Dep. of American Studies & History 8215 Pollack Ave, Evansville, Indiana angelmounds.org/events/special-event-listing/ February 22, 1:00 PM Angel Mounds Lecture Series End of Prehistory: A Historian’s Perspective on America’s Ancient Past” Christina Snyder, Assistant Professor, Dep. of American Studies & History 8215 Pollack Ave, Evansville, Indiana angelmounds.org/events/special-event-listing/ February 23, 2:00 PM Cahokia Mounds Winter Lecture Series The Marvels of Mud: Using Lake Sediment Cores to Uncover the Ecological History of the Cahokia Region Samuel Munoz, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison Archaeological interest in Cahokia has produced a rich datasets that describe the region’s spectacular cultural history, but understanding the environmental context for Cahokia’s emergence and decline has received considerably less attention. Environmental changes, including resource over-exploitation, flooding, and drought, are often invoked as causal factors in Cahokia’s abandonment, although few records exist from this region to test these hypotheses. This talk will explore how lake sediment cores, and the biological and geochemical remains preserved within them, can be used to reconstruct past environments. Fossil pollen and carbon isotopes in sediment from Horseshoe Lake, a floodplain lake adjacent to Cahokia, track the intensification of food production associated with Cahokia’s emergence. The sediment composition of cores from Horseshoe Lake and other floodplain lakes also records flooding of the Mississippi River, including a very large flood event at about A.D. 1200 that may have contributed to Cahokia’s decline. Sedimentary archives provide an invaluable means to understand how prehistoric peoples shaped the ecosystems around them, and how environmental variability affects socio-cultural change. Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center Collinsville, Illinois cahokiamounds.org/visit/ February 24, 6:00 PM Verde Valley Archaeology Center Lecture The Champagne Springs and Mitchell Springs Ruin Group” David Dove, Principal Investigator of Champagne Springs Site, Colorado. During the 10th and first half of the 11th Centuries, Champagne Springs Ruins and Mitchell Springs Ruin Group were the largest aggregated villages in the Northern San Juan Region. Evidence suggests one was built in a location designed to take advantage of enhanced hunting opportunities, while the other was built where it could take advantage of enhanced farming opportunities. The slide show and lecture presentation highlights the ongoing research at these two community centers. This lecture is free but reservations are required. Please call the Cave Creek Museum at 480 488 2764 to make your reservation: SPACE IS LIMITED. Cave Creek Museum, 6140 E Skyline Dr, Cave Creek, Arizona verdevalleyarchaeology.org/Calendar?eventId=821989&EventViewMode=EventDetails February 26, 1:00 PM Art Institute of Chicago Inside Art Series The Coronation Stone and Ancient Empires of the Americas $12 per lecture; Reservations must be made. Fullerton Hall Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois artic.edu/event/inside-art-coronation-stone-and-ancient-empires-americas February 26, 5:30 PM Newberry Library American Indian Studies Seminar Have We Missed the Boat? Dugout Canoes in the Mississippi Valley Peter H. Wood, Emeritus Professor of History, Duke University We know far more about the iconic birch bark canoe than we do about the large wooden dugout canoes that were central to Native American life along vast sections of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers at the time of European contact, and for many centuries before that. This paper explores how and why we have “missed the boat.” The suggested answers re-open a somewhat neglected chapter in the history of the vast river basin, its huge river-bottom trees (that have been gone for several centuries), and the transportation achievements of generations of indigenous residents of the North American interior. AIS seminar papers are pre-circulated electronically two weeks prior to the seminar date. [email protected] to request a copy of the paper. Please do not request a paper unless you plan to attend. Newberry Library 60 W. Walton St. Chicago, Illinois newberry.org/02262014-have-we-missed-boat February 28, 12:00 PM Pueblo Grande Museum Lecture The Origins of Irrigation in the Sonoran Desert Jonathan Mabry Pueblo Grande Museum Phoenix, Arizona phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo/calendar/index.html Mike Ruggeris Ancient America Museum Exhibitions, Conferences and Lectures bit.ly/11aKJzE
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