January 2010 Ancient Americas Lectures and Conferences

Subject:	January 2010 Ancient Americas Lectures and Conferences
Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:21:36 -0800 (PST)

January 4, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Lecture
"Mesoamerica, the Southwest and Those Places in Between"
Dr. Tim Maxwell
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Ancient_Sites_2010.html

January 6, 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery Talk
=93Symbols of Power Among the Maya=94
Elizabeth Baquedano
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/january/symbols_of_po=
wer_maya.aspx

Thursday, January 7, 1:15 PM
British Museum Lunchtime Lecture
=93The Search for Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec Feathered Serpent Deity=94
Eleanor Wake, former lecturer at Birkbeck, re-examines the legend of
the returning Feathered Serpent and the fall of Moctezuma using native
and Spanish accounts.
Admission free, booking advised
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/january/the_search_fo=
r_quetzalcoatl.aspx

JANUARY 7-9, 2010
INSTITUTE OF ANDEAN STUDIES
49TH ANNUAL MEETING
Room 112,
Wurster Hall,
University of California,
Berkeley, California
http://www.instituteofandeanstudies.org/meetings.html

January 8, 6:45 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture
=93Figuring the Smaller Patterns of the Ancient Maya=94
Erin L. Sears is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kentucky and
research collaborator with the Anthropology Department, National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Interpretation of Maya figurines, a form of miniature portable art,
has ranged widely as passive reflections of cultural norms, dynamic
expressions of various identities, and as indicators of societal
boundaries. This presentation attempt to interpret intersecting
patterns of style derived from a study of recently excavated
materials, older stored archaeological collections and treasures from
dusty museum shelves. The focus of the assembled data is to monitor
the movement of figurines amongst sites that are located along river
sources of the Guatemalan southern lowlands and then situate the
figurines within the political and economic changes during the eighth
century.
Sumner School,
1201 17th Street,NW
Washington, DC.
http://www.pcswdc.org/

January 8-9, 2010
11th Southwest Symposium
"Building Transnational Archaeologies"
The 11th biennial Southwest Symposium will be held in Hermosillo,
Sonora, M=E9xico. The Centro INAH Sonora will host the meeting that will
be held on the University of Sonora Campus and at the Centro INAH
Sonora. In the tradition of past meetings, the 11th Southwest
Symposium will provide a forum for archaeologists and other scholars
to discuss innovative ideas and to develop networks for
anthropological research in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest.
We have organized the symposium to explore key topics in substantial
depth and to provide ample time for discussion among all who attend.
For most of the 20th century, a handful of US institutions, their
professors and students dominated archaeology in the southwestern
United States. The development of contract archaeology broadened the
extent of and altered the practice of archaeology in the southwest
U.S. but reinforced it as a nationalist practice. By the end of the 20
th century, however, a nationalist view of the region had become
parochial. The Instituto Nacional de Antropolog=EDa e Historia
established regional centers, museums and expanded research in the
northwest of M=E9xico. Slightly later, an Indigenous archaeology
developed as Indian Nations established their own archaeological
programs, goals, and methods. Each of these "national" archaeologies
focus on different regions, make different assumptions, asks different
questions, seeks different answers, emphasize different methods and
embraces different theories or worldviews. The 11th Southwest
Symposium will further discussions of how to transform these national
archaeologies into transnational archaeologies.Transnational
archaeologies reach beyond or transcend national boundaries and they
do so in numerous ways. They imply a broad vision of historical and
cultural processes in the Southwest/Northwest that is not artificially
limited by political, cultural, or linguistic borders. They
necessarily entail a multi-sited archaeology where researchers work in
different "nations". They stand strong when their foundations rest on
collaborations across cultural groups. They require archaeologists to
reexamine the contributions that archaeology can make to society. They
expand the archaeology of the Southwest/Northwest linguistically,
culturally and regionally.
1. West and North M=E9xico
The international border between M=E9xico and the United States and the
culture area border that separates our region from Mesoamerica has
long hampered our understanding of the archaeology of the Southwest/
Northwest. The archaeology of West and North M=E9xico does not fit
easily into both culture areas and the degree of fit changes over
time. Developments in these areas had direct impacts on the Southwest/
Northwest. Indeed, "Mesoamerican influences" on the north most likely
originated in these regions and not the core of Mesoamerica . The
session will allow scholars working in West and North M=E9xico to share
information and interact with Southwest/Northwest archaeologists.
Jos=E9 Luis Punzo
Michael Ohnersorgen
2. AD 1450 to AD 1540: The Lost Century
In the century AD 1450 to AD 1540, most of the Southwest/Northwest
suffered a significant demographic collapse and transformation of
cultures. Scores of regional sequences ended and village based
agriculture ceased in areas where it had been practiced for hundreds
of years. Outside of the Pueblos , this is a lost century making it
difficult to link archaeological traditions and modern Indian Nations
and to understand the processes that created the ethnographically
known Southwest/Northwest. The international border has hampered our
understanding of this century because it structures research but has
no meaning for the historical and cultural processes we wish to
understand. Indian Nations hold very different perspectives on this
century than either U.S. or Mexican scholars.
John Carpenter
Anna Neuzil
3. Collaborating Across Cultures
Collaborations that reach beyond or transcend national and cultural
boundaries are key to transnational archaeologies. Collaboration
implies the integration of goals, interests, and practices between the
individuals and/or social groups that work together. It entails a
dialogue that goes beyond an instrumentalist concern with resolving a
conflict or respecting rights and responsibilities. It requires
humility, patience, listening, careful consultation, equality, and
respect. Collaboration should be transformative of the parties
involved. Each party brings different resources, skills, knowledge,
authority and/or interests to a collaborative labor. Collaboration
involves the melding of these unique qualities into common goals and
practices. This session will address collaboration both across the
international frontier and between scholars and Indian Nations.
Andrew Darling
Davina Two Bears
4. Archaeology and Society
The relationship of archaeology to society varies among the nations of
the Southwest/Northwest. This session will explore these relationships
in the United States , in M=E9xico, and in Indian Nations. Issues will
include public programs, education, heritage, and identity. The papers
will be aimed towards a discussion that compares and contrasts these
issues in different nations with the goal of transcending and reaching
beyond national interests.
Elizabeth Bagwell
Cesar Villalobos
University of Sonora Campus and at the Centro INAH Sonora
Hermosillo, Sonora, M=E9xico
http://sw-symposium.binghamton.edu/ingles pagina/introd.htm

Saturday, January 9, 1:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology Lecture
"Text, Pseudo-Text, and Context: A Study of Classic Period Maya
Ceramic Inscriptions=94
Inga Calvin, PhD
Recent epigraphic studies reveal information about Classic Period Maya
pottery shapes, contents and even the names of ceramic artists and
owners. Yet many of the vessels excavated from royal tombs in the
Southern Maya Lowlands are embellished with pseudo-glyphs, graphic
elements that physically resemble, but do not conform to the canons
of, Maya writing. In this presentation, Inga Calvin will discuss how
archaeological context and pseudo-glyph placement provide data with
which to explore the nature of literacy, as well as suggest future
avenues for research.
Inga Calvin, PhD, received her Doctorate and Masters Degrees in
Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she
specialized in Mayan pottery and their inscriptions, and where she is
currently an Instructor of Anthropology. Inga has also acted as the
Director of the Schele Database Project, FAMSI, as the Administrator/
Director at the Center for Latin American Art & Archaeology and the
Assistant Curator for Mesoamerican Art at the Denver Art Museum. She
has performed photographic documentation of Precolumbian pottery at
the Museo Popol Vuh, the Instituto Antropolog=EDa e Historia, Guatemala,
as well as at the University of Colorado Museum, the Peabody Museum,
Harvard University, and Museo Nacional David J. Guzman, El Salvador.
She served as Curator of Unearthing the Maya: Excavations of Ann and
Earl Morris at Chichen Itz=E1, Mexico, University of Colorado Museum,
The Hero Twins of Ancient Maya Myth: Rollout Photographs by Justin
Kerr, a permanent installation, and performed the local curation of
Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period
traveling exhibit, both at the Denver Art Museum. Inga has worked at
excavations at the Cer=E9n Site, El Salvador, with the University of
Colorado-Boulder, and worked on Temple Reconstruction in Cop=E1n,
Honduras with Northern Illinois University and the Honduran
Institute of Anthropology and History.
Room 345
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.precolumbian.org/nextmeeting.HTM

Sunday, January 10, 10:00 AM
=93Ritual Ecology, Ideology, and Rulership in Moche Culture=94
Steve Bourget, Ph. D.
Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas, Austin
The elaborate and exquisite regalia found in the tombs of Moche rulers
are replete with depictions of various animal species. The subjects
represented include foxes, owls, deer, crabs, spiders, and octopus
among others. But what is the significance of these depictions? Why
would these individuals deem necessary to adorn themselves with these
animals? In this lecture, I suggest that the selection of these
subjects was motivated by the ideology and the fundamental values
disseminated by these high-ranking individuals. After a description of
the main subjects, a number of hypotheses explaining their occurrences
will be presented.
Steve Bourget, a Canadian citizen, received his Doctorate degree in
Anthropology at the University of Montreal in 1994. As a Moche culture
specialist, he is currently conducting excavation at the site of Huaca
del Pueblo, Za=F1a Valley, Peru and has published extensively on the
subject of Moche art and culture. His latest book is titled =93Sex,
Death and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture=94, published
in 2006 and he is the co-editor of =93The Art and Archaeology of the
Moche=94 released in December 2008.
Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
(NO URL)

Tuesday, January 12, 7:00 PM
Taos Archaeological Society Lecture
=93The Archaeology of Modern Ritual=94
Jeff Boyer, Project Director, New Mexico Office of Archaeological
Studies
Archaeology of Modern Ritual and will be about the Black Lake Sun
Dance site.
Jeff holds an M.A. from the University of New Mexico and has the
following statement on the Office of Archaeological Studies web site:
"Since 1987, when I started here, I've worked on the archaeology of
different parts of New Mexico but have spent most of my time in the
Northern Rio Grande. That's fine with me, since it's my home and the
area in which I'm most interested. My current role as project
codirector of the combined US 84/285 projects allows me to continue
examining the development of prehistoric Puebloan communities in the
region, and the expansion of Puebloan and Euroamerican
frontiersundefinedinterests I've cultivated on other projects through
the years. Our work is rewriting the prehistory and history of the
northern Rio Grande, sometimes daily. I've also learned about
sediments and soils and the potential of adobe-materials analyses to
illuminate site structure, so I can say, more accurately than when I
started, that I am a dirt archaeologist.
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Board Room,
118 Cruz Alta Rd.
Taos, New Mexico
http://www.taosarch.org/Default.aspx?pageId=3D98127&eventId=3D107328&EventV=
iewMode=3D2&CalendarViewType=3D1&SelectedDate=3D1/20/2010

January 12, 7:00pm
Pensacola Archaeological Society Lecture
=93Swift Creek Culture (AD200-850) on the Atlantic Coast,=94
Bowden Bld., 120 E Church St.,
Pensacola, Florida
http://uwf.edu/archaeology/archsoc/

January 14, 7:30 PM
Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Lecture
"Rediscovering Huamalgua: The Island of Fogs"
Dr. Matthew Des Lauriers
Irvine Ranch Water District
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue (between the I-5 and I-405, next to the Post
Office)
Irvine, California
http://www.pcas.org/meetings.html

January 14, 7:00 PM
San Juan Basin Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society
=93Houses of the Holy: New Perspectives on Kivas at the Pigg Site"
Dr. Charles Riggs
Dr. Riggs has conducted excavations for three consecutive years at the
Pigg Site, a component of the Lowry Community near Dove Creek.
Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies
Fort Lewis College.
Durango, Colorado
http://www.sjbas.org/

Jan. 14, 7:30 PM
Arizona Archaeological Society, Phoenix Chapter
"Recent Work at the Agua Fria N.M."
Brian Culpepper, Agua Fria N.M.
Pueblo Grande Museum
4619 E. Washington,
Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.azarchsoc.org/phoenixchapter.html#section

January 17, 3:00 PM
El Paso Archaeology Society & The El Paso Museum of Archaeology
Lecture
=93Cerros de Trincheras: Living on Hills in the Desert=94
A. C. MacWilliams
Cerros de Trincheras (or hills with constructed terraces) are
distributed throughout much of northwest Mexico and the southwestern
United States. The geographic distribution of these sites coincides
with areas of intensive maize agriculture. These distinctive
archaeological sites are recognizable because of the stone and earth
constructions on hillslopes and hilltops, although they vary
considerably in scale and design. Cerros de trincheras are now known
to range in age from approximately 3200 to 500 years ago. Typically
the hills are imposing sites, in prominent locations, although
exceptions do exist. They probably were used in many capacities
varying among farming, gardening, defence, and creating visible
monuments. The broad geographic and age ranges show that cerros de
trincheras were built by many different groups of people and truly are
a pan-regional phenomenon. There are interesting correlates with
similar designs extending far into Mesoamerica. This talk will review
these issues and provide observations about these intriguing sites.
http://www.epas.com/newsletter.htm

January 18, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Lecture
Dr. Robert Dello-Russo
"Climate Change and the Fate of a Clovis Oasis in West Central New
Mexico; The Water Canyon Paleo-Indian Site"
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Ancient_Sites_2010.html

January 18, 2010, 7:30 PM
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Lecture
"Facts & Fiction of Ancient Puebloan Cannibalism"
John Kantner
Duval Auditorium,
University Medical Center,
1501 North Campbell Avenue (north of Speedway)
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml

Tuesday 19 January 1:15 PM
British Museum Gallery Talk
"Object and Image: Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexico=94
Room 27
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/january/object_and_im=
age.aspx

Thursday, January 21, 6:30 PM
"The Spanish Conquest and its Aftermath"
David Brading, University of Cambridge, discusses the turbulent events
of the conquest which quickly established a new colonial order.
BP Lecture Theatre
=A35, concessions =A33
British Museum
London, England
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/january/the_spanish_c=
onquest.asp

January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM
"Using Prehistoric Archaeology to Study Modern Biodiversity"
David Steadman
Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center
800 Weedon Dr NE
St Petersburg, Florida
http://www.cgcas.org/index.html

Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:00 pm
Ancestors Lecture
"New Insights into the Origins of the First Americans"
Dr. E. James Dixon Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.
When, why, and how humans spread across the Earth are fundamental
questions asked by scientist for hundreds of years. The first
occupation of the Americas was one of the final chapters in the human
colonization of our planet. New evidence and archeological
discoveries support a growing body of scientific evidence suggesting
that the most plausible route for the initial colonization of North
Americas may have begun in Northeast Asia and proceeded along the
southern coast of Beringia, and then southward along the Northwest
Coast of North America. Radiocarbon dating of human remains in the
Americas suggest that this may have occurred shortly after the height
of the last Ice Age, probably between about 18,000 and 13,000 years
ago. Dr. James Dixon, Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
and Professor of Anthropology, will share some of his recent
discoveries and provide new insights into this exciting and
challenging topic in American archeology.
Hibbin 105
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell/

January 25, 6:00 PM
Southwest Seminars Lecture
"What Happened to Mimbres and Where Did Casas Grandes Come From=94
Stephen Lekson
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Hotel Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Ancient_Sites_2010.html

January 28, 7:00 PM
Arizona Archaeological Society; Verde Valley Chapter
"The Tim's Cave Discovery"
Andy Seagle
Sedona Public Library
3250 White Bear Road,
Sedona, Arizona
http://www.azarchsoc.org/verdevalleychapter.html#section3

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