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Midwest Mesoamericanist
Meeting
March
14, 2009
Hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago
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Daily Schedule
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Friday
7:00 pm |
Reception and
Presentation
Dr. Gary Feinman, Curator, The Field Museum
Lecture Center B2 (LC B2), UIC Campus
(Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center |
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Saturday
8:45-5:30 |
Presentations
Lecture Center D2 (LC D2), UIC Campus
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6:30 pm |
Party
Joel Palka's House, Oak Park |
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Sunday
11:00 am |
Group Visit,
Aztec Exhibit
The Field Museum, Chicago |
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Presentation
Schedule
All
presentations take place in Lecture Center D2 (LC D2) on the UIC Campus |
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8:45 am |
Welcome
and
moderator: Joel Palka
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9:00-9:20 |
Thomas H.
Charlton and Cynthia L. Otis
Charlton, University of Iowa
Lake Basins
and Obsidian Sources
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9:20-9:40 |
Marcie Venter, University of Kentucky
Negotiating Aztec Imperialism: Late Postclassic Ceramic Evidence From the the Tuxtla Mountains, Veracruz, Mexico
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9:40-10:00
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Philip J.
Arnold, III, Loyola University
Chicago
Late
Classic/Epiclassic Transitions at Teotepec, Southern Veracruz, Mexico
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10:00-10:20 |
Karin
Rebnegger, Michigan State
University
The Case of
the "Raspador": Artifact
nomenclature
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Break:
10:20-10:40
Introduction and Moderator: Bebe Baird
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10:40-11:00
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Christopher
T. Morehart, Northwestern
University
Chinampas
of
Xaltocan, Mexico: An Exploration of an Economic, Political, and Sacred
Landscape
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11:00-11:20
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John Monaghan, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Recent
Collaborative Research on the Codex Seldon
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11:20-11:40 |
Santiago
Juarez, Northwestern
University
Cutting
through the Data:
Using Obsidian to Enrich Our Understanding of Production and Economy
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11:40-12:00 |
Douglas
E. Bradley, Snite Museum of Art,
University of Notre Dame
Painted
Souls in Ancient Mesoamerica
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Lunch:
12:00-1:50
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1:50 |
Welcome Back
and Moderator: John Monaghan
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2:00-2:20 |
Allison
Foley, Indiana University
A
Stylistic and Empirical Analysis of Dental Modification from Chau Hiix,
Belize
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2:20-2:40 |
Catherine
Burdick, University of Illinois at
Chicago
'Glyph-in-Hand'
Motifs in Classic Maya Sculpture: Courtiers, Cache Vessels, and
Dedicatory Rituals
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2:40-3:00 |
Jon
Hageman, David Goldstein, Robin Goldstein,
and Erol Kavountzis
Chemical
and Artifactual Indicators of Ancient Maya Refuse Disposal at
Guijarral, Belize
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3:00-3:20 |
Lisa
J. Lucero, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Materialized
Cosmology among ancient Maya Commoners at Saturday Creek,
Belize
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Break:
3:20-3:30
Introduction and Moderator: Virginia Miller
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3:30-3:50 |
Matthew
Krystal, North Central College
Coffee,
Crafts, and Commerce: Applied Anthropology in Highland
Guatemala
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3:50-4:10 |
Nathan
J. Meissner, Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale
Ethnic
Identity and Itzá Obsidian Projectile Points at Nixtun-Ch'ich',
Petén, Guatemala
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4:10-4:30 |
Andrea
Stone, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Landscape
and Water Ritual in Mesoamerican Rock Art
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4:30-4:50 |
Christopher
J. Stawski, Michigan State
University
The
Use of Space
at the Tarascan Capital of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico
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4:50-5:10 |
Karon Winzenz, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Sacred Bundles: Functional and Symbolic Forms on Late Classic Maya Vessels
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Farewell:
Virginia Miller, Joel
Palka, and co-hosts
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6:30 - ? |
Fiesta
at Joel Palka's House
Directions
to the house can be found on the Parking & Maps page. |
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