Anthropology

Interpreting the Resilience and Transformation of Maya Landscapes from Above Whittaker Schroder, Postdoctoral Associate with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience at the University of Florida Monday, January 30, 2023, 3:00 pm, 1208A Turlington Hall The increasing accessibility of remote sensing data (including high resolution topography generated …

A Collaborative Approach to Relational Landscapes in Mensabak, Chiapas, Mexico Christopher Hernandez Department of Anthropology Loyola University Chicago February 2, 2023, 4:00 pm via Zoom In this talk, I demonstrate how an intersectional approach to collaborative archaeology promotes social justice and leads to a more robust archaeology. In partnership with the Mayas who live in …

Data-Driven Paleoethnobotany on the Yucatan Peninsula and Beyond Mario Zimmermann Lora Bryning Redford postdoctoral fellow, University of Puget Sound Monday, February 6, 2023, 3:00 pm, 1208A Turlington Hall While human-plant interactions and land use practices among the Maya have traditionally received a fair amount of attention by the archaeological community, many case studies continue to …

Ancient Maya Political Dynamics: Collaborative Archaeology at Copán, Honduras Kristin Landau Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies University of Arkansas February 9, 2023, 4:00 pm via Zoom What is the government’s role in our everyday lives? How does that change from state to state, or decade to decade? In this talk I review such questions of …

The Mesoamerican Archaeology Search Committee will convene via Zoom on Tuesday, February 14 at 10:30 am

A public conversation with Chief Afukaka Kuikuro, the Paramount Chief of the Kuikuro Indigenous Nation along the southern fringes of the Brazilian Amazon. Chief Afukaka will discuss his views on collaborations with archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and other scientists over the past three decades.