Photos from the 2008 Meetings

The River Cities: Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, and Pomona allowed speakers from all over the world to present original research on these cities near the Ucumacinta river.

Thank you to all our speakers, workshop leaders, attendees, volunteers, and friends for attending this year's Meetings. Elaine Schele has generously created a Flikr slideshow that will allow you to see some highlights from the 2007 Meetings:

www.flikr.com/photos/28829858@N00/sets/72157600001842403/show/

Photos from 2007

Elaine Schele has generously created a Flikr slideshow that will allow you to see some highlights from the 2007 Meetings:

www.flickr.com/photos/28829858@N00/sets/72157600001842403/show/

Here are additional photos of the 2007 Maya Meetings Reception:

(Images: Carl D. Callaway; rubbings by Joan Patten)

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Photos from 2006

Shots of the 30th Annual Maya Meetings, "The Palenque Mythology"

Archaeologists Barbara Arroyo and Michael Love

Volunteer Nick Carter (now UT ILAS graduate student) Nice T-shirt!

George Stuart, David Stuart, and Ken Garrett

Stan Guenter and Marc Zender

Ken Garrett, Merle Greene Robertson and David Freidel

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Photos from 2005

The 2005 Meetings featured new insights on ceramics; it also hosted scholars and enthusiasts from all over the world, and involved a committed set of volunteers. Special thanks for this meeting go to all of the UT faculty and staff, led by Julia Guernsey, Lucille Carnes, and Irene Roderick.

History of the Maya Meetings

Begun in 1978 as a two evening workshop on Maya hieroglyphic writing by the late Linda Schele, the Maya Meetings at Texas have evolved into a large international gathering devoted the art, writing and language of the Maya and other Mesoamerican peoples. Each year has been devoted to a special topic:

1977-1988 - Palenque
1989 - Copan
1990 - Tikal
1991 - Yaxchilan
1992 - Maya Creation
1993 - Dynastic History of Palenque
1994 - Tlaloc-Venus Warfare
1995 - Late and Terminal Classic Warfare
1996 - Copan and Quirigua
1997 - The Dresden Codex
1998 - Deciphering Maya Politics
1999 - Classic Maya Language / Classic Maya Gods
2000 - Tikal and Its Neighbors
2001 - The Coming of Kings / Epi-Olmec Writing
2002 - Palenque and Its Neighbors
2003 - Chichen Itza and Ek Balam
2004 - Patronage, Betrayal and Revenge: Diplomacy and Politics in the Eastern Lowlands
2005 - Glyph on Pots: Decoding Classic Maya Ceramics
2006 - The Palenque Mythology
2007- The River Cities: Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, and Pomona

Sourcebooks

Each Maya Meetings has its own "sourcebook," a heavily illustrated commentary and compilation of Maya inscriptions written by the presenters. A number of sourcebooks from past years are still available for purchase. Also available are sourcebooks from the Long Workshops devoted to the Mixtec Codices, by John Pohl.

Please contact the Maya Meetings directly about availability,
We can be reached at:

The Maya Meetings at Texas
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Art and Art History
Attn. Maya Meetings
1 University Station, D1300
Austin, Texas 78712

Professor David Stuart, Director

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