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Maya Meetings Workshops

Monday, February 25 – Thursday, February 28

Visual Arts Center (VAC), ART building, Department of Art and Art History

Monday, February 25

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Workshops opening and orientation

All workshop attendees to meet in ART 1.120

(in hallway across from Visual Arts Center)

*All Maya Meetings Workshops end on Thursday at 4 pm.

Some workshop groups will have presentations by attendees on Friday morning

from 9 am - 1 pm in the Visual Arts Center.

Workshops continue daily until Friday, February 29.

Wednesday, February 27

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Special Invited Lecture: Rudy Larios

Restoring Maya Architecture

Sponsored by the UT Mesoamerica Center, the Mexican Center of the

Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, and the UT School of Architecture Historic Preservation Program

Friday, February 29

Events located in the Visual Arts Center, ART building

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Selected Workshop Presentations

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Graduate Student Poster Session

Sponsored by the Mesoamerican Graduate Student Association

Caitlin Earley, Department of Art and Art History

Lucia Henderson, Department of Art and Art History

Stephanie Lozano, California State University, Los Angeles

Elaine Day Schele, Long Institute for Latin American Studies

Ilan Vit-Suzan, School of Architecture

Maline Werness, Department of Art and Art History

Maya Meetings Symposium

Copan Archaeology and History: New Finds and New Research

Friday, February 29 – Sunday, March 2

ART 1.102 auditorium (next to Visual Arts Center)

ART building, Department of Art and Art History

Friday, February 29 (afternoon)

3:30 - 5:00

David Stuart (University of Texas at Austin)

Copan’s History and Archaeology: An Overview

5:00 - 6:00 Break

6:00 - 8:00

Keynote Lecture

Michael Coe (Yale University), In Search of the Snake-footed God: K'awiil and Tezcatlipoca

(Seating limited; registration required.)

8:00 - 9:30

Opening Reception and Photography Exhibit

Maya Light: Contemporary Photography of Central America

Photographs by Lesley Nowlin, Tahila Mintz, Lee Smith, Leigh Taylor

Location: Visual Arts Center (VAC), Department of Art and Art History

(next to Maya Meetings lecture hall)

Saturday, March 1

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Introductory Remarks

9:15 - 10:00

Dario A. Euraque (Gerente, Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia)

Copan y Honduras: La Mayanizacion de un país: 1950 - 2000

10:00 - 10:45

Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle (Associación Copan)

From Rosalila to Oropendola: The Evolution of Architectural Construction and Ornamentation under Temple 16 at Copan

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Simon Martin (University of Pennsylvania Museum)

The Iconography of the Altar of Stela M at Copan

11:45 – 12:15 Discussion

12:15 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 - 2:45

Fred Valdez, Jr. (University of Texas at Austin)

A Preclassic Temple at Río Azul, Guatemala

2:45 - 3:30

Marcello A. Canuto (Yale University) and

Ellen E. Bell (California State University, Stanislaus)

Like Ripples Breaking over a Wider Coastline: The Copan Kingdom of the 8th Century

3:30 - 3:45 Coffee break

3:45 - 4:30

Stephen Houston (Brown University / Dumbarton Oaks)

The Hand of the Master: Evaluating the Production of Sculpture and Text at Copan, Honduras

4:30 - 5:00 Discussion

5:00 - 5:30 Coffee break

5:30 - 7:30

Film Premiere: Breaking the Maya Code

Location: ART 1.102 lecture hall

(same auditorium as day-time lectures. This event is free and open to the public.

Priority seating for symposium registrants. Seating limited.)

Sunday, March 2

9:00 - 10:30

Special joint presentation:

William Fash (Harvard University), Barbara Fash (Harvard University) and David Stuart (University of Texas at Austin)

The Hieroglyphic Stairway: New Aspects of its Excavation, Documentation, Reconstruction and Decipherment

10:30- 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 - 11:45

Special joint presentation:

William Fash (Harvard University), Barbara Fash (Harvard University) and David Stuart (University of Texas at Austin)

The Hieroglyphic Stairway: New Aspects of its Excavation, Documentation, Reconstruction and Decipherment

11:45 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:15

Karl A. Taube (University of California, Riverside)

The City of Dawn: Copan and the Solar Symbolism of Mesoamerica

2:15 - 3:00

Allan Maca (Colgate University)

Tomb 1, El Bosque, Copan: Its Significance for Archaeology and Conservation

3:00 - 3:45

Loa Traxler (University of Pennsylvania Museum)

Enveloped in Red, Cradled in Shell: Ceremonial Deposits in the Copan Acropolis

4:00 - 4:30 Closing Remarks

2008 Specialized Workshop descriptions:

Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs led by Harri Kettunen with Nick Carter (UT-Austin). Participants learn the basics of the deciphering Maya Hieroglyphs. Teams of participants work together, learning by doing and creating a finished text. Lectures and exercises introduce grammar, date structures, syntax, and structural analysis also. Enrollment is limited. No prior experience required .

Intermediate Maya Hieroglyphs led by outstanding epigraphers Erik Boot (Independent Scholar) and Alexandr Tokovinin (Harvard). More advanced participants continues to expand their knowledge of the intricacies this writing system. New Material: Texts from Copan.

Los jeroglifos mayas: Niveles de Principiante e Intermedio Experto Erik Velásquez García (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM) guía a los participantes del taller en los fundamentos de la escritura y el pensamiento de los antiguos mayas del período clásico. Principiantes trabajarán textos de Palenque. ¡Nuevo! Al nuevo Nivel Intermedio se analizarán textos de Copán, en preparación para el Simposio. Taller y materiales didácticos en español , con tiempo para participar en los talleres en inglés.

Northern Yucatán Inscriptions and the Books of the Chilam Balam . Under the experienced guidance of Bruce Love (CRM Tech, Riverside) each student is encouraged to find his or her own project, and work individually or in small groups, investigating aspects of the Northern Maya culture of the Yucatan Peninsula, including monumental inscriptions, codices, and the newly added , very exciting field of Colonial-Period Maya literature, known as the Books of the Chilam Balam . Topics include hieroglyphic writing, iconography, religion, astronomy, history, and the calendar. Open to all levels, from beginner to advanced .

The Iconography of Maya Painted Vases led by Justin Kerr (Kerr Associates, NYC) and assisted by art historian Penny Steinbach (UT-Austin). Master photographer Kerr, one of the world's foremost authorities on Maya art, explores the exquisite genre of Maya painted vases. Kerr pioneered the rollout photographic technique and, with Barbara Kerr, they have produced The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Painted Vessels , with 6 volumes released to date. While the vases are rich sources of texts for experienced glypher, the fluid, often narrative style invites the beginner into the ancient Maya world. Open to all levels, from beginner to advanced

NEW ! Introduction to Maya Textiles. In an innovative extension of the Maya Meetings at Texas, explore the ancient, living tradition of Maya weaving. Curator and conservator Bárbara Knoke de Aranthoon( Museo Ixchel de Traje Indígena, Guatemala City), with fiber artist and educator Beatrice L. Thomas (Flatbed Press, Austin Community College),lead a unique workshop and studio class. Participants will learn backstrap weaving techniques, history of Mayan textiles, identification techniques, geographical contexts, ethnographical considerations of Mayan textiles (Allen J. Christenson, Brigham Young University), ancient depictions of textiles (David S. Stuart, UT-Austin), and additional techniques. Work with historic collections of Mesoamerican textiles from the Dept. of Art and Art History. Participants may exhibit the works they produce during the workshop at the Visual Arts Center, on Fri., 29 Feb. This workshop is designed for beginners, not experienced collectors or weavers . Enrollment is extremely limited. Additional costs apply for materials.

Problems in Mayan Linguistics & Epigraphy. Facilitated and led by Marc Zender (Harvard University), this seminar-style workshop features spirited cutting-edge exchanges among leading scholars of Maya writing in light of the latest information from decipherment and historical linguistics. The specific topic this year is "Mystery Glyphs and Problems in Decipherment" and Marc tells us he has a few surprises in store! Previous experience with Mayan languages and the hieroglyphic writing system are essential

We look forward to your participation in these workshops- register online now!

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