8th Annual Maya at the Play September 25 – 28, 2014 – Flagler County, Florida
I attended this conference last year. It was extremely well-attended, so make your plans soon. Conference leader, Mat Saunders, has assembled another stellar line up of speakers. Last year I enjoyed having lunch with honoree, Justin Kerr along with George and Melinda Stuart, David Freidel, and Marc Van Stone. I also learned a lot from Harri Kettunen and Marc Zender who conducted a day-long hieroglyphic workshop.
Just look here to see the stellar list of names.
- FLORA AND FAUNA IN MAYA WRITING AND IMAGERY
Harri Kettunen – University of Helsinki - THE TALE OF LADY WINIKHAAB AJAW: INTERMEDIATE GLYPH WORKSHOP (3 hrs)
- Marc Zender – Tulane University
- HOW TO DECIPHER A LOST WRITING SYSTEM: EPI-OLMEC DECIPHERMENT METHODS AND RESULTS
John Justeson – University of Albany - ALBERTO RUZ LHUILLIER: HOW HIS EARLY LIFE IN CUBA IMPACTED HIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH
Elaine Schele – Austin Community College - RABBITS IN MESOAMERICAN ART AND WRITING
Harri Kettunen – University of Helsinki - A BRIEF EPIGRAPHIC HISTORY OF NORTHWESTERN PETEN, PART II
Stanley Guenter – University of Utah - MESOAMERICAN CALENDRICAL ASTRONOMY: HOW DID MESOAMERICANS PREDICT ECLIPSES?
John Justeson – University of Albany - REVISITING CARACOL STELA 3
Marc Zender – Tulane University - THE STUDY OF HUMAN SKELETONS FROM CAVES AND ROCKSHELTERS IN CENTRAL BELIZE USING A SOCIAL IDENTITY APPROACH
Gabriel Wrobel – Michigan State University - THE EPIGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN MAYA MOUNTAINS REGION OF BELIZE
Phil Wanyerka – Cleveland State University - K’ALTUUN: RE-THINKING TIME AND THE “STELA CULT” OF CLASSIC MAYAN CIVILIZATION
Gerardo Aldana – University of California, Santa Barbara - THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGES IN DOCUMENTATION OF THE MAYA
Keith Merwin – Institute of Maya Studies - ILLUSTRATING MAYA SITES OF CENTRAL AMERICA: SCIENTIFIC RENDERING VERSUS ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION.
Steve Radzi – Mayavision - THE LIME CEMENT OF BELIZE
Joaquin Rodriguez – Institute of Maya Studies
Plus these speakers:
- Marcello Canuto – Tulane University
- David Schele –
- Peter Mathews – Latrobe University
- Francisco Estrada-Beli – Tulane University
- Armando Anaya – University of Campeche
- Karon Winzenz –
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