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It is our great pleasure to share with you the schedule for the 2018–2019 Pre-Columbian Society of New York Lecture Series: Sep. 12, 2018—Lisa Trever, Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology, Columbia University Oct. 30, … Continue reading →

Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu May 18–November 25, 2018 Great Hall, 1st Floor For millennia, ancient peoples of the Andes created quipus—complex record-keeping devices, made of knotted cords, that served as an essential medium for reading and writing, registering and remembering. New … Continue reading →

PCSNY Members-Only Tour of Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas Featuring Dr. Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Friday, May 18, 2018 Invitations for this exclusive event will be … Continue reading →

Images in a World without Words: Questioning the Canon in Moche Studies Sarahh Scher Visiting Lecturer Salem State University   As the scholarship on Moche art expands, it is becoming clear that only a small group of artworks is most … Continue reading →

POSTPONED: The Pre-Columbian Society of New York regrets to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances our March lecture scheduled for Thursday, March 8th, has been postponed. The announcement of an alternative date will follow. Thank you for your understanding. Entangled Tesserae: Looking at Classic … Continue reading →

From the Heart of the Andes: On the Making of Golden Kingdoms Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Octopus Frontlet. Gold, chrysocolla, shell. Moche, A.D. 300–600. Peru, La Mina. Museo de la … Continue reading →

The Archipelago and the Arc of Time: Continuities across 2,000 Years of Pre-Columbian Caribbean Art Lawrence Waldron Assistant Adjunct Professor City University of New York As archaeological information about the ancient Antilles has become increasingly fine-grained, Caribbean pre-Columbianists have begun … Continue reading →

Touch and Tactility in Ancient Maya Art Megan O’Neil Associate Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) This talk examines how the sense of touch is invoked or stimulated in ancient Maya art … Continue reading →

Cosmic Order and Inka Rule Terence N. D’Altroy Loubat Professor of American Archaeology and Director of the Center for Archaeology Columbia University Many discussions of Inka rule focus on the domination of millions of people, by imposing military control, establishing sustainable governance, … Continue reading →

Migration or Imitation? The Anomalous Appearance of Maya-Style Murals at the Central Mexican Site of Cacaxtla Andrew D. Turner Postdoctoral Associate in Art of the Ancient Americas, Yale University Art Gallery Since their discovery in the mid 1970s, the Maya-style … Continue reading →