A Society of Kings: Deciphering Classic Maya Politics Simon Martin, University of Pennsylvania Museum Photo: The noble Yok Ch'ich (?) Tal. Detail of a stone panel from Palenque Temple XIX. Photograph by Jorge Pérez de Lara Abstract: The political organization of the Classic … Continue reading
Recovering the Floral Fragrance of Ancient Maya Ritual: Pollen Evidence from Copan, Honduras Cameron L. McNeil, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Lehman College Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. Image courtesy of Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Abstract: Clues to the creation of flower-laden spaces … Continue reading
Rethinking Time and Cosmos in Central Mexico: New Insights from a Colonial Zapotec Corpus David Tavárez, Professor of Anthropology, Vassar College left: Cosmological diagram in Manual 6. AGI México 882, 294r; right: Songbook 101. AGI México … Continue reading
Jade, Gold, and the Iconography of Power in the Isthmo-Colombian John W Hoopes, Professor, Department of of Anthropology, University of Kansas Jadeite pendant representing a snake, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Pre-Columbian Art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks, … Continue reading
Sand, Wetlands, and Waves: sea-level rise, ancient territories, and the marine socioenvironmental context of Pre-Columbian Puerto Rico. Isabel Rivera-Collazo, Director, Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology and Associate Professor, Biological, Ecological and Human Adaptation to Climate … Continue reading
"Castilla del Oro" and the Regional Evolution and Dissemination of Ancient Indigenous Metallurgic Iconography in the Isthmo-Colombian Area. Orlando Hernández Ying, Curatorial Associate, Hispanic Society Museum & Library Gold Eagle Pendant, 11th-16th century, Panama. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum … Continue reading
Severin Fowles, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College Comanche Rock Art from New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Severin Fowles. Abstract: During the eighteenth century, an extraordinary artistic tradition arose among the Indigenous equestrian societies of the Great Plains. … Continue reading
Portrait of Moctezuma, half-length, turned to the right, looking at the viewer, wearing feathered crown, holding spear in his right hand, his left hand pointing to a feathered shield on the left; illustration from André Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits … Continue reading
The Andean Khipu in Context with other Knotted String Traditions of the Americas Jeffrey C. Splitstoser, Assistant Research Professor of Anthropology, George Washington University and Vice President of the Boundary End Archaeology Research Center Wari khipu (PC WBC 2016.136). Photo courtesy … Continue reading
Trouble in Paradise: History and Disaster at the Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Puerto Rico L. Antonio Curet, Curator, National Museum of the American Indian Aerial photograph of the ceremonial center of Tibes, Puerto Rico. Photo courtesy of City of Ponce, … Continue reading
