20th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium
Thursday, March 5
Workshops
Third Floor Dinwiddie Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
#3 on Interactive Campus Map
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Object Migrations: A Workshop on Provenance, Movement, and Material Histories
Patricia Lagarde, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Mapping, Measuring, and Modeling Maya Cities: An Interactive Workshop of the Spatial Analysis of Ancient Maya Settlements
Amy E. Thompson, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Exhibit Opening, Talk, and Reception
Mexican Cultural Institute
Suite 118
901 Convention Center Blvd. (entrance on Andrew Higgins Blvd.)
Worth a Million Words: Development and Technological Advancements in Archaeological Mapping in the Central Maya Lowlands
Rodrigo Guzman Piedrasanta, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
Friday, March 6
Workshops
Dinwiddie Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The 'Garden City' in Classic Maya Art and Writing
Marc Zender, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served in Dinwiddie Hall
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Reading the Ancient City: An Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs
Rubén Morales Forte, Tulane University
Olivia Shorter, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Sight Beyond Sight: Current GIS Methods in Mesoamerican Archaeology
Rodrigo Guzman Piedrasanta, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
Keynote Address and Reception
New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
M. Charlotte Arnauld
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Reception
The keynote address is free and open to the public
Saturday, March 7
Symposium
The Village Theater
Behind Lake Residence Hall
#48 on Interactive Campus Map
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Marcello Canuto, Director, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
9:00 am
Redefining Maya Urbanism in the Central Maya Lowlands through Lidar Data: Organizational Patterns of Settlement and Agriculture in Urban and Rural Areas
Francisco Estrada-Belli, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
9:40 am
In the Heart of the Snake: the City of Dzibanché as an Imperial Capital
Alexandre Tokovinine, University of Alabama
10:20 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am
Urban Diversity and Early Markets at Calakmul
Kathryn Reese-Taylor, University of Calgary
11:20 am
The Growth of Tikal: New Insights from Lidar Analysis and Ground Verification
Thomas G. Garrison, University of Texas at Austin
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served at Cassatt Courtyard (between Jones Hall, #25 on Interactive Campus Map, and The Commons, #28 on the Interactive Campus Map) and the Green Leaf Conference Room in Jones Hall
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
2:00 pm
The Maya Mountain Metropolis of Caracol, Belize
Adrian S.Z. Chase, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
2:40 pm
Households, Neighborhoods, and the Dynamics of Urbanism at Lakamha'
Arianna Campiani, SARAS Department (History, Anthropology, Religions, Art, Performing Arts), Sapienza University of Rome
Lisa M. Johnson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
3:20 pm
Coffee Break
3:40 pm
The Making of Deer Mountain: The Politics of City Building at Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Travis Stanton, University of California Riverside
4:20 pm
El Mirador's Urbanism Reconsidered: Mapping and Archaeological Excavation of the UCF El Mirador Lidar Project (2022-2025)
Michael Callaghan, University of Central Florida
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Reception
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