19th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium
Wednesday, March 19
Exhibit Opening, Talk and Reception
Mexican Cultural Institute
Suite 118
901 Convention Center Blvd. (entrance on Andrew Higgins Blvd.)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The William E. Gates Collection and Its Significance for Maya Studies
Pilar Regueiro Suárez, Middle American Research Institute
This event is free and open to the public
Thursday, March 20
Workshops
Dinwiddie Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
More Than Storage: Management of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Archival Collections
Caroline Parris, The University of Iowa
Conservation Plan for Museum Storerooms
Alison Salazar, Museo Larco
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Ethnoarchaeology: the Good, the Bad, the Old, and the New
Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire, Mount Royal University
Exhibition Opening
Middle American Research Institute Gallery
Dinwiddie Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Ancient Rituals, Modern Ceremonies: Celebrations of Indigenous Middle America
This event is free and open to the public
Friday, March 21
Workshops
Dinwiddie Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast
10:00 am – 12:00 am
Who Shall Read Them? The Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs (Part I)
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University
Marc Zender, Tulane University
This workshop will focus on the basics of Maya hieroglyphic writing
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
From Data to Map: Visualizing Ancient Landscapes for Research
Jocelyne Ponce, Tulane University
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
From the Bayou to the Bajo: Approaches in Louisiana Archaeology and their applicability to Mesoamerican Research
Erlend Johnson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served in Dinwiddie Hall
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Who Shall Read Them? The Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs (Part II)
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University
Marc Zender, Tulane University
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
When Stones Talk: Connecting Lithic Analysis and Raw Material Selection to Maya Daily Life
Rachel A. Horowitz, Washington State University
Keynote Address and Reception
New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Precocious Pioneering, Steady Scholarship: MARI’s Century of Indigenous Research and Partnership
Marcello Canuto, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Reception
The keynote address is free and open to the public
Saturday, March 22
Symposium
Freeman Auditorium
Tulane University
7018 Plum St.
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
Tribes, Temples, and Tulane: Reflections on a Century of Olmec and Gulf Coast Archaeology
Christopher Pool, University of Kentucky
9:40 am
M.A.R.I.’s Exploration and Mapping in the Maya Lowlands Yesterday and Today
Francisco Estrada-Belli, Tulane University
10:20 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am
Snakes, Jaguars and Outlaws: An Epilogue
Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Asociación Copán
11:20 am
MARI – 100 Years and Counting
Eugenia Robinson, Montgomery College
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served in Dinwiddie Hall
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor
2:00 pm
100 Years of MARI: A View from the South
Kathryn Sampeck, Illinois State University & University of Reading
2:40 pm
Unearthing Yucatec Maya Histories: The Role of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University in Shaping My Journey into Colonial Ethnohistory
John F. Chuchiak IV, Missouri State University
3:20 pm
Coffee Break
3:40 pm
The Northern Lights: MARI´s presence in Yucatan, Mexico
Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
4:20 pm
From Ek Balam to Kiuic: Four decades of M.A.R.I. inspired archaeology in the Northern Maya Lowlands
George Bey, Millsaps College
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception
Oak & Ale
8118 Oak St.
Sunday March 23
Dinwiddie Hall
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave.
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor
Forum
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Fallen Stucco Inscriptions of Comalcalco and Palenque
Marc Zender, Tulane University
Marcello Canuto, Tulane University
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor