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Chacs and Chiefs

Sharp analyzes the T, step-fret, and composite mask motifs of the Epiclassic period, and relates these architectural motifs to the ideological and political ...

The Origins of the Chavín Culture

Kano considers the archaeological materials from the pre-Chavín cultures and the relationship between these early cultures and Chavín, and traces the changes ...

Letters from the Ancients of Water (Huarochirí, Peru)

Frank Salomon shows that the ontological world described in the 17th-century Huarochirí manuscript lives on in descendent Andean communities of our day.

2023 Summer Workshop: Missionary Manuscripts in Mesoamerican Languages

June 5–16, 2023 | Princeton University Library, Dumbarton Oaks, and Library of Congress

Rulers from the West: Teotihuacan in Maya History and Politics

David Stuart discusses recent advances in understanding the complex relationship between the Classic period center of Teotihuacan in Central Mexico and the ...

Enlivening the Textiles of Paracas

Ann Peters unravels the living history behind textiles in mortuary bundles at Paracas

Treasuring Lake Titicaca

Annick Benavides traces the connections between the Virgin of Copacabana and the Carabuco Cross in the colonial period

Finding Agency in Captivity

Christina Halperin considers the lives of women and other lower-status captives and/or slaves in the ancient Maya region

Labor and Building a Maya Palace

Jacob Welch uncovers ancient Maya labor relations in a palace at Ucanha

Changing Climates, Changing Histories: Perspectives from the Humanities

This symposium brings together scholars to discuss human-induced climate change in the past from the perspective of the humanities.