Dumbarton Oaks
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Elegant in Life, Ambiguous in Death: A High-Status Mummy from Northern Coastal Peru
https://www.doaks.org/events/pre-columbian-studies/public-lectures/elegant-in-life-ambiguous-in-death-a-high-status-mummy-from-northern-coastal-peru
December 7, 2023 | John Verano shares latest insights on the identity and status of the Lady of Cao from the Moche site of El BrujoNo publisherEventsPublic LecturePre-Columbian StudiesPublic2023/11/03 09:57:00 GMT-4EventSpatial Grammars: Meaning in the Two-Dimensional Field of the Painted Books of Aztec Mexico
https://www.doaks.org/events/pre-columbian-studies/public-lectures/spatial-grammars-meaning-in-the-two-dimensional-field-of-the-painted-books-of-aztec-mexico
September 28, 2023 | Elizabeth Hill Boone explores the interface of art and writing through the use of space in Mexican codices.No publisherPre-Columbian StudiesEventsPublic LecturePublic2023/08/24 11:19:00 GMT-4EventNew Library Acquisition: "Azara’s Voyages dans l'Amérique méridionale" (1809)
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/new-library-acquisition-azara2019s-voyages-dans-lamerique-meridionale-1809
No publisherNewsPre-Columbian StudiesAcquisitionsLibrary2023/05/31 12:03:00 GMT-4News ItemAnnual Pre-Columbian Symposium
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October 4–5, 2024 | Alicia Boswell, Gabriel Prieto, and Lisa Trever, OrganizersNo publisherEventsSymposiumPre-Columbian Studies2023/04/21 08:51:00 GMT-4mosaic pageLetters from the Ancients of Water (Huarochirí, Peru)
https://www.doaks.org/events/pre-columbian-studies/public-lectures/letters-from-the-ancients-of-water-huarochiri-peru
Frank Salomon shows that the ontological world described in the 17th-century Huarochirí manuscript lives on in descendent Andean communities of our day.No publisherPublic LectureEventsPublicPre-Columbian Studies2023/02/23 15:38:00 GMT-4EventMissionary Manuscripts Summer Workshop
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June 3-14, 2024 | Princeton University Library, Dumbarton Oaks, and Library of CongressNo publisherSummer ProgramsPre-Columbian StudiesEventsWorkshopUpcoming2023/02/15 13:40:00 GMT-4mosaic pageRulers from the West: Teotihuacan in Maya History and Politics
https://www.doaks.org/events/pre-columbian-studies/public-lectures/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 Maya region through image and text.No publisherEventsPublicPre-Columbian StudiesRecordedPublic Lecture2022/10/17 12:05:00 GMT-4EventEnlivening the Textiles of Paracas
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/enlivening-the-textiles-of-paracas
Ann Peters unravels the living history behind textiles in mortuary bundles at ParacasNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/09/13 09:41:00 GMT-4News ItemTreasuring Lake Titicaca
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/treasuring-lake-titicaca
Annick Benavides traces the connections between the Virgin of Copacabana and the Carabuco Cross in the colonial periodNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/09/13 09:38:00 GMT-4News ItemFinding Agency in Captivity
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/finding-agency-in-captivity
Christina Halperin considers the lives of women and other lower-status captives and/or slaves in the ancient Maya regionNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/07/27 11:56:00 GMT-4News ItemLabor and Building a Maya Palace
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/labor-and-a-preclassic-palace
Jacob Welch uncovers ancient Maya labor relations in a palace at UcanhaNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/07/27 11:50:00 GMT-4News ItemChanging Climates, Changing Histories: Perspectives from the Humanities
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This symposium brings together scholars to discuss human-induced climate change in the past from the perspective of the humanities.No publisherSymposiumByzantine StudiesEventsGarden and Landscape StudiesPre-Columbian Studies2022/07/14 14:35:00 GMT-4EventThe Words of Maya Elders
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/the-words-of-maya-elders
Crystal Sheedy documents a contemporary speech genre in Xocén that has preserved Maya cultural knowledge across centuriesNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/06/08 17:11:00 GMT-4News ItemA Tale of Two Polities
https://www.doaks.org/newsletter/news-archives/2022/a-tale-of-two-polities
Patricia Chirinos Ogata examines sites of unsuccessful Wari imperial expansion in the northern highlands of PeruNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesScholar Spotlight2022/03/29 16:22:00 GMT-4News ItemHeads, Skulls, and Sacred Racks
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Shifts in Sacrificial Practices, Body Processing, and Exhibition Beyond the Maya Collapse. Vera Tiesler discusses new insights on the massification of ritualized violence leading up to and beyond the Maya collapse.No publisherPublic LectureEventsPublicPre-Columbian Studies2022/03/23 09:53:00 GMT-4Event