EVENTS

Past Workshops

2023 Workshop

October 27th-28th, 2023

Breaking Down Borders: Debating Origins and Directions of Interregional Exchange in Latin America.

This 2-day workshop will take place at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Featuring emerging and prominent scholars from around the world, the aim of the workshop is to explore ancient foodwyas, textiles, ceramic production, metallurgy, and more within the wider theme of local and long-distance interactions in Latin America..

Webinars

  • Dr. Alberto Garcia-Piquer - Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
    "Nomads of the Inland Sea: Settlement, Mobility and Social Interaction in the Etocone of Última Esperanza (Magallanes, Chile)”

    [En Español]

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  • Dr. Ana Cecilia Mauricio - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
    ”The role of early agriculture in the development of Andean monumentality, a view from the Chao Valley”

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  • Dr. Carmen Pérez Maestro - Universidad de Alcalá, España
    “Arte rupestre y paisaje de las sociedades preindustriales como herramientas patrimoniales para el desarrollo comunitario”

    [En Espanol]

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  • Prof. Maia Dedrick - Santa Clara University "Community-Engaged Climate Adaptation Research in Yucatán, Mexico"

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  • Mg. Carito Tavera Medina - Instituto Peruano de Estudios Arqueológicos

    Hacia una Arqueología de la Alimentación: Una Propuestas Teórico-Metodológica desde el Programa Arqueológico Chicama

    [En Español]

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  • Dr. C. Adam Berrey - California State University, Sacramento
    "Building the Bajo Bayano: Raised-field agricultural and early complex society development in Eastern Panama”

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  • Dr. Alberto Sarcina - ICANH
    ”Arqueología Comunitaria en un Contexto de Conflicto El Proyecto Santa María de la Antigua del Darién”

    [En Español]

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  • Dr. Sarah Rowe, Dr. Guy Duke (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and Dr. Sarah Juengst (UNC)
    “Go Their Own Way: Valdivia Countermovements at Buen Suceso”

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  • Dr. Rebecca Friedel Juan (Heritage Education Network Belize)

    "Born from the Pandemic: Heritage Education Network Belize"

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  • Dr. Overholtzer - McGill University

    “The Archaeology of Indigenous Conquerors: Listening to Ancestors at Tepetipac, Tlaxcala”

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  • Solsire Cusicanqui - Harvard University and Santa Apolonia Archaeological Project
    “El Apu como sujeto de investigación integral y multidisciplinaria. El caso de la Colina Santa Apolonia, Cajamarca, Perú”

    [En Espanol]

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  • Dr. Manuel Gándara - Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, México
    "La interpretación patrimonial: el enfoque antropológico-histórico desde Mexico”

    [En Español]

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  • Dr. José Luis Punzo Díaz - Centro INAH, Michoacán
    ”Tingambato: una importante ciudad prehispánica del centro de Michoacán durante el primer milenio de nuestra era”

    [En Español]

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  • Sofía Pacheco-Forés - Hamline University
    “Migration, Ritual Violence, and the “Other”: Understanding Human Sacrifice in Epiclassic Central Mexico”

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  • Liz Gonzales Ruiz and Dr. Janusz Woloszyn (Proyecto Arqueológico Toro Muerto and Uniwersytet Warszawski)

    “Apuntes sobre los petroglifos de Toro Muerto (Arequipa-Perú)”

    [En Español]

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  • Dr. Leonardo López Luján - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México)

    "Mexico City's Archaeology: Unearthing the Aztec Capital"

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  • Dr. Heather McKillop - Louisiana State University

    "What's New Below the Sea Floor at Ek Way Cal, Belize?"

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  • Dr. Gabriel Prieto - University of Florida

    "The Late Early Horizon as Viewed from Huanchaco: Domestic Life, Ceremonialism and the Economic Dynamics of a Maritime Community"

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  • Dr. Kisha Supernant Director, Institute of Prairie & Indigenous Archaeology, University of Alberta

    "Finding the Relatives: Locating Unmarked Graves in Indigenous Communities in Canada"

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  • Dr. Fernando Montejo -Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia

    "Paisajes Hídricos y Ocupación Humana Prehispánica en la Depresión Momposina, Colombia

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  • Feren Castillo - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. Perú

    "Ocupando los espacios en el Valle de Moche durante el Chimú tardío: Una perspectiva desde las periferias de la gran capital"

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  • Sofía Paredes Maury - La Ruta Maya Foundation, Guatemala

    "La Ruta Maya Foundation in the protection and management of Cultural Heritage without archaeological context"

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  • Dr. Laura Filloy - Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México

    "Feathered Shields as Examples of a Lively Craftsmanship in the Aztec Empire"

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  • Justin Jennings - Royal Ontario Museum/University of Toronto

    "Rethinking the Ayllu and Its Origins"

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  • Dr. Christina M. Giovas (Simon Fraser University)

    "History Lost and Found: The Curious Case of a Forgotten Species Introduction in the Caribbean"

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  • Dr. Elizabeth Paris (University of Calgary) with Roberto López Bravo (Univ. de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas) and Gabriel Laló Jacinto (Instit. Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Chiapas)

    "THE MAKING OF A MARKETPLACE AT TENAM PUENTE, CHIAPAS, MÉXICO"

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  • Dr. Carrie L. Dennett (Red Deer College)

    "Pottery Making as Sacred Craft in Ancient Nicaragua (AD 700-1000)"

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  • Dr. Diana Moreiras Reynaga, Dr. Cara Tremain, Amedeo Sghinolfi, Dr. Alec McLellan, Matt Longstaffe

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