Fwd: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium, 7 & 8 October 200 0, Organized by John B. Carlson
John F. Schwaller
schwallr at selway.umt.edu
Tue Jun 20 16:39:50 UTC 2000
>From: "Willson, Rebecca" <WillsonR at DOAKS.org>
>Subject: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium, 7 & 8 October 200
> 0, Organized by John B. Carlson
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:13:40 -0400
>
>
> > Pre-Columbian Symposium
>October 7 - 8 , 2000
>
> > PILGRIMAGE AND THE RITUAL LANDSCAPE
> > IN PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA
> >
> > organized by
> >
> > John B. Carlson
> >
> >
> > Ancient Americans ordered the natural world on cosmological
> > principles. Mountains and springs, plains and rivers, were points and
> > channels of sacred power from historical events and timeless sacred
> > forces. Geographical features were inscribed by human hands to mark their
> > sacredness while temples and shrines replicated holy mountains, caves, and
> > water sources. Throughout the New World natural and constructed places
> > commonly became centers of pilgrimage in patterns often maintained to the
> > present.
> >
> > This symposium will explore sacred landscapes and pilgrimage in the
> > New World, drawing upon a few of the many examples available. The
> > perspective will be multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural, and examine wider
> > issues for understanding these issues beyond the New World.
> >
> > The lifetime work of two innovative, influential scholars will be
> > acknowledged in this Symposium. As active researchers, Doris Heyden,
> > Investigador Nacional and Anthropologist and Ethnohistorian at the
> > Direccion de Etnologia y Antropologia Social - Instituto Nacional de
> > Antropologia e Historia, Mexico, and Evon Z. Vogt, Professor Emeritus of
> > Anthropology at Harvard University will take a participatory role in the
> > symposium.
> >
> > The symposium is open to scholars and advanced graduate students. If you
> > wish to attend, please complete the enclosed registration form and return
> > it with the $40 registration fee ($30 for graduate students). This covers
> > admission to the scholarly sessions and the Saturday evening cocktail
> > party. Lunch is offered on Saturday by prior subscription for $15,
> > payable in advance with the registration fee. Deadline for registration
> > is September 24, but you are urged to respond as soon as possible. The
> > maximum number of participants is 200, accepted on a "first come, first
> > served" basis. Information on area hotels and taxis will be sent to you
> > when your registration is confirmed.
> >
> > Please bring this notice to the attention of appropriate colleagues
> > and students, who may use a duplicate of the form to register. Please
> > address all correspondence to:
> >
> > Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks
> > 1703 32nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
> >
> > or email: Pre-Columbian at doaks.org
> >
> >
> >
> > * No registrations will be accepted via email.
> > * No fees are payable by credit card.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Tentative Agenda
> >
> > Pilgrimage and the Ritual Landscape in Pre-Columbian America
> >
> >
> > Saturday, October 8, 2000
> >
> > 8:00 - 8:45 Registration, Coffee on the Terrace
> >
> > Morning Session
> >
> > Clive L. N. Ruggles (University of Leicester): Landscape Archaeology and
> > the Archaeology of Pilgrimage: A View from Across the Atlantic
> >
> > Sabine G. MacCormack (University of Michigan): Strangers and Pilgrims
> >
> > Helaine Silverman (University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana): Pilgrimage
> > and Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Nazca
> >
> > Johan Reinhard (The Mountain Institute and National Geographic Society):
> > Sacred Mountains, Human Sacrifices, and Pilgrimages Among the Inca
> >
> > 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch at Dumbarton Oaks (by subscription)
> >
> >
> > Afternoon Session:
> >
> > Barbara Tedlock (State University of New York - Buffalo): Momostenango,
> > 'Town of Shrines': The Archaeological Implications of A Living Maya
> > Calendrical Pilgrimage Center
> >
> > Evon Z. Vogt (Harvard University): Micro-pilgimages to the Mountain and
> > Waterhole Shrines in the Tzotzil-Maya Community of Zinacantan
> >
> > Andrea Stone (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and James Brady
> > (California State University-Los Angeles): The Road to Xibalba: Regional
> > Pilgrimage Caves in the Maya Area
> >
> > William L. Fash and David Stuart (Harvard University): Sacbes, Sacred
> > Mountains, and Ceremonial Circuits in the Copan Valley
> >
> > Stephen H. Lekson and Gretchen Jordan (University of Colorado-Boulder):
> > Landscape, Pilgrimage, and Power in the Ancient Southwest
> >
> > 5:30 - 7:00 Cocktail Reception
> > -over-
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunday, October 10, 1999
> >
> > 8:30 - 9:00 Coffee on the Terrace
> >
> >
> > 9:00 - 12:30 Morning Session
> >
> > John M. D. Pohl (Independent Scholar) and Javier Urcid (Brandeis
> > University): Sacred Caves and Migration Legends as Allegories for
> > Postclassic Alliance and Exchange Networks
> >
> > Michael D. Lind (Independent Scholar): Pilgrimage and the Ritual Landscape
> > in Ancient Cholula
> >
> > Richard Townsend (Art Institute of Chicago): From Landscape to Symbol at
> > Tezcotzingo and Mt. Tlaloc
> >
> > John B. Carlson (Center for Archaeoastronomy and University of Maryland,
> > College Park): La Malinche and San Miguel: Pilgrimage and Sacrifice to the
> > Mountains of Sustanence in the Mexican Altiplano
> >
> > Doris Heyden (DEAS-INAH: Direccion de Etnologia y Antropologia Social -
> > Instituto Nacional de Antropologiae Historia, Mexico): The Effect of
> > Natural Disasters on the Landscape of Mexico, and How These Created
> > Pilgrimage Centers: Caves, Mountains, etc."
> >
> > Please consider that the Symposium may continue until 1:30 p.m. when
> > making your travel arrangements
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > REGISTRATION FORM
> >
> > Please register me for the Symposium:
> >
> > Pilgrimage and the Ritual Landscape in Pre-Columbian America
> > October 7-8, 2000
> >
> >
> > $40 fee enclosed $____________
> > $30 student fee enclosed $____________
> > $15 lunch fee enclosed for Oct.
> > $____________
> > TOTAL ENCLOSED $____________
> >
> >
> > PRINT name and affiliation as you wish them to appear on your
> > identification badge.
> >
> > Name_________________________________________________________
> >
> > Affiliation_____________________________________________________
> >
> > Work Phone_______________________________________________________
> >
> > Home Phone (optional____________________________________
> >
> > Mailing address (include your affiliation's name again if it is part of
> > your
> > address):_____________________________________________________________
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> >
> > Email address______________________________________________________
> >
> > The registration fee must be paid by September 25th and is not refundable.
> > For lunch refund, cancellation must be received no later than September
> > 28th. Payment received after spaces have been filled will be returned.
> > Your registration will be acknowledged by postcard.
> >
> > Please mail this form with check payable to DUMBARTON OAKS to:
> >
> > Pre-Columbian Studies
> > Attn: Symposium
> > Dumbarton Oaks
> > 1703 32nd Street, NW
> > Washington, DC 20007
> >
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