Dumbarton Oaks - Revised

Tue Jun 20 17:03:45 UTC 2000

Please note that the Program contains several errors.  The conference will
take place on October 7 & 8, 2000, Saturday and Sunday.

 > Subject: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium, 7 & 8
 > October 2000, Organized by John B. Carlson
 >
 >
 >
 > 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 25, 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
 >
 >
 > Friday, October 7, 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-
 >
 >
 >
 > Saturday, October 8th, 2000
 >
 > 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
 >