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David Stuart: Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo

Fri February 13, 20264:00 pm–6:30 pmRoyce Hall 306

This talk by David Stuart (University of Texas at Austin) will present new interpretations of one of the most important artworks from ancient Maya civilization — the wall paintings of San Bartolo, Guatemala.

Feb13

Distinguished Speaker Series

Lothar von Falkenhausen: Archaeological Perspectives on the Economic Transformation of China

Fri November 14, 20254:00 pm–6:30 pmRoyce Hall 306

Starting about the middle of the first millennium BCE, continental East Asia experienced an unprecedented economic florescence as the Bronze Age redistributive economy gave way to a full-fledged market economy.

Nov14

Distinguished Speaker Series

Sitta von Reden: Climate Change along the Silk Road?

Thu April 24, 20254:00 pm–5:30 pmRoyce Hall 306

This paper discusses scholarship on climate-induced landscape transformation in the Tarim Basin (present-day Xinjiang) during the Han period, and puts it in dialogue with other archaeological and historical research.

Apr24