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Cal State Fullerton Hosts Mesoamerican Network Conference

March 12, 2009 :: No. 147

What:

The Southern California Mesoamerican Network Conference, hosted by Cal State Fullerton, is designed to promote research on the past and present peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.

Tricia Gabany-Guerrero

When:

Sunday, March 15
1-5 p.m.

Where:

Room 252 of University Hall, Cal State Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831

Schedule:

  • 1:10 p.m. — David Cheetham of Arizona State University, “Ethnicity and Identity in Prehistory: An Early Olmec Case Study”
  • 1:50 p.m. — Tricia Gabany-Guerrero, assistant professor of anthropology at Cal State Fullerton, “Iconografía Michoacana: The A-O sign in the Hinterlands of Highland Mesoamerica”
  • 2:30 p.m. — Robey Callahan, assistant professor of anthropology at Cal State Fullerton, “The Role of Dreams in Yucatán Maya Culture”
  • 3:30 p.m. — Pesach Lubinsky of UC Riverside, “History and Origins of Vanilla Cultivation in Mesoamerica”
  • 4:10 p.m. — Cameron Walker, lecturer in anthropology at Cal State Fullerton, “The Long and Curious Relationship Between Mexican Archaeology, Politics and Tourism”

Cost:

The event is free and open to the public.

Discussion Board:

http://groups.google.com/group/MesoNet

Website:

http://csufmesoamericannetworkconference.blogspot.com/

Media Contact:
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu