Maya Symposium Workshops

Thursday, March 20, 2025

8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:00 pm
More Than Storage: Management of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Archival Collections
Caroline Parris, The University of Iowa
Conservation Plan for Museum Storerooms
Alison Salazar, Museo Larco

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Ethnoarchaeology: the Good, the Bad, the Old, and the New
Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire, Mount Royal University

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Friday, March 21, 2025

9:30 am – 10:00 am
Registration, Check In, Light Breakfast

10:00 am – 12:00 am
Who Shall Read Them? The Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs (Part I)
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University
Marc Zender, Tulane University

This workshop will focus on the basics of Maya hieroglyphic writing

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
GIS Workshop (Title TBA)
Instructor TBA

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
From the Bayou to the Bajo: Approaches in Louisiana Archaeology and their applicability to Mesoamerican Research
Erlend Johnson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served in Dinwiddie Hall

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Who Shall Read Them? The Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs (Part II)
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University
Marc Zender, Tulane University

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
When Stones Talk: Connecting Lithic Analysis and Raw Material Selection to Maya Daily Life
Rachel A. Horowitz, Washington State University

Keynote Address and Reception

New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Title TBA
Marcello Canuto, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Reception

The keynote address is free and open to the public

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Sunday, March 23, 2025

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor

Forum

9:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Fallen Stucco Inscriptions of Comalcalco and Palenque
Marc Zender, Tulane University
Marcello Canuto, Tulane University
Markus Eberl, Vanderbilt University
Mary Kate Kelly, Mount Royal University

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Books and Merchandise Sale
Dinwiddie Hall, 3rd floor