Below is the complete list of speakers and talks of the Symposium. This year's theme is News from the Field: Archaeological Perspectives from Mesoamerica. The full program schedule with abstracts and speaker biographies is available for download here.
For information about our 2021 Mesoamerica Meetings online workshop led by David Stuart and Danny Law, please visit our Online Workshop page.
Symposium Program
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 3:00pm CST
Takeshi Inomata, The University of Arizona
Early Formal Ceremonial Complexes in the Olmec and Maya Areas
Platform: Vimeo
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 4:15pm CST
Iyaxel Cojti Ren, Dumbarton Oaks
Chi Awär and the Rise of the Ancient Kaqchikel Polity in the Guatemalan Highlands
Platform: Vimeo
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 3:00pm CST
Keith M. Prufer, The University of New Mexico and
Douglas J. Kennett, University of California, Santa Barbara
New Perspectives on Early Human Adaptations in the Neotropics of Mesoamerica
Platform: Vimeo
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 4:15pm CST
Alexandre Tokovinine, The University of Alabama
Living with Kings: Non-Royal Households and Moral Community at La Sufricaya
Platform: Vimeo
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 3:00pm CST
Charles Golden, Brandeis University and
Andrew Scherer, Brown University
News from the Kingdoms of Sak Tz'i' and Piedras Negras
Platform: Vimeo
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:15 CST
Sandra Balanzario, CINAH-Quintana Roo
Exploraciones Arqueológicas en Dzibanché, Quintana Roo
**This presentation will be in Spanish**
Platform: Vimeo
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 3:00pm CST
Joanne Baron, Bard Early Colleges
La Florida Namaan: New Finds and New Theories
Platform: Vimeo
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 4:15pm CST
Nelda Marengo Camacho, University of California, Riverside
The Moon, the Shell House, and the South Plaza: Recent Excavations in the Initial Series Group at Chichen Itza
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 12:00pm CST
Jarosław Źrałka, Jagiellonian University
Recent Research of Rare Maya Wall Paintings from Chajul, Guatemala
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 1:15pm CST
Jeffrey Blomster, The George Washington University
The Earliest Ballcourt in Highland Mesoamerica
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 2:30pm CST
Leonardo López Luján, Alejandra Aguirre Molina, and Israel Elizalde Mendez, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico
War Creatures: Animals with Insignia and Ornaments in the Offerings of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
Platform: Vimeo