6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Thomas Cooper Library
Rare Books Library
Mezzanine

Welcoming Reception and Mesoamerican Rare Book Collection exhibit.

REGISTRATION

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

West Quadrangle A
Room 103

 REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST: Coffee, juice, muffins, bagels, cream cheese, fresh fruit

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

WELCOMING REMARKS

Tom Leatherman and Laura Cahue
Department of Anthropology

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM

J. Christopher Gillam
University of South Carolina (SRARP-SCIAA)

“Pleistocene Crossroad of the Western Hemisphere: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Mesoamerica’s Role in the Peopling of the Americas.”

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

Joseph Mountjoy
University of North Carolina-Greensboro

"Middle Formative (1000-800 B.C.) Shaft and Chamber Tombs in the Mascota Valley of Far Western Jalisco." 

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM

Jim Reed
Institute of Maya Studies

“Understanding 2012”

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM

BREAK- Coffee / Tea / Soft Drinks

10: 40 AM – 11:00 AM

Amy J. Hirshman and Helen P. Pollard
West Virginia University and Michigan State University (respectively)

“Firing Variability and Paste Construction in Tarascan Fine Ware Ceramics: a Preliminary Assessment.”

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

E. Christian Wells, Karla L. Davis-Salazar, and José E. Moreno-Cortés
University of South Florida

“The Discovery, Recovery, and Analysis of an Ulúa-style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras.”

11: 30 AM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH—On our own

1:30 PM – 1:50 PM

Andrei V.Tabarev
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA

“Mesoamerican Studies in Russia; Current Situation and Perspectives.”

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Jessica Boulware and Laura Cahue
University of South Carolina

“The Forgotten: A Survey of Skeletal Collections in Michoacan, Mexico”

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

David Haskell
University of Florida

“Representing and Practicing Hierarchy in the Prehispanic Tarascan State.”

2:50 PM – 3:20 PM

BREAK- Coffee / Tea / Soft Drinks

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM

Terrance Weik
University of South Carolina

“The Maroon Heritage of Veracruz: Cimarrones in Amapa and Yanga.”

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM

Laura Cahue
University of South Carolina

“The Bioarchaeology of El Pantano, a Middle Formative Cemetery Site in the Mascota Valley of Jalisco, Mexico.”

4:00 PM – 4: 20 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

6:30 PM

DINNER AND PARTY at Laura Cahue’s home

Map available at registration