3rd European Maya Conference

The Sacred and the Profane: Architecture and Identity in the Southern Maya Lowlands.

This conference was held in Hamburg, November 21-22, 1998 (Workshop during Nov. 18-20) at the University of Hamburg. It was coordinated by the Department of Mesoamerican Studies, University of Hamburg.

You can download the complete program of the conference:

Program

The proceedings are available as Volume 10 of the Acta Mesoamericana Series by publishing house Anton Saurwein.

The papers presented at the conference were the following:

Justin Kerr
New York
The Transformation of the Hero Twin Xbalanque into the Post-Classic Beekeeper
Geneviève Le Fort
Zürich
The Cross Group Temples at Palenque and the Accession Ceremony among the Classic Maya
Anja Grossmann
Hamburg
Maya Tombs: Failings in the Past Evaluations and Possibilities for the Future
Elisabeth Wagner
Bonn
An Alternative View on the Meaning and Function of Str. 10L-22A, Copán
Alfonso Lacadena
Mérida
The Yucatec and the Yucatecs in the Classic Period
Dmitri Beliaev
Moscow
Wuk Tsuk: Naranjo and Tikal in the Late Classic
Simon Martin
London
At the Periphery: A Rationale for the Placement of Early Monuments in the Environs of Tikal
Stephen Houston
Provo
Classic Maya Architecture and Perceptual Psychology: Comparative, Indigenous, and Epigraphic Perspectives
Alexander Voss
Bonn
History in the Inscriptions of Chich’en Itzá
Lorraine Williams-Beck
Campeche
The Northwestern Yucatan Peninsula Postclassic Maya: New Perspectives from Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Campeche
Pierre Robert Colas
Hamburg
Caves of Blood and War: New Proposals for Classic Maya Cave Use
James Brady
Washington
Early Political Appropriation of the Sacred Landscape
Holley Moyes
Delray Beach
Function and Meaning of Maya Speleothem Use
Erik Boot
Leiden
The Temple of K’uk’ulkan at Chich’en Itzá
Nikolai Grube
Bonn
Classic Maya Fire Ceremonies
Wayeb