European Maya Conferences

29th European Maya Conference: Perugia, Italy

“Colour in Mesoamerica”

 

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The 29th Annual European Maya Conference is organised by Wayeb – the European Association of Mayanists – in cooperation with the Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano” – in Perugia, Italy. The conference will begin with an introductory lecture on Monday 7th October, followed by three-and-a-half-days of workshops (8th–11th October), with an afternoon off (with extracurricular activities planned, to be announced) on Friday 11th October, and concluding with a two-day symposium held from Saturday 12th October to Sunday 13th October 2024, in the Sala dei Notari at Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia.

The theme for the 29th European Maya Conference is COLOUR IN MESOAMERICA. The topic will be explored from a variety of perspectives, taking into account the time-depth and cultural and geographic expanse of Mesoamerica.

During this conference, we will explore questions concerning the use and perception of colour in Mesoamerica, including, but not limited to:

  • What were (and are) the sources for different colours in Mesoamerica?
  • What colours were used to paint buildings and monuments, and were all of them painted in the past?
  • How do we know what colours looked like during pre-Hispanic times?
  • What, if any, has been the impact of the limited survival of colour in a variety of contexts across Mesoamerica on contemporary perceptions of the past?
  • How was (and is) colour perceived and represented in the art and writing systems in different eras from pre-Hispanic to modern times?
  • Have there been any discrepancies in perceptions of colour between indigenous groups, between indigenous groups and colonisers, or between indigenous groups and non-local scholars over time?
  • What kind of colour terminology do Mesoamerican languages use and why?
  • What kind of potential symbolic meanings do different colours hold and how, if at all, have these changed over time?

The theme of the conference will be approached from various disciplinary points of view – including (but not restricted to) anthropology, archaeology, biology, chemistry, epigraphy, history, iconography, linguistics, and psychology – as well as interdisciplinary approaches exploring the intersection of these disciplinary perspectives.

The objective of the EMC 2024 Poster session is to facilitate detailed presentations of research projects, with the intention of enabling direct and reflective interaction between attendees and presenters, supported by the use of graphic material. It is therefore essential that the authors be present to present their posters.

The Poster session will be held on Saturday 12th October at 16:30h in Sala della Vaccara, directly at the symposium venue. As this is the first occasion an organised Poster session has been held at an EMC, it would be appropriate to have a brief oral presentation at the conclusion of the initial oral paper session, where the organiser of the poster session will provide a concise overview of the initiative, after which the authors of the posters shall be granted the floor. This will be a 20-minute presentation and each author will be permitted a two-minute presentation, during which they will introduce their topic and briefly explain the content of their poster.

The following posters have been approved for presentation at the forthcoming conference:

  • Valeria Bellomia, David Buti, Brenda Doherty, Francesca Sabatini, Claudia Caliri & Davide Domenici: “Colorful Wefts: Detecting Natural Dyes in a Feathered Textile from New Spain”
  • Ángela Ejarque Gallardo: “Exploring the Stylistic Variations and Color Materiality of Effigy Censers from Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico)”
  • Benjamín Esqueda Lazo de la Vega & Natalia Hernández Tangarife: “Una pintura mural poco reconocida en el Puuc: Registro fotogramétrico y conservación del Mural de la Batalla de Chacmultún, Yucatán, México”
  • Claudia Araceli García Solís: “El código de color en la representación de la imagen en Chichén Itzá”
  • Kathryn M. Hudson: “Coats of Many Colors: Animals, Color, and Identity in Mesoamerica’s Southeastern Borderlands”
  • Zoé Le Bacquer: “Mapmaking Allegories, The Colours of Archetypes”
  • Rubén Morales Forte, Marc Zender & William Marcos: “Colors for the Field: Understanding the Sijoom “Months””
  • Javier A. Rivas Romero, Paulina Poot Franco, Isabel Silva León & Mayra Manrique Ortega: “Moler en Calakmul y Uxul: Análisis arqueométricos a los metates “miniatura” como posibles elementos en la producción de pigmentos”
  • Camille Simon, François Gendron & Estela Martínez Mora: “Colores de la Huasteca potosina: Análisis químico e iconográfico de frescos en sitios de la periferia de Tamtoc, SLP”
  • Lorraine A. Williams-Beck: “The Color of the Cosmos: Teabo’s Sixteenth Century Mural Paintings”

In the event of an author being unable to attend the live presentation, the poster should include a means of facilitating further engagement with the content. This could take the form of a QR code that directs the reader to a video or additional materials related to the poster. These might include digital repositories of images or articles, online pages to visualise 3D reproductions, and so forth.

The following pages contain two proposed templates for posters for your consideration. It should be noted that these are basic outlines that serve only to provide a suggested framework for the visual organisation of content and images. They are not intended to be prescriptive. The use of colours, transparency, arrows, lines, shapes, dynamic effects and other such elements is encouraged. Be creative!

All posters must be presented in portrait orientation and adhere to the dimensions of A1 (594 mm wide x 841 mm high). Additionally, images must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

Please use the font sizes in the templates. They have been designed for readability. You can add your own institutional logos. See the logos of the organisations involved in the event at the top of this document.

All posters will be printed on 120-150 g coated or couché paper.

The EMC organisers will be responsible for printing the posters, so all authors are requested to send their posters to posters@wayeb.org by 20th September. Please make sure that the poster you submit have the specific dimensions of A1 size and that the definition is at least 300 dpi.

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