News and Events

This section will include announcements of importance to readers, and upcoming conferences that will be of interest to Mesoamerican scholars

We are saddened to learn that Alejandro Martinez, former INAH director of Archaeology, passed away on March 6, 2009.  An obituary featuring highlights of his distinguished career will be posted on the Obituaries sector of the AM webpage. 

Identity Crisis: Archaeology and Problems of Social Identity is the topic of the 2009 Chacmool Conference, to be held from November 13 to 15 at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  Confirmed plenary speakers include Sian Jones, Rosemary Joyce, Andrew Gardner, Joanna Sofaer, and Ross Jamieson.  For more information visit the Archaeology Department web site at http://www.arky.ucalgary.ca.  Pending external funding, limited travel reimbursement will be available to presenters who submit abstracts prior to March 20, 2009; abstracts submitted after that date may still be accepted for the program.

Society for American Archaeology annual conference will take place in Atlanta, GA, from April 22 to 26.  A copy of the preliminary program with sessions that will be of particular interest to readers of AM is posted following the Conference link (thanks to the contribution of Michael Smith).  For more information, visit www.saa.org

California State University at Los Angeles is hosting a conference Continuity and Change in Mesoamerican History on May 15-16, 2009.  It will feature David Carrasco as the keynote speaker, and will also include an homage to the career of Tatiana Proskouriakoff.  Additional information is available following the Conference link.