Gallery Talks

All talks begain at noon.

December 14, 2016
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“The Autosacrifice Ceremony and Maya Kingship”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

November 16, 2016
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“We all Get Hungry: Mesoamerican Food and Recipes”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

October 12, 2016
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Reading Maya Ceramics: Lessons from Everyday Objects”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

September 23, 2015
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“This is for the Birds: the Archaeology and Natural History of the Ancient Huari Feather Panel”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

May 6, 2015
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Reading Maya Natural History: Indigenous Books and Ancient Reading”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

March 11, 2015
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“The Stone of the Sun and the Wind: Jade Artifacts in the Jay I. Kislak Collection”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

September 11, 2013
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Mayan Writing and Mathematics: The Dresden Codex and Materials from the Jay I. Kislak Collection”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

September 25, 2013
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Astronomy and Astrology in Mayan Writing: The Codex Peresianus and Materials from the Jay I. Kislak Collection”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

October 16, 2013
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Alfred Maudslay and the Recording of Maya Inscriptions:  Photographs from the Biologia Centrali-Americana”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

October 30, 2013
Curator John Hessler, Geography and Map Division
“Ownership and Landscape: Aztec Surveying and Cartography before the Conquest”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

September 22, 2010
John Hebert will discuss Polynesian stick charts and early navigation techniques
Exploring the Early Americas Exhibition, 2nd Floor, Northwest Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
John Hebert will discuss “The Matteo Ricci World Map”
Exploring the Early Americas Exhibition, 2nd Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

February 11, 2009
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of Exploring the Early Americas
“La Florida”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, 2nd Floor, NW Gallery, Jefferson Building

May 13, 2009
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of the Exploring the Early Americas
“Mesoamerican Ballgames: The Sport of Life or Death”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, 2nd Floor, NW Gallery, Jefferson Building

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