Maya King and Country:
Landscape, Mythology, & the Origins of Civilization
Presented by archeologist William Saturno.
Wed - Jan 31, 2007 - 4:00 pm
Film/Video Theater
Wexner Center for the Arts
Reception to follow in the Wexner Café
Free and open to the public
In March 2001, while exploring in northeastern Guatemala, William Saturno and his team discovered the remote archaeological site of San Bartolo and the oldest intact murals ever found in the Maya world. These, and more recent discoveries of text, date from the period when Maya civilization itself was just forming.
Saturno's presentation will focus on the dramatic narrative imagery of the murals. He will also discuss the most recent advances in satellite observation of the ancient Maya landscape, which have provided a look at early Maya ideological and political geography from the inside out and from the outside in. In doing so, he explores their mythically justified mastery of the environment as both the foundation of their great civilization and the root of its ultimate demise.
Saturno is assistant professor of anthropology, University of New Hampshire, and a research associate of Harvard's Peabody Museum.
William Saturno's lecture and visit to OSU is sponsored by the Arts Scholars Program of the College of the Arts in collaboration with:
The Center for Latin American Studies
The Departments of: Anthropology - Spanish & Portuguese - History of Art - Linguistics - Art Education - Art
The College of Arts and Sciences
And generous program support from:
The OSU Office of International Affairs: Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, & Conferences on International Themes
Questions? Contact cochran.1@osu.edu or de-jong.7@osu.edu
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