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Monday, 24.6.2024, 18.00 h (UTC+02)Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Conference Room, Potsdamer Str. 37, 10785 Berlin and online via Webex
Lecture
Mallory Matsumoto:
A Dynastic Heirloom from Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Material Circulation and Ancestral Memory in a Classic Maya Kingdom
In the early twentieth century, archaeologists working in the famous Maya center of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, uncovered a small jade pendant carved in the shape of a human head. Although the object’s form was not unusual—jade was a prized material for ornaments, many of which were anthropomorphic in shape—the hieroglyphic inscription on its reverse indicated that its history was anything but ordinary. Originally carved in Piedras Negras, Peten, Guatemala, in the late seventh century, the heirloom was worn by local kings before it was eventually sacrificed into the waters of the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, almost 500 km northeast of Piedras Negras. In her talk, Mallory Matsumoto (The University of Texas at Austin) presents a more complete history of the jade pendant, building on prior research to identify at least three kings associated with the piece and reconstructing the context in which the ornament remained present at Piedras Negras even after the last known king was no longer wearing it.
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Co-organization:
Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Potsdamer Straße 37, 10785 Berlin, Germany, Potsdamer Straße 37, 10785 Berlin, Deutschland,Berlin, Germany