Tourism and the Archaeology of State – Facing Challenges: the Case of Copan, Honduras
For many nation-states, the achievements of their illustrious ancestors are the source of immense pride, and a focus for national identity. …
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Theme: Anthropology and Archaeology
Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks
In the spring of 1912, Robert Woods Bliss, a Harvard alumnus and U.S. Embassy Secretary in Paris, was taken by a friend to a shop on the Boulevard Raspail, where he saw, for the first time…
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Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks
Interest in Pre-Columbian art and archaeology has grown in Latin American countries at a rapid pace. Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard-affiliated institution in Washington DC, houses an extensive…
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Investigations of the Royal Palace of Teotihuacan
In February of 1999, Linda Manzanilla Naim , from Mexico’s National Autonomous University and Leonardo López Luján, INAH, invited William Fash, chair of Harvard University’s Anthropology…
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David Maybury-Lewis
David Maybury-Lewis will receive the Anders Retzius gold medal of the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography on April 24, 1998. The medal is awarded to an anthropologist…
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