Below is the complete list of speakers and talks of the symposium.
This year's theme is Cultures in Color: Ancient Mesoamerican Worlds of Pigments and Hues. The full program schedule with abstracts and speaker biographies can be downloaded here.
For information about our 2022 Mesoamerica Meetings online workshop led by Danny Law and Mackenzie Walters, please visit our Online Workshop 2022 page.
*Note: All times listed below are in Central Standard Time (CST), UTC/GMT-6 hours.
Symposium Program
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 3:00pm CST
Diana Magaloni Kerpel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
To Make the World Appear: The Art and Science of Color in the Florentine Codex
Platform: Vimeo
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 3:00pm CST
James Doyle, Matson Museum of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
Colors of the Maya Gods: Chahk, K’awiil, and Polychromy
Platform: Vimeo
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 4:15pm CST
Élodie Dupey García, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Tlapalli: Exploring the Relationship between Color and Matter through Nahuatl Chromatic Lexicon
Platform: Vimeo
Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 3:00pm CST
Cameron L. McNeil, Lehman College, City University of New York
Yellow, White, and Green: Recovering the Color of Pre-Columbian Maya Floral Offerings at Copan, Honduras
Platform: Vimeo
Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 4:15pm CST
Ajpub’ Pablo García Ixmatá, Universidad Rafael Landívar
El uso del tinte natural en los tejidos mayas: Rescate y revitalización de la producción y uso de los colores naturales y sus significados
Platform: Vimeo
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 3:00pm CST
Vera Tiesler, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
Color on Teeth and Precious Smiles: Ancient Maya Dental Inlays
Platform: Vimeo
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 4:15pm CST
Angelyn Bass, University of New Mexico & Heather Hurst, Skidmore College
Conserving Maya Wall Paintings: Commingled Legacies of Color and Context
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 15, 2022 - 12:00pm CST
Davide Domenici, University of Bologna
The Materiality of Color: Scientific Analyses of Mesoamerican Codices
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 15, 2022 - 1:15pm CST
Sarah Nunberg, Pratt Institute
Classic Maya Vessels: Original and Restoration Painting Approaches and Ethics of Treatment Options
Platform: Vimeo
Saturday, January 15, 2022 - 2:30pm CST
David Stuart, The University of Texas at Austin
The Green and the Yellow: Metaphors of Color, Cyclical Process and Divinity in Maya Language and Art
Platform: Vimeo