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Indigenous Astronomies and Cosmologies: Deciphering Pre-Hispanic Maya Texts and Textile Designs
- Date:
- Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017
- Time:
- 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Location:
- Abrams Planetarium
- Department:
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Event Details:
Dr. Gabrielle Vail specializes in Mayan archaeology, epigraphy, and ethno-history. Deciphering indigenous astronomies and cosmologies as seen in pre-Hispanic Mayan texts and textile designs will be the focus of her talk. Vali teaches at UNC, Chapel Hill where she is the Program Director for InHerit: Passed to Present Research Labs of Archaeology
