In celebration of the reopening of the galleries for the arts of the ancient Americas in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, explore the ways in which major new archaeological discoveries made in the years since 1982—the year the Wing opened—have shifted perspectives on the visual arts of the civilizations that thrived in Latin America prior to 1600 CE. Hear from scholars as they address not only the revolutionary new understandings precipitated by these discoveries, but also our moment now, and the big questions that remain for the study of the arts of the Mexica, the Inca, the Maya, the Moche, and the many other civilizations of the ancient Americas.
Welcome
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met
Introduction: Arts of the Ancient Americas at The Met
Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of the Arts of the Ancient Americas, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Laura Filloy Nadal, Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Session I: The Andes
Unearthing a Painted Throne Room at Pañamarca, Peru
Lisa Trever, Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
The Children of the Moon: Rituals and Ceremonies in the Realm of the Sea
Gabriel Prieto, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
Threads that Connect the Andes with Mesoamerica: New Evidence
Alejandro de Ávila, Founding Director, Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca
Session II: Central America and the Caribbean
The El Caño Archaeological Site: Rituals, Ancestors, Gold, and Power in Ancient Panama
Julia Mayo Torné, Director, El Caño Foundation
Stone Spheres and Ancient Floods: New Trajectories in the Archaeology of the Diquís Delta, Southeastern Costa Rica
Francisco Corrales Ulloa, Archaeologist, Department of Anthropology and History, National Museum of Costa Rica
New Light on Ancient Sculptures from Southern Guatemala
Oswaldo Chinchilla, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Archaeology, Yale University
Art in the Artifact: Art History and Archaeology in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean
Lawrence Waldron, Assistant Professor of Art History, Graduate Program Chair, Queens College
Session III: Mesoamerica
Teotihuacan: A Social History of a Sacred City
David Carballo, Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Latin American Studies, Boston University
Colossal Heads and Smiling Figurines: Gulf Coast Cultural Diversity
Sara Ladrón de Guevara, archaeologist
Heavens, Earth, and Sea: A Universe of Animals in the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan
Leonardo López Luján, Senior Research Professor, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, Mexico), and Director of the Templo Mayor Project
Artists of Aztlan del Norte: Sharing the Mexican World
Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project (MMARP)
Closing remarks
Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of the Arts of the Ancient Americas, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Laura Filloy Nadal, Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Presented in celebration of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month.
Events and programming related to the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing are made possible by the Breyer Family Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Thompson Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann. Kyveli and George Economou, Ed and Dale Mathias, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc., and two anonymous donors.
