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The Taos Archaeological Society
BULLETIN December 2023
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FRIDAY
WINTER POT LUCK December 8 5:00pm-7:30pm
Please bring your favorite holiday dish
Wine Lemonade Iced Tea Water provided
Event to be held at St. James Episcopal Church
There will also be items left over from the ASNM auction available for cash and carry prices. Proceeds to go to the Educational Committee. Thank you.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FRIDAY
WINTER POT LUCK December 8 5:00pm-7:30pm
Please bring your favorite holiday dish
Wine Lemonade Iced Tea Water provided
Event to be held at St. James Episcopal Church
There will also be items left over from the ASNM auction available for cash and carry prices. Proceeds to go to the Educational Committee. Thank you.
Next Speaker
January 22, 2024
Water in the Maya World
Phil Alldritt
Kit Carson Board Room Cruz Alta Road 7pm.
Phil Alldritt is an Instructor of Anthropology, Archaeology, Latin American History, and Political Science at the University of New Mexico -Taos since 2000. He is the Coordinator for the UNM-Taos Study Abroad Office. Current President of the Taos Archaeological Society.His field school began in Belize in 1987 at Cuello Belize. He worked at the Maya site of Nohmul in Belize in 1989. In 1993, he worked on the Petexbatun Project at Quim chi Hilan an outlier from Aguateca in Guatemala. He has been a tour guide in Central America since 1984. He has a BA in Political Science from Colorado State University and Master's Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona.
Topic
Water in the Maya World
The world of the Maya was an animistic mystical word surrounded by water. Water, rain, humidity, the sea all play roles in the ritual behavior of the Maya culture. This talk will explain the art and architecture that was created by the Maya to worship water in the construction of their cities while building functional ways to collect water for ceremony and agriculture.