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Kislak Ceramics: Drugs, Drinks, and Ritual Goods, Actual or Imaginary Content?"

John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)

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Speaker Jennifer Loughmiller-Newman, Kislak Fellow, presents "Kislak Ceramics: Drugs, Drinks, and Ritual Goods, Actual or Imaginary Content". The ancient Maya created extraordinary ceramics for ritual use. These Classic period artifacts (600 to 900 AD) often are decorated with graphic images depicting ritual acts and, less frequently, with hieroglyphic text which seemingly indicates the vessel's contents (for example kakaw/chocolate, may/tobacco). Have the Maya presented us with direct evidence of ritual behavior or do we have ideological representations of that behavior? Perhaps something in between? This presentation discusses the pursuit of the answers through the examination of Classic Maya vessels from the Kislak collection at the Library of Congress.

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English
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United States
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