Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 and Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 March

Course Director: Dr Elizabeth Baquedano (University College London)
Guest Lecturer: Dr Gabrielle Vail

This course will be delivered online via the video communication platform Zoom (details provided upon enrolment).

09:45 – 10.00
Participants login to Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address

10:00 – 11:15
1. Introduction to the Course: What is Mesoamerica?

11:45 – 13:00
2. The Olmec World Through its Art: Anthropomorphic, animal, and were-jaguar representations

14:15 – 15:30
3. Olmecs Outside the Gulf Coast Region

16:00 – 17:15
4. The Steel of the Americas: Obsidian

10:00 – 11:15
5. Teotihuacan Ceramics: Censers, host figurines, and tripod vessels

11:45 – 13:00
6. British Museum Turquoise Mosaic Collections

14:15 – 15:30
7. Golden Kingdoms: Mixtec and Aztec gold – jewelry, figurines, and masks

16:00 – 17:15
8. Gods, Rulers, and History: The many uses of Aztec Sculpture

10:00 – 11:15
9. The Mesoamerican Chacmool Representations: What were their use and function? Toltec, West Mexico, Aztec, and Maya examples

11:45 – 13:00
10. The Mesoamerican Ballgame

14:15 – 15:30
11. Gold from the Sacred Cenote (Well) of Chichen Itza

16:00 – 17:15
12. Luxury Goods: Featherwork in Aztec Mexico

10:00 – 11:15
13. Maya Lintels: Bloodletting and history

11:45 – 13:00
14. Maya Jade and Afterlife: Pakal’s funerary crypt

14:15 – 15:30
15. The Mesoamerican Calendars and Maya Codices, with an Emphasis on the Dresden Codex (guest lecturer: Dr Gabrielle Vail)

16:00 – 17:15
16. Workshop

17:15 – 19:00
Virtual Farewell Drinks Party on Zoom

Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.

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