3-0220 THE RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY OF ANCIENT LANDSCAPES: TRANSFORMING MAYA ARCHAEOLOGY THROUGH IHOPE

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Thursday, November 17, 2011: 08:00-11:45

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Students

Organizers: Arlen F Chase (University of Central Florida) and Vernon Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)

Chairs: Arlen F Chase (University of Central Florida) and Vernon Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)

Discussants: Sander van der Leeuw (Arizona State University)

08:00

Diversity, Resiliency, and IHOPE-Maya: Using the Past to Inform the Present

Arlen F Chase (University of Central Florida) and Vernon Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)

08:15

IHOPE-Maya: Learning From the Past, Informing the Future

Keith Prufer (University of New Mexico) and Diane Z Chase (University of Central Florida)

08:30

Water and Landscape: Ancient Maya Settlement Decisions

Lisa J Lucero (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Scott L Fedick (University of California, Riverside), Nicholas P Dunning (University of Cincinnati), David Lentz (University of Cincinnati) and Vernon Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)

08:45

Growth Dependency and Decline In Classic Maya Puuc Political Economies

Christian Isendahl (Uppsala University), Nicholas P Dunning (University of Cincinnati) and Jeremy A Sabloff (Santa Fe Institute)

09:00

Trajectories of Change In the Flatlands of the Northern Maya Lowlands

Scott L Fedick (University of California, Riverside) and Rafael Cobos (UADY)

09:15

Prehispanic Population Dynamics In the Western Maya Lowlands: Evaluating Resilience and Vulnerability In Ancient Landscapes

Rodrigo Liendo (UNAM)

09:30

Calakmul: Agent Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience In the Central Maya Lowlands

Joel D Gunn (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), William J Folan (Autonomous University of Campeche), María del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco (Autonomous University of Campeche) and Betty B Faust (University of California at San Diego)

09:45

Break

10:00

The Alternative Economy: Resilience In the Face of Complexity In the Eastern Maya Lowlands

Fred Valdez Jr (University of Texas, Austin) and Vernon Scarborough (University of Cincinnati)

10:15

Path Dependency In the Rise and Denouement of a Classic Maya City: The Case of Caracol, Belize

Diane Z Chase (University of Central Florida) and Arlen F Chase (University of Central Florida)

10:30

Resilience and Vulnerability In the Maya Hinterlands

Gyles J Iannone (Trent University), Keith Prufer (University of New Mexico) and Diane Z Chase (University of Central Florida)

10:45

Comparative Complexity: Rome, the Maya, and the Modern World

Joseph Tainter (Utah State University)

11:00

Comparative Landscapes: Resilience, Rigidity, and Path Dependence In the American Southwest and Mesoamerica

Ben A Nelson (Arizona State University), Adrian Chase (Harvard University) and Michelle Hegmon (Arizona State University)

11:15

Comparative Landscapes: Near East and the Maya

Tony James Wilkinson (University of Durham)

11:30

Discussant

Sander van der Leeuw (Arizona State University)

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