SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2011
de Young Museum • 55 Hagiwara Tea Drive in Golden Gate Park
Symposium: “Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico”
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium
Tickets are $8/general, $5/members/students.
A series of speakers reveal new discoveries about the Olmec civilization.
Morning session: 10:00–11:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction Kathleen Berrin, Curator in Charge, Africa, Oceania, and Americas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Among Jaguars and Serpents: Olmec Art and Iconography Sara Ladrón de Guevara, Director, Museum of Anthropology, Xalapa, Mexico
The Real Dirt on San Lorenzo Ann Cyphers, Archaeologist, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Afternoon session: 1:30–4:00 p.m. Mounds, Monuments, and Misadventures at Tres Zapotes Christopher A. Pool, Archaeologist, University of Kentucky
The Ecstasy and the Agony: The La Venta Excavations Susan D. Gillespie, Archaeologist, University of Florida
Forty Years of Archaeology on the Olmec Frontier David C. Grove, Archaeologist,University of Florid
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2011
12:00-1:00 p.m. Front Lawn of the de Young
Welcome dances by Traditional California Pomo Dancers and Danza Xitlalli