Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Discovers Himself: Excavations of the Great Aztec Temple

When:
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Peabody Museum, Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University

Event website:
https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Eduardo-Matos-Moctezuma-Discovers-Himself

The 1978 discovery of the Great Aztec Temple in downtown Mexico City riveted the international archaeological world. This monumental shrine dedicated to the Aztec war and rain gods had been buried beneath the city’s main plaza since the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest. Facing a project of great historical significance with demanding scientific challenges, Mexico appointed archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma to lead the multiyear, multidisciplinary project that ultimately unearthed the Great Temple and its treasures. In this free and public lecture presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Moses Mesoamerican Archive, and the Harvard Divinity School, Matos Moctezuma, Professor Emeritus at the National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico, will discuss the professional and personal transformations that he and his team experienced as they unearthed and interpreted the heart of the Aztec world. Prior to the lecture, from 5 until 6 pm, program attendees are invited to visit Ocarinas of the Americas, an exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Lecture to be delivered in Spanish, with English translation.

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