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Archaeology Lecture by Maxime Lamoureux-St.Hilaire of Davidson College: “State expansionism, colonialism, and stranger-kings among the Classic Maya”

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Highsmith Student Union, Mountain Suites (225/226)

February 19, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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This lecture takes place at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Highsmith Student Union Mountain Suites. It is free and open to everyone.

Maxime Lamoureux-St.Hilaire
Maxime Lamoureux-St.Hilaire

Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire is visiting assistant professor in archaeology in the Anthropology Department of Davidson College. He received his Ph.D. from Tulane University (2018), his M.A. from Trent University (2011), and B.Sc. from Université de Montréal (2008). Lamoureux-St-Hilaire has a keen interest for cross-cultural comparisons in archaeology and is most fascinated by how ancient governments worked. Specifically, he studies the structure of Classic Maya royal courts as evidenced by their regal palaces. Most recently, he has excavated the regal palace of La Corona, Guatemala, although his archaeological path has also led him to work in Belize, Mexico, Honduras, and Québec.

This lecture is co-sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Department of Classics and Western North Carolina Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. For more information, contact UNC Asheville Lecturer in Art and Classics Laurel Taylor, ltaylor@unca.edu or 828.251.6290.

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Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire Bio:

As an anthropological archaeologist I study ancient civilizations, their people, and their technologies. I am particularly interested in the structure of governments, or how ancient states were assembled and maintained as political communities, and sometimes collapsed.

I specialize in the Classic Maya Civilization, which flourished from CE 250-1000, and have been working in Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, and Honduras since 2007. My work there has focused on the architecture of royal palaces, the study of agricultural household groups, cartography, and ceramic technology.

Archaeology is intrinsically interdisciplinary; a fact which I fully embrace. I practice sciences such as GIS and geochemistry, collaborate with other specialists (like ethnobotanists), and am very interested in history, ethnohistory and political sciences.


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Date:
February 19, 2020
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Organizer

Laurel Taylor
Phone:
828.251.6290
Email:
ltaylor@unca.edu

Venue

Highsmith Student Union, Mountain Suites (225/226)