Part I
The “Out of Eurasia” Project
Objectives and Strategies of Transdisciplinary Studies

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Sábado 29 de febrero, 2020 | 12:00 - 16:00 p.m

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Auditorio del Museo del Templo Mayor"Eduardo Matos Moctezuma" Ciudad de México | Entrada libre
Coordinadores Saburo Sugiyama y Naoko Matsumoto(Arizona State University/Okayama University)

Horario del programa

12:00-12:20
12:20-12:40
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13:40-13:50
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(Okayama University)

Saburo Sugiyama (Arizona State University/Okayama University, Japón) Introducción
DODArqueología Cognitiva: Monumentos, Arte y Urbanismo en Mesoamérica
Naoko Matsumoto (Okayama University, Japón)Anthropomorphic $rtifacts as a
1exus %etween 3eople and 7hings
Atsushi Iriki (RIKEN Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, Japón)
Evolution of Human V Cognitive System and Civilizations
Takehiko Matsugi (National Museum of Japanese History, Japón)
How and Why Kofun (Tumulus) %ecame so /arge in Japan?
Eisei Tsurumi (University of Tokyo, Japón)
Formación de Monumentalidad en la Civilización Andina
con servicios deCuestiones y Comentarios
intérprete (español)(café)Ann Cyphers (UNAM)
Monumentalidad Olmeca TempranD y HOPaisaje Urbano: 1800-1000 BC
Nelly Robles (INAH)
Monumentos, Tumbas de eOLWHV y Memorias Domésticas en Monte Albán
Travis W. Stanton, Karl A. Taube, José Osorio León,Francisco Pérez Ruíz,and María Rocio González de la Mata(University of California, Riverside)
Paraíso en la &Ludad del 6ol:(O 3aisaje &onstruido de Chichén Itzá
Joel Palka (Arizona State University)
Construcción Monumental, Paisaje Ritual y Peregrinación en Mesoamérica: Estudios deCohesión Social en Chiapas, México.
Alfredo López Austin (UNAM), con Yukitaka Inoue O. (Senshu University, Japón)
Conceptualización (YROXFLRQDULD deO Monte Sagrado en la &Rsmovisión 0esoamericanaDiscusión entre todos

JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research on Innovative Areas (2019-2023), Grant Number 19H05731 "Integrative Human Historical Science of "Out of Eurasia" Exploring the Mechanisms of the Development of Civilization"

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