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SUMMARY:Distinguished Visitor Lecture "The Golden Road: Materials\, Value 
 and Exchange in the Ancient Americas" - Dr Joanne Pillsbury (Metropolitan 
 Museum of Art)
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CONTACT:Emma Jarman
DESCRIPTION:Drawing upon significant recent archaeological findings and ne
 w investigations into the roles of artists\, their patrons\, and their wor
 kshops\, this talk focuses on luxury arts in the lands between the two gre
 at imperial capitals of the ancient Americas: Cusco\, the seat of the Inca
  state\, and Tenochtitlan\, the Aztec capital.\n\nThe presentation follows
  a specific historical and geographical path\, tracing the development of 
 gold-working in the Americas from around 1000 BC in the Andes of South Ame
 rica\, to its expansion northward into Central America\, and finally to Me
 xico\, where gold-working only comes into its full flower after 1000 AD. A
 lthough the spread northward of gold working provides the exhibition with 
 its trajectory and narrative\, this golden road passed through regions whe
 re gold was of little interest to the indigenous populations. Such variati
 ons bring to the fore the most challenging and broad-ranging research ques
 tion driving this lecture: How can we discern and interpret indigenous ide
 as of value?\n\nThis lecture seeks to understand which materials were cons
 idered most precious to the Moche\, the Incas\, the Maya\, the Aztecs\, an
 d other ancient American cultures\, and how and why certain materials were
  selected and transformed into some of the ancient world’s most spectacu
 lar works of art.
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture theatre (located behind the Eagle pub\, go through
  the archway and through a black gate\, there will be signs on the night)
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