New discoveries regarding Mesoamerican writing systems and the impact on agriculture in pre-columbian and colonial Mexico and Central America were presented at the 15th Meso-American Conference, held at UMass Boston on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Presenters included award-winning researchers from U.S. and Canadian universities, and from the Smithsonian Institute. The conference, organized by Anthropology Prof. Judith Zeitlin, was sponsored by the Center for Cultural and Environmental History, the Dean of Liberal Arts and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.