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Comment: Doesn't meet WP:ORG. We don't justify notability with poor sources. What can an event website or announcement say independently about a program, if not advertorial, or self pub. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 02:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

The Maya Working Group is a long-term research group associated with the Santa Fe Institute. Research within the group has focused on how complexity arose within Maya Civilization with a strong focus on epistemology and hermeneutics. Some research topics investigated by this group have included:

Maya Cosmology and Archaeoastronomy
Maya Understandings of Time
Being Maya
Maya Identity (philosophy)

Books

The Maya Working Group has focused on producing accessible academic books on these topics.

The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order. 2024. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813069807^[1]
Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands. 2017. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813054353^[2]

Meetings

2024: "Knowing Maya: Journeys into the Past," Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM. (August 28-30).^[3]
2023: "Being Maya in Mesoamerica: People, Places, and Power," Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM. (November 28-30).^[4]^[5]
2022: "Being Maya: Identity, Ontology, and Agency," Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM. Organized by (August 3-5).^[6]
2021: "Being Maya: Identity and Origin," SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (August 18-21; cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19).^[7]
2018: "On Time and Being Maya." SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Aug. 29-30).^[8]^[9]
2017: "Telling Time: Myth, History, and Everyday Life in the Ancient Maya World: The Third Working Group Session," Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (August 24-26).^[10]^[11]
2016: "Maya Materialization of Time: Synthesis of Themes," SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Aug.26-28).^[12]
2015: "Maya Materialization of Time: History and Prophecy in Long-term Perspective," SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico.(Feb.13-16).^[13]
2013 "Early Maya E Groups: Solar Calendars and the Role of Astronomy in the Rise of Lowland Maya Urbanism: The Second Working Group," SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico. (Aug. 23-25).^[14]
2012: "Early Maya E Groups: Solar Calendars and the Role of Astronomy in the Rise of Lowland Maya Urbanism," SFI Working Group, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico. (Aug. 25-26)^[15]^[16]

Santa Fe Institute

References

^ "The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order".2024. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813069807
^ "Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands". 2017. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813054353
^ "Events: Knowing Maya, Journeys into the Past | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 29, 2024.
^ "Events: Being Maya in Mesoamerica: Peoples, Places, and Power | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. November 30, 2023.
^ "Maya identity in Mesoamerica". 30 November 2023.
^ "Events: Being Maya: Identity, Ontology, Agency. | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 4, 2022.
^ "Events: Being Maya: Identity and Origin | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 19, 2021.
^ "Events: On Time and Being Maya | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 29, 2018.
^ "On time and being Maya". 27 August 2018.
^ "Events: Telling Time: Myth, History and Everyday Life in the ancient Maya world: The Third Working Group Session | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 26, 2017.
^ "Working group explores ancient Maya understanding of time". 15 August 2017.
^ ""Maya Materialization of Time: Synthesis of Themes"".
^ "Events: Maya Materialization of Time: History and Prophecy in Long-term Perspective | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. February 13, 2015.
^ "Events: Early Maya E-Groups, Solar Calendars, and the role of Astronomy in the rise of Lowland Urbanism: The Second Working Group | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 23, 2013.
^ "Early Maya E Groups: Solar Calendars and the Role of Astronomy in the Rise of Lowland Maya Urbanism". 25 August 2012.
^ "Mayan astronomy, society, cosmology, & timekeeping | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. October 15, 2012.

[1] "The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order".2024. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813069807

[2] "Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands". 2017. Edited by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Hardcover ISBN 13: 9780813054353

[3] "Events: Knowing Maya, Journeys into the Past | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 29, 2024.

[4] "Events: Being Maya in Mesoamerica: Peoples, Places, and Power | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. November 30, 2023.

[5] "Maya identity in Mesoamerica". 30 November 2023.

[6] "Events: Being Maya: Identity, Ontology, Agency. | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 4, 2022.

[7] "Events: Being Maya: Identity and Origin | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 19, 2021.

[8] "Events: On Time and Being Maya | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 29, 2018.

[9] "On time and being Maya". 27 August 2018.

[10] "Events: Telling Time: Myth, History and Everyday Life in the ancient Maya world: The Third Working Group Session | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 26, 2017.

[11] "Working group explores ancient Maya understanding of time". 15 August 2017.

[12] ""Maya Materialization of Time: Synthesis of Themes"".

[13] "Events: Maya Materialization of Time: History and Prophecy in Long-term Perspective | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. February 13, 2015.

[14] "Events: Early Maya E-Groups, Solar Calendars, and the role of Astronomy in the rise of Lowland Urbanism: The Second Working Group | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. August 23, 2013.

[15] "Early Maya E Groups: Solar Calendars and the Role of Astronomy in the Rise of Lowland Maya Urbanism". 25 August 2012.

[16] "Mayan astronomy, society, cosmology, & timekeeping | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. October 15, 2012.

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