Tuesday Talks presents Dr. Justin Lowry - 3/10/26

[Kristin Short]

Tuesday Talks presents Dr. Justin Lowry, Associate Professor of
Anthropology and Latin American Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh, speaking on
"The Mesoamerican Moon and Eclipses" on *Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 12pm* in
the Angell College Center's Alumni Conference Room. Below is an abstract of
Dr. Lowry's presentation.

In three recent articles Dr. Lowry and Dr. Justeson have been presenting
data on ancient Maya and Zapotec calendrics. This talk will discuss
archaeoastronomy and how we come to understand the hieroglyphs related to
calendrical systems. Using NASA's JPL Horizon's system and leveraging
existing knowledge about the Mesoamerican calendars, we were able to
establish both the earliest Mesoamerican lunar calendar among the Zapotec
and a long-term method for maintaining an eclipse record in ancient Maya
books. Please come to join and learn about these ancient mathematic and
astronomical systems.

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