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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
St. Louis, Mo.—The breathtaking new exhibit “Fiery Pool: the Maya and the Mythic Sea” brings together more than 90 stunning works from Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala that offer exciting new insights into the culture of the ancient Maya and showcase the importance of water. Surrounded by the sea and dependent on the life-giving power of rain, the ancient Maya created fantastic objects imbued with the symbolic power of water. From monumental stone sculptures to jewels of jade and gold, many of these artifacts, which date from the Preclassic Period (2500 b.c.) to as recently as the early 16th century, have never been shown in the United States. (314) 721-0072, www.slam.org (Through May 8)
ST. LOUIS ART Museum
St. Louis Art Museum
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.— The compelling images included in the new photo exhibit “Look Close See Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya” delve into the heart of the forests and villages in which the Maya people have been rooted for generations. This stunning exhibit is a collection of images and ideas gathered by American fine art photographer Bruce Martin while traveling throughout the Maya region of Central America. Since 1987, Martin has taken more than 10,000 photographs of ruins, landscapes and people in an attempt to make a distinctive portrait of this singular culture whose identity is fundamentally intertwined with the land from which they and their ancestors have coaxed their livelihood. (505) 277-4405, www.unm.edu/~maxwell (Through December)
american archaeology
Anchorage, Alaska —The traveling exhibit created by the Field Museum “Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age” re-creates the lives of mammoths and mastodons, their interactions with one another and with ancient humans. They were wonderfully successful creatures of the Ice Age who served as food and artistic inspiration for ancient peoples. But despite their size and ability to adapt to different habitats, these early cousins of the elephant eventually went extinct. Displays include skeletons, skulls and tusks, large-scale projections, life-sized dioramas and virtual experiences, and rare and evocative objects, including some of the oldest art in existence. (907) 929-9200, www.anchoragemuseum.org (March 4 through October 9)
anchorage Museum at rasmusen center
Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center
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