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Denver, Colo.—The exhibit “Zoom In: The Centennial State in 100 Objects” offers visitors a chance to step into the story and explore 100 unique objects that have shaped the state of Colorado. The items provide an overview of Colorado’s history, from early Paleo-Indians living along the Front Range 13,000 years ago to modern times. This exhibit explores how objects define who Coloradans are. (303) 447-8679, www. historycolorado.org (Long-term exhibit)
Los Angeles, Calif.—The intriguing exhibit “Ancient Bodies: Archaeological Perspectives on Mesoamerican Figurines” explores the central role of archaeological excavation in situating ancient art and artifacts in a cultural framework, and invites new ways of perceiving and experiencing the meaning embodied by the figurines. An A.D. 600-650 masonry tomb chamber discovered in 2006 in a grand pyramid under excavation in the ancient Maya city of El Perú-Waka’ in Petén, Guatemala, contained the remains of a ruler of the city and a rich array of funerary objects selected to accompany the ruler into the afterlife. Among these was an elaborate scene composed of twenty-three individual ceramic figurines depicting an ancient funerary ritual, a compelling example of the critical importance of provenience—the location of an object and its position relative to other objects. Ancient Bodies presents figurines from Burial 39, one of the royal tombs excavated at El Perú-Waka’. and nearly fifty additional figurines from LACMA’s collection that represent ancient cultures from across Mesoamerica. (323) 857-6000, www.lacma.org (Through February 4, 2018)
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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.—”Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire” explores how artworks from the ancient city shape our understanding of Teotihuacan as an urban environment. One of the earliest, largest, and most important cities in the ancient Americas, Teotihuacan is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most visited archaeological site in Mexico. The exhibit, organized in collaboration with Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, features recent, never-beforeseen archaeological discoveries and other major loans from Mexican and U.S. cultural institutions. Monumental and ritual objects from Teotihuacan’s pyramids will be shown alongside mural paintings, ceramics, and stone sculptures from the city’s apartment compounds. https://deyoung.famsf.org (Through February 11, 2018)
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De Young Museum
Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Showing at the ROM on its last stop in the North American tour, “Vikings: The Exhibition” draws on current archaeological scholarship and research, offering a fresh perspective on the Viking age that challenges commonly held myths and perceptions about the lives of the Norse people and this period of European history. The exhibit is an extraordinary window into the lifestyle, religion, and daily lives of these legendary explorers, artisans, and craftspeople. There are hundreds of interactive and immersive experiences, as well as objects rarely displayed outside of Scandinavia. (416) 586-8000, www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions (Through April 2, 2018)
Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
Republic, Kans.—As early as 1770, the Kitkahahki band of Pawnee settled in what is now Republic County and remained until 1802, living in traditional dome-shaped earth lodges as large as twenty-five to sixty feet in diameter. Past excavations uncovered about half of the village, including the remains of twenty-two lodges, more than forty storage pits, and a fortification wall. The Pawnee Indian Museum was built over
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