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Paul Mickey Science Series: The End of Time: Maya, Aztec, Pawnee, and Pueblo Views of the "End of the World"

Paul Mickey Science Series: The End of Time: Maya, Aztec, Pawnee, and Pueblo Views of the "End of the World"

• Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
• Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

NOTE: Due to overwhelming response to this lecture on Wednesday, January 11, Dr. Reyman will repeat his presentation on January 18.

Presented by Dr. Jonathan Reyman, Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum

News media reports about the so-called Maya “prediction” of the end of the world in 2012 fail to note that many Native American peoples, and peoples elsewhere in the world, have a cyclical view of time in which a cycle of time ends and a new one begins. For example, the Hopi in Arizona are now in their Fourth World. The Maya did predict the end of a time cycle in roughly 2012, but it was to be followed by the start of another 5,000-year cycle, not the end of time itself. This presentation will focus on cosmology and cyclical time for four Native American groups.

One of our Paul Mickey Science Series

Discover Illinois' rich prehistoric and historic past by attending an ISM Paul Mickey Science Series Program. A different speaker and topic are featured each month. For more information on upcoming topics and speakers, please contact Nina Walthall at (217) 782-0061 or 217-785-0037.

• Usually held the second Wednesday of Each Month
• 7:00 to 8:30 PM
• Held at the ISM Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street (enter the building from 10 ½ Street between Ash & Laurel Streets), Springfield, Illinois
  
• Free Admission