'Gate J-Termers Confront Maya Mysteries
Friday, May 30, 2025 10:00–11:00 AM
Description
Highlights of Professor Aveni's 35 years of fieldwork in the new discipline of archaeoastronomy with his students in Mexico and Central America, including demos in the VisLab of some of their cosmic discoveries.
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