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Ethnographic Field School in Guatemala

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Antigua Architectural Tour with Roberto Spillari

Antigua artist and historian, Roberto Spillari, took the 2007 field school class on a tour of the city. Aside from showing the group some of the more traditional architural sites, he also took them to see some colonial period houses and talked about contemporary and historical life in Antigua.

 

San Antonio Aguas Calientes

The 2007 cohort in front of the Cooperativa Ixel.

Field school participants learn about life in San Antonio: view of the plazuela (upper left); Sergio Garcia, an anthropology and history student, talks with the class about burial customs and fiestas (upper right); students learn about weaving and textile traditions from the women of the Ixel Cooperativa.

Lake Atitlan and San Juan de Comalapa

 
 

 

 

 
 
Department of Anthropology
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1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 442-4700; Fax: (518) 442-5710

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