Welcome to the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies!

Dr. Marilyn A. Masson, Director

Jared R. Latimer , Graduate Assistant

The Institute for Mesoamerican Studies (IMS) is a non-profit educational research institute dedicated to the study and dissemination of knowledge concerning the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico and northern Central America). IMS serves to organize and coordinate the work of the Mesoamericanist faculty at the State University of New York, Albany. We have the largest number of full-time Mesoamericanists of any institution north of Mexico, and our members are among the most active and prominent scholars in the field of Mesoamerican anthropology. The primary activities of IMS are research and publication.

Institute For Mesoamerican Studies 30th Anniversary Celebration Weekend!

Sponsored by:

Symposium and concert details below. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=20521

Download or print your R.S.V.P form here!

Current IMS Research Projects and Field Schools:

(This section is under construction.)

• Marilyn A. Masson's Belize Postclassic Project
• Robert Rosenswig's Archaic Belize Project
• The Economic Foundations of Mayapán, Yucatan, directed by Marilyn A. Masson
  

• Oxlajuj Aj: The Kaqchikel Maya Language and Culture Field School in Guatemala, co-directed by Walter E. Little
• The 4-volume Nahuatl Theater Project, co-edited and co-authored by Louise M. Burkhart
• Robert M. Carmack's upcoming writing projects on Central American ethnology and teaching projects
  

• The Project for the Documentation of the Languages of Mesoamerica, co-directed by John S. Justeson
• John Justeson's and Terrence Kaufman's 2003 FAMSI report and preliminary on-line Mayan etymological dictionary (PDF file, 1535 pages)

The University of Albany:

• Department of Anthropology, University of Albany
• The University of Albany Main Site
  

You are welcome to contact the IMS:

This website is under revision. Please come back for new updates and pages!

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This site was last updated on February 1, 2007