Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium in El Paso

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) will host the “Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium in El Paso, Texas, from Thursday, September 26, 2013, to Sunday, September 29, 2013. Prior to the conference, two public lectures associated with the event will be held at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. On Friday and Saturday of the conference, the speakers' sessions will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Instant translations will be made during the sessions from Spanish to English and English to Spanish so attendees may enjoy the presentations more fully.

Link to more information on the program and conference on our Texas Mountain Trail events calendar, here.
Learn more about the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro here.

Hotel registrations with the Hilton Garden Inn University should be made by August 31 to receive the conference rate (915-351-2121). Conference registrations may be made on-line through the Office of University Relations at UTEP.

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Other events are scheduled as well. For more information, please refer to the CARTA webpage: www.caminorealcarta.org.  “Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA)
The University of Texas at El Paso
September 26-29, 2013



Pre-Conference Events
Saturday, September 7
El Paso Museum of Archaeology

10:00-11:00 AM, 2:00-3:30 PM

Vernon Lujan, a member of the CARTA Board of Directors and resident of Pojoaque, New Mexico, will be an in-studio guest with conference organizer R. B. Brown of El Paso, Texas, on the El Paso History Radio Show. The discussion will focus on Pueblo Indians and the Tiguas of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Additional information can be found at KTSM 690-AM (www.ktsmradio.com), which features a link to listen to the broadcast via Internet, and at El Paso History (www.ephistory.com).

In the afternoon, Lujan will present his paper “Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: Six Centuries of Trade on a Route in Use from the 15th to the 21st Centuries” at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology (4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Road, El Paso, TX 79924, 915-755-4332, www.epas.com/museum).

Saturday, September 21
El Paso Museum of Archaeology

10:00-11:00 AM, 2:00-3:30 PM

Mary L. J. T. Ridinger, co-founder, owner, and vice-president of Jades Maya in Antigua, Guatemala, will be an in-studio guest on the El Paso History Radio Show, hosted by Melissa Sargent and Jackson Polk, on KTSM 690-AM. In the afternoon, Ridinger will speak at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology on the topic “Cocoa and Sacbés: Royal Roads Across the Maya Heartland.”

Conference Events
Thursday, September 26

3:00-5:00 PM

Tour of the El Paso Museum of History in downtown El Paso

5:30-7:00 PM

Social meet-and-greet at the Hilton Garden Inn University

7:00-9:00 PM

The conference opening reception will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn University and will feature remarks by Sim Middleton, CARTA President, and Troy Ainsworth, CARTA Executive Director; a ribbon cutting and welcome by the Honorable Jacobo Prado, Consul General of Mexico, and the Honorable Ian Brownlea, Consul General of the United States; and a keynote address by John Kessell, who will speak on “Miera y Pacheco: Dominguez and Escalante’s Unruly Cartographer.” Kessell, an authority on Spanish Colonial history and the American West, is Professor Emeritus of History from the University of New Mexico.

Friday, September 27
El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center
University of Texas at El Paso

8:00-11:00 AM Session I

“The Bumpy Ride from Antiquity to the 16th Century Conquest: An Overview of Premodern Roads, Frontiers, and Trade in Iberia,” Sherill L. Spaar, Santa Fe, New Mexico

“Past, Present, and Future of the Camino Real de (Alta) California,” Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Adjunct Exhibitions Curator, Museum of Monterey, Monterey, California

“Caminos, Rutas, Líneas y Poblados en el Septentrión,” Luis Arnal, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City, México

11:00-11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM-1:00 PM Session II

“La presencia indígena tlaxcalteca en el Camino Real de Tierra Adentro,” Juan Antonio Siller Camacho, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City, México

“Apache Colleras along los caminos reales, 1770-1810,” Mark Santiago, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, New Mexico

“On the Trail in the Jornada del Muerto: Searching for El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro,” Elizabeth A. Oster and David H. Reynolds, Cultural Resources Specialists for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico

1:00-2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00-3:45 PM Session III

“Exploring Nature along the Caminos Reales in Texas,” Jesús F. de la Teja, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

“Traditional Life in Agua Fría Village: One Point along the Camino,” William H. Mee, Santa Fe, New Mexico

“Estrechando Nuestras Manos, Enlazando Nuestras Fronteras,” Clara Payán de Sandoval, Albuquerque, New Mexico

3:45-7:00 PM Break for Sightseeing and Dinner

7:00-8:30 PM Keynote Address, Hilton Garden Inn University

“Intercultural Conflicts and the Camino Real: Borderland Politics and Political Borders,” Joe E. Watkins, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Subsequent to his work in academia at the University of Oklahoma, Watkins recently embarked on a second career with the National Park Service, currently serving as the Supervisory Anthropologist / Chief, Trial Relations and American Cultures.

Saturday, September 28
Hilton Garden Inn University
University of Texas at El Paso

8:00-11:00 AM Session IV

“The Camino Real in Rural Honduras: A Visual Exploration and a Need for Preservation,” Christopher Talbot, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

“El Camino Real en Córdoba, Argentina: Itinerario Cultural-Turístico,” Edgardo J. Venturini, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

“El Qhapaq Ñan: El Sistema Vial Andino en el Noroeste Argentino,” Leticia Raffaele and Diana Rolandi, Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Colonias Militares y caminos: Emilio Langberg en el siglo XIX,” Alejandro González Milea, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, México

11:00-11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM-1:15 PM Session V

“Las Rutas y los productos de intercambio en la Cuenca Baja del Río Chicamocha y su área de influencia: Análisis de su evolución histórica para la valoración de su patrimonio cultural,” Juliana Dávila Gamboa, Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Bogotá, Columbia

“Consolidation of Roads: The ‘Camino Real’ to Veracruz and Landscape Archaeology,” Adrián Hernández Santisteban, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México City, México

“El Camino Real de Chiapas a su paso por la Mixteca oaxaqueña como agente organizador del espacio en las congregaciones de pueblos, siglo XVI,” Marta Martín Gabaldón, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, México City, México

1:00-2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00-5:00 PM Session VI

“Conservación de los Sitios Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad Itinerario Cultural Camino Real Tierra Adentro en Durango,” Alberto Ramírez Ramírez, Centro INAH Durango, Durango, México

“El Patrimonio Gastronómico del Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: Mestizaje de culturas y sabores,” Rocío Marcela Acosta Chávez and Enrique García Blanco, Universidad del Centro de México y Dirección de Patrimonio Cultural de la Secretaría de Cultura de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México

“Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, México: El carácter especial de un itinerario cultural,” Ariadna Deni Hernández Osorio, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

“International Perspectives on Cultural Routes in Context with El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro,” Michael Romero Taylor, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico

7:00-9:00 PM Banquet Dinner, Hilton Garden Inn University

“Juan de Oñate: Commemoration and Controversy,” Dianne R. Layden, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since the late 1960s, Layden has taught at University of Guam, University of New Mexico, University of Houston at Clear Lake, University of Redlands, Santa Fe Community College, and Central New Mexico Community College. She was conferred a Ph.D. in American Studies in 1983 from University of New Mexico.

Sunday, September 29

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

An optional bus tour is available to visit Camino Real-related historic sites in El Paso and the immediate vicinity.

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The presentations during the conference will be translated simultaneously from Spanish to English or from English to Spanish so attendees will be able to understand the nature of each speaker’s comments.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support is provided by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Kind acknowledgements are extended in appreciation to the staffs of the El Paso Museum of Archaeology, the Hilton Garden Inn University, the Office of University Relations at the University of Texas at El Paso, the El Paso Museum of History, and the Consulates of México and the United States.

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l Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) will host the “Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium in El Paso, Texas, from Thursday, September 26, 2013, to Sunday, September 29, 2013. Prior to the conference, two public lectures associated with the event will be held at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. On Friday and Saturday of the conference, the speakers' sessions will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Instant translations will be made during the sessions from Spanish to English and English to Spanish so attendees may enjoy the presentations more fully. Hotel registrations with the Hilton Garden Inn University should be made by August 31 to receive the conference rate (915-351-2121). Conference registrations may be made on-line through the Office of University Relations at UTEP. Please copy this link into your browser: https://urevent.utep.edu/ei/getdemo.ei?id=113&s=_FBK0ZPNN1. Other events are scheduled as well. For more information, please refer to the CARTA webpage: www.caminorealcarta.org.“Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA)
The University of Texas at El Paso
September 26-29, 2013
- See more at: http://texasmountaintrail.com/events/el-paso-%E2%80%9Clos-caminos-reales-de-am%C3%A9rica%E2%80%9D-international-symposium#sthash.et6U0F4j.dpuf

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) will host the “Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium in El Paso, Texas, from Thursday, September 26, 2013, to Sunday, September 29, 2013. Prior to the conference, two public lectures associated with the event will be held at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. On Friday and Saturday of the conference, the speakers' sessions will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Instant translations will be made during the sessions from Spanish to English and English to Spanish so attendees may enjoy the presentations more fully. Hotel registrations with the Hilton Garden Inn University should be made by August 31 to receive the conference rate (915-351-2121). Conference registrations may be made on-line through the Office of University Relations at UTEP. Please copy this link into your browser: https://urevent.utep.edu/ei/getdemo.ei?id=113&s=_FBK0ZPNN1. Other events are scheduled as well. For more information, please refer to the CARTA webpage: www.caminorealcarta.org.“Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA)
The University of Texas at El Paso
September 26-29, 2013
- See more at: http://texasmountaintrail.com/events/el-paso-%E2%80%9Clos-caminos-reales-de-am%C3%A9rica%E2%80%9D-international-symposium#sthash.et6U0F4j.dpuf

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) will host the “Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium in El Paso, Texas, from Thursday, September 26, 2013, to Sunday, September 29, 2013. Prior to the conference, two public lectures associated with the event will be held at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. On Friday and Saturday of the conference, the speakers' sessions will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Instant translations will be made during the sessions from Spanish to English and English to Spanish so attendees may enjoy the presentations more fully. Hotel registrations with the Hilton Garden Inn University should be made by August 31 to receive the conference rate (915-351-2121). Conference registrations may be made on-line through the Office of University Relations at UTEP. Please copy this link into your browser: https://urevent.utep.edu/ei/getdemo.ei?id=113&s=_FBK0ZPNN1. Other events are scheduled as well. For more information, please refer to the CARTA webpage: www.caminorealcarta.org.“Los Caminos Reales de América” International Symposium
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA)
The University of Texas at El Paso
September 26-29, 2013
- See more at: http://texasmountaintrail.com/events/el-paso-%E2%80%9Clos-caminos-reales-de-am%C3%A9rica%E2%80%9D-international-symposium#sthash.et6U0F4j.dpuf