Topic:  Archaeology, Anthropology, Maya, Social MemoryParticipants:  Ryan Mongelluzo PhD, Associate Professor  San Diego Mesa CollegeBroadcast Air Date: 11/08/19Time: Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CAKUCR station page: http://www.kucr.orgArchive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.orgSend comments about this segment to: [email protected]Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside.Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR.Discussion Topics:– Is our understanding of the past  based movies?– Where in Guatemala do we find Ucanal?-How do you conduct photogrammetry with drones?-How long does it take archaeologists to map a site?-What new maps of Maya sites are generated via Lidar archaeometry?-When were 30 or 40,000 people living in site of Ucanal? -How do physical features of sites demonstrate significance of power arrangements?-How does the past inform the present?-Is social memory a practice of purposefully forgetting and purposefully remembering?-How does the work of archaeology become appropriated by countries for the purpose of nationalism?-Is it accurate to frame the Maya of 800 years ago as Mexican or Guatemalan nationals?– How are our collective fictional narratives based on someone  else’s perception of reality?-What evidence can we use to reconstruct yesterday?-Why do we speak so concretely about the past, if accuracy of context gets weaker the further we go into the past?-How do we challenge the present by looking at the past?-Can we see social inequality in the archaeological  record?– Why is it a problem for archaeologists to see themselves reflected  what is being excavated?-Does the concept of citizenship apply to membership formats of the past Maya classic city-states?– Why don’t we see native American iconography in the United States of America flag?-How does the nation-state of Mexico mirror the nation-state of USA, as both products of the colonial encounter?-Is the modern nation-state trying to forget the indigenous Maya?