ANTH3310-01.Ancient Civ of Middle America.Sp14.Messenger,Lewis
Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
ANTH
Course Subject
ANTH
Course Number
3310
Course Section
01
Course Title
Ancient Civ of Middle America
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2014
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
S, W
Area of Study
ANTH, LSTD
Course Description
Goals: To offer an interdisciplinary survey of the complex cultural diversity that characterized ancient Mesoamerica (central to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Western Honduras, El Salvador). To be aware of, to be able to synthesize, and to be able to evaluate how archaeological anthropologists have employed analytical techniques and systemic perspectives to understand prehistoric cultural dynamics that contributed to the rise of the various prehistoric complex societies of ancient Middle America. Content: Comparative archaeological and ethnohistorical information, theories, and controversies related to the various cultures and civilizations (Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Totonac, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltec, Aztec) that flourished in Mesoamerica from the earliest human colonization during Pleistocene times through the arrival of the Spanish in the sixteenth century. Taught: Annually. Prerequisite: ANTH 1160.
Recommended Citation
Messenger, Lewis, "ANTH3310-01.Ancient Civ of Middle America.Sp14.Messenger,Lewis" (2014). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 2483.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/2483