ANT 343 - SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY

College of Arts & Sciences

Credit(s): 3

In this course we will examine the early peopling of South America, the collector strategies of the coast, lowlands and highlands, and the origins of pottery production, food production and agricultural technologies. Some of the objectives of the course are to explain the rise of ceremonial centers such as Chavin; the development of chiefdoms in the llanos of Venezuela, on Marajo Island at the mouth of the Amazon River, and the northern Andes and lowlands such as San Agustin, Muisca, and Sinu, and the formation process of Andean states such as Moche, Chimu, Huari, Tiawanaku and the Inka. Finally, we will explore an example of the impetus for the Spanish and other European conquest of South America and how indigenous societies transform and survive up to the present.