ANTH P370: Ancient Cultures of South America

 

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Tu 1/15 - Th 1/17

Lecture
Outline of the course, syllabus, readings, class mechanics, grading. The Inca and the Andes.

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 1: Introduction, pp. 7-24.
- Wilson, pp. 8-38, begin pp. 61-100; 90-100; 107.

Suggested/Supplemental
- Bernabe Cobo, Forward and Introduction: pp. xi-xxii; Additional Selected Pages: pp. 25-42.

Tu 1/22 - Th 1/24

Lecture
The Ecological Setting and General Chronology

Readings
Required
- Moseley Chapter 2: Land of the Four Quarters, pp. 25-48.
- Wilson, pp. 39-60 (only skim 46-55).
- Reserve: Olsen-Bruhns Chapter 2: A Matter of Time, pp. 7- 22.

Tu 1/29

* * * * * * * * * GEOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY QUIZ * * * * * * * * *

Th 1/31

Lecture
Ethnohistoric and Ethnograhic Andean Thought and Society

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 3: The Inca model of statecraft, pp. 49-79.
- Wilson, pp. 403-428, start pp. 61-78; 90-100; 107.
- Reserve: Bauer and Covey (2002)

Suggested/Supplemental
- Bernabe Cobo, Selected Pages: 189-256.

Tu 2/5 - Th 2/7

Lecture
Ethnohistoric and Ethnograhic Andean Thought and Society

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 3: The Inca model of statecraft, pp. 49-79.
- Wilson, pp. 403-428, finish pp. 61-78; 90-100; 107.

- Reserve: Dillehay (1999)

Suggested/Supplemental
- Bernabe Cobo, Selected Pages: 189-256.

Tu 2/12 - Th 2/14

* * * * * * * * * Term Paper Outline and References due on Thursday 2/12 * * * * * * * * *

Lecture
The Peopling of South America

Readings
Required
- Moseley Chapter 4: Early Settlement of the Cordillera, pp. 81-94.
- Wilson, pp. 109-114; 147-167.
- Reserve: Sutter (2005) skip materials and methods

Th 2/19

Lecture
The Peopling of South America

Readings
Required
- Moseley Chapter 4: Early Settlement of the Cordillera, pp. 81-94.
- Wilson, pp. 109-114; 147-167.
- Reserve: Vaughn (2005)

Th 2/21

Guest lecture on the Nasca: Dr. Kevin Vaughn, Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Tu 2/26 - Th 2/18

Lecture
The Peopling of South American & The Early Archaic Period

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 5: The Preceramic Foundations of Civilization, pp. 99-107.
- Wilson, pp. 334-342.
-Reserve: Sutter (2005)

Tu 2/26 - Th 2/28

Lecture
- Settling Down and Domestication

Readings
Required
- Moseley, pp. 94-98. Wilson pp. 78-90.
- Wilson, pp. 78-90.
- Reserve: Pearsall (1992)
- Reserve: Bauer et al. (2007)

Tu 3/4 - Th 3/6

* * * * * * * * * * Midterm Exam Assigned March 4th * * * * * * * * *

Lecture
Preceramic Economies, Ceramics, and the Emergence of Social Complexity

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 5: The Preceramic Foundations of Civilization, pp. 108-122.
- Wilson, pp. 342-356.
- Reserve: Quilter 1991
- Reserve: Dillehay (1990)

Tu 3/11 - Th 3/13

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Tu 3/18 - Th 3/20

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MIDTERM EXAM DUE 3/20 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Lecture
The Emergence of Complex Societies

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 6: The Initial Period and Early Horizon, pp. 125-148.
- Wilson, pp. 356-371.
- Reserve: Burger and Burger (1985)
- Reserve: Haas and Cramer (2006) (be sure to read the criticisms as well)

Tu 3/25

Lecture
The First Complex Societies (Continued)

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 6: The Initial Period and Early Horizon, pp. 148-160.
- Wilson, pp. 371-380.

 

Th - 3/27

Lecture
Film: The Lost Civilization of Peru

Tu 4/1 - Th 4/3

Lecture
The First Complex Societies (Continued)

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 6: The Initial Period and Early Horizon, pp. 148-160.
- Wilson, pp. 371-380.

- Reserve: Silverman (1988)

- Reserve: Reinhard (1988)

Tu 4/8 - Th 4/10

Lecture
The Early Intermediate Period

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 7: The Early Intermediate Period, pp. 161-208.
- Wilson, pp. 381-403.

- Reserve: Sutter and Verano (2007) (skip materials and methods)

Tu 4/15 ­ Th 4/17

** * * * * Term Paper due NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM Tuesday April 15th * * * * * * *

Lecture
The Late Early Intermediate Period and Early Middle Horizon

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 7: The Middle Horizon, pp. 209-230.
- Reserve: Janusek (2004)

Tu 4/22 - Th 4/24

* * * * * FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS POSTED ON Thursday April 24th* * * * * *

Lecture
The Middle Horizon and early Late Intermediate Period

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 8: The Late Intermediate Period, pp. 231-248.

-Reserve: Schrieber 1987.

Suggested/Supplemental
- Olsen-Bruhns, Chapter 15: Transport and Trade, pp. 278-289; Chapter 16: Kingdoms, Chiefdoms, and Empires, pp. 290-330.

Tu 4/29 ­ Th 5/1

Lecture
Late Intermediate Period

Readings
Required
- Moseley, Chapter 8: The Late Intermediate Period, pp. 248-261.
- Wilson, pp. 289-304.
- Reserve: Sutter 2000

Suggested/Supplemental
- Olsen-Bruhns, Chapter 17: The Sixteenth Century, pp. 331-359.
- Bernabe Cobo, Selected Pages: 94-193.

 

 

Tu 5/6

* * * * * * * * * * Final Exam Due NO LATER THAN 12:30 pm * * * * * * * * * *

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