ANTH 535 - Early Civilization in Americas

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

A study of pre-Columbian societies in Middle America and South America. Focus is on the evolution of early farming societies through state organization. Major transformations in cultural evolution are treated (The domestication process, urbanization and the rise of the state). Alternative cultural and social systems are explored through analysis and interpretation of archaeological data. Offered: summer