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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin
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ANTH 235 - Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes

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


A study of precolumbian societies in Middle America and South America. Focus is on the evolution of early hunting and gathering peoples through state organization. Major transformations in cultural evolution are treated (the domestication process, urnbanization and the rise of the state). Alternative cultural and social systems are explored through analysis and interpretation of archaeological data.

Offered: Fall Semester



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