ANTHR 3256 - [Ancient Civilizations of the Andes]

(crosslisted)
(also ARKEO 3256, LATA 3256) (GHB) (HA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

J. Henderson.

A survey of the rise and decline of civilizations in the Andean region of western South America before the European invasion. Key topics include the use of invasion-period and ethnographic information to interpret precolumbian societies, the emergence of settled farming life, and the development of the state.