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Due dates: An updated list of due dates, exam dates, etc. If we reschedule anything, this list will supersede the syllabus.
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Class 1: Intro to Anthro 326: Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory {Course syllabus 29 Kb}
Class 2: The Inka: the lens through which we see the Andean past {Notes 30 Kb} {Slides 4.8 Mb}
Class 3: The ecological and social setting, and general chronology {Notes 30 Kb} {Slides 6.7 Mb}
Class 4: Andean thought and society {Notes 28 Kb} {Slides 3.3 Mb}
Class 5: The "vertical archipelago" model {Notes 30 Kb} {Slides 327 Kb}
Class 6: Peopling of the New World and early occupation {Notes 43 Kb} {Slides 4.7 Mb}
Class 7: Seafood and the origins of farming {Notes 49 Kb} {Slides 5.5 Mb}
Class 8: The Late Preceramic period: Massive monuments in simple societies {Notes 46 Kb} {Slides 5.9 Mb}
Class 9: The Late Preceramic period: Analogy to ethnographic Mapuche ceremonialism {Notes 20 Kb} {Slides 1.4 Mb}
Class 10: The Initial period: Temple mania {Notes 49 Kb} {Slides 8.3 Mb}
Class 11: The Initial period: The state debate {Notes 38 Kb} {Quiz only, no new slides 164 Kb}
Class 12: The Initial period and Early Horizon: Chavín de Huántar {Notes 61 Kb} {Slides 9.5 Mb}
Class 13: Chavín de Huántar and the Pachacamac oracle analogy {Notes 36 Kb} {Slides 658 Kb}
Class 14: The Early Intermediate Period: The Moche {Notes 29 Kb} {Slides 5.5 Mb}
Class 15: The Early Intermediate Period: What did the Moche rulers rule? {Notes 31 Kb} {Slides 6.8 Mb}
Class 16: The Early Intermediate Period: Eduardo the curandero and Moche iconography {Notes 16 Kb} {Slides 1.5 Mb}
Class 17: The Early Intermediate Period: Nasca geoglyphs and the empty city {Notes 45 Kb} {Slides 5.5 Mb}
Class 18: The Middle Horizon in the South: Tiwanaku, an altiplano agrarian state {Notes 53 Kb} {Slides 12 Mb}
Class 19: The Middle Horizon in the North: Wari, an empire or something like it {Notes 45 Kb} {Slides 7.9 Mb}
Class 20: The Middle Horizon: Comparison and collapse {Notes 34 Kb} {Slides 6.2 Mb}
Class 21: The Late Intermediate Period: Warring Chiefdoms {Notes 26 Kb} {Slides 2.5 Mb}
Class 22: The Late Intermediate Period: The Kingdom of Chimor {Notes 37 Kb} {Slides 6.9 Mb}
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Syllabus for Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Anthropology 326, Spring 2006 (29 Kb)
Map: Location of North Light Books & Cafe relative to SSU (95 Kb)
Chronology chart, 13,500 cal BC to present in 500 year intervals (40 Kb)
Chronology chart, 1100 cal BC to 1800 cal AD in 100 year intervals (30 Kb)
Feb. 2 (Thurs): Pedro Sancho 1534, Extract from An Account of the Conquest of Peru (196 Kb)
Feb. 2 (Thurs): Cieza de León 1553, Extract from The Incas of Pedro de Cieza de León (219 Kb)
Class contact list. Requires the class user ID and password.
NSF grant proposal for 2006. A slightly technical explanation of the Camaná project for 2006, possibly interesting if you are considering volunteering. This proposal has been funded, but was postponed a year from the original 2005 schedule, among other changes. (2.1 Mb)
Project member info for 2006. Practical information for potential volunteers, from dates and travel details to vaccinations and things to bring. (25 Kb)
Project orientation for 2006. Images from the orientation session, including maps, sites, scenery, and a calendar. (8.4 Mb)
Possible topics for research posters to spur your thinking (10 Kb)
Study guide for the midterm exam (11 Kb)
Links and suggestions for finding research poster sources, expanded March 31 (5 Kb)
Details about the format, content, and evaluation of the research poster assignment (14 Kb)
Study guide for the final exam (16 Kb)
These may change depending on how we progress in class and other contingencies, so check here periodically.
March 14 (Tuesday): Poster topic due
CHANGED: March 23 (Thursday): Midterm exam
CHANGED: April 4 (Tuesday): Poster draft bibliography due
April 25 (Tuesday): Draft of poster due
CHANGED: May 16 (Tuesday): Poster due; poster session in class
May 23 (Tuesday), 5:00-6:50: Final exam
Interesting, illustrated, easy, optional... check these out. You may need to scroll down or press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions.
ArchNet: An index of quality archaeological web sites. Highly recommended. Be sure to check the "new and uncategorized" section for lots of recent additions
Anthropology in the News: Links to the latest finds, discoveries, and controversies in archaeology, biological anthro, cultural anthro, and linguistics. Updated frequently. Great for browsing, finding inspiration for papers, or getting the real story behind a garbled TV soundbite.
Chavín de Huántar: Explore the site, including the internal galleries, in photographic virtual reality -- this is really fun. You can try it in the 24 hour lab at the library; use a PC (not a Mac), and Netscape (not Internet Explorer). At home, you will need to download and install the Zoom viewer plugin, by clicking on this link. Pick Windows or Mac, make up a name and email address unless you want spam, and click "Download Now". Your browser may ask if you want to run the program or save it to your disk. If you chose to run it, the installer will start automatically. If you chose to save it, find the "iseemediaviewer" file on your hard disk and double-click it to start the installer. Accept the default options, and it will install the viewer. At last, you can go to the Chavín web page and explore the site.
Once there, be patient; each view takes a little while to download, but then works smoothly. Hold the left button down and move the mouse to look side to side and up and down. Press the spacebar to make "hot" points appear. Click on a hot point to move to that point or see the object there. Zoom in and out with "Ctrl" and "Shift". Check it out! [Caveat: this software has failed to work on many computers, although it does not seem to cause any other problems.]
Winay Wayna and highland Preceramic cave sites in photographic virtual reality: If you liked the Chavín de Huántar visit, go here to explore Winay Wayna, an Inka site near Machu Picchu.
4 Suyos Andinos: Index of over 1450 websites on Andean archaeology and ethnohistory, the best I have seen. The interface is in Spanish, but don't be put off; it is slick and easy to explore, and lots of the links are in English.
Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory by Bruce Owen
Copyright (c) 2006, Bruce Owen. All rights reserved.
Please send comments on content and presentation to
bruce.owen@sonoma.edu.
URL of this document: http://bruceowen.com/andeanae/326s2006.htm
Revised: 12 May 2006