Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory

What's here?

• My class notes. These are just the raw, personal notes that I use for each lecture or discussion. They may not be completely intelligible if you don't already know the material. I make them available as study aids, but they are no substitute for studying the assigned readings and attending class. I will add additional items every week or so.
  

• The slides I show in class, listed along with the class notes. To see these, you need the user ID and password that I announced in class.
  

• The syllabus, study guides, assignment information, and occasional other information are available from the Handouts List below.
  

• Finally, there are links to other web pages about some of the sites, regions, periods, and topics featured in this class. Looking at these is completely optional, but they are highly recommended, fun, and can help with getting inspiration and information for assignments.

Go to the Class Notes List below. Click on the "View on screen" option for the lecture notes you want. You will see the notes on screen and can print them in a slightly clunky format.

The better but harder way to view and print lecture notes

Go to the Class Notes List below. Click on the "Word 6.0" option to download the class notes you want as a Microsoft Word 6.0 file. This method allows you to print the notes in a more compact format, and to take advantage of the outlining features of Microsoft Word. However, it requires more steps and more computer knowledge on your part.

Your browser may be able to display Word 6.0 files directly; try clicking on a "Word 6.0" link to find out. If not, the browser will probably ask if you want to get additional "plug-in" software to handle this format, or save the file on your computer. Click on the option to save the file. Note the full directory path and filename, so you can find the file later. After the file is downloaded to your computer, use Microsoft Word or any other current word processor to open, view, and print the downloaded file. Some programs, like WordPerfect, may add numbered headings or blank lines; you may want to adjust the format before printing.

The Word 6.0 versions of the class notes are outlines. You may want to put Word in "outline" view and "collapse" the levels of the outlines to help you see the overall organization of the material. Then "expand" the levels step by step to see the details under each heading. To print the outlines correctly, switch to "Normal" or "Page Layout" view before printing.

No viruses

Everything on this site has been scanned for viruses (including macro viruses) and is clean to the best of my knowledge.

So why come to class?

First, so you can master the readings by discussing them in class. Second, so you can hand in the reading summaries due at the beginning of each class. Third, I show and explain pictures of many sites and artifacts in order to make them seem more real. Fourth, hearing me explain things may help you make more sense of the readings and the sketchy class notes. Fifth, numerous studies show that you remember things better if you get the information in various different ways, like reading, hearing, and seeing. Sixth, you can ask questions, and listen as others ask questions that you might not have thought of. Finally, I fill in details, explain arguments, and highlight the important points, which should make it easier to see the big picture rather than getting lost in the details.

Click on the Class Notes that you want to download. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions. You may need to scroll down.

• Class 1: Intro to Anthro 490.3: Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory {nothing to post!}
  

• Class 2: The Inka: The lens through which we see the Andean past {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 3: The ecological and social setting {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 4: Andean thought and society {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 5: Peopling of the New World and early occupations {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 6: Seafood and the origins of farming {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 7: The Late Preceramic period: Massive monuments in simple societies {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 8: The Late Preceramic period: Analogy to ethnographic Mapuche ceremonialism {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {No slides}
  

• Class 9: The Initial period: Temple mania {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 10: The Initial period: The state debate {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {No slides}
  

• Class 11: The Early Horizon: Chavín de Huántar and the spread of Chavín ideas {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 12: The Early Horizon: The Pachacamac analogy {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 13: The Early Intermediate Period: What did the Moche rulers rule? {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 14: The Early Intermediate Period: Nasca geoglyphs and the empty city {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 15: The Middle Horizon: Tiwanaku, an altiplano agrarian state {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 16: The Middle Horizon: Wari, a flash of empire {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

• Class 17: The Middle Horizon: What caused the collapse of Tiwanaku? {View on screen} {Word 6.0} {Slides}
  

The notes below are from a previous semester. I have posted them just in case anyone is curious.

• The Late Intermediate Period: Warring Chiefdoms {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• The Late Intermediate Period: The Kingdom of Chimor {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• The "vertical archipelago" model of Andean economics and settlement {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• The Rise of the Inka State {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• The Organization of the Inka State {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• The Spanish Conquest {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

Click on the Handout that you want. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions.

• Syllabus for Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Anthropology 490.3, Fall 2003 {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• Help for pronouncing Andean terms {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• Class roster with contact info (password protected) {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• Chronology chart, 13,500 cal BC to present {Large printable graphic}
  

• Chronology chart, 1000 cal BC to 1800 cal AD {Large printable graphic}
  

• Hints for research poster topics {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• Leads for finding research sources {View on screen, live links}
  

• Guidelines for research posters {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
  

• Owen reading: Distant colonies and explosive collapse: The two stages of the Tiwanaku diaspora in the Osmore drainage (OK to skim this; Password protected; Your browser must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed; May take 6 to 7 minutes or more to appear by telephone modem, so be patient; Consider saving it on your hard disk - use "save" or "save as" in the "file" menu... ) {View on screen and/or print}
  
  

These may change depending on how we progress in class and other contingencies, so check here periodically.

• Every class session for which there is assigned reading: A summary paragraph on each reading item
  

• Thursday, October 9: Take-home midterm exam distributed in class
  

• Thursday, October 16: Take-home midterm exam due
  

• Thursday, October 23: Poster topic due
  

• Tuesday, November 11: Draft bibliography for your poster is due
  

• Tuesday, November 18: Draft of your poster is due (eek!)
  

• Tuesday, December 2: Poster due; be prepared to discuss it in class
  

• Thursday, December 11: Take-home final exam distributed in class
  

• Thursday, December 18, 2:00-3:50: Final exam due, informal slides and chat session
  

Interesting, illustrated, easy, optional... check these out. If you have been here before, 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.
  

• Leads for research sources: Online reference and article databases that are most likely to have citations useful for your research poster.
  

Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory by Bruce Owen
Copyright (c) 2003, 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/490f2003.htm
Revised: 17 January 2006