ATH 212 - Mexican Prehistory

Lecture Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4

Explores the development of Mexican culture from the early hunter gatherers of the Archaic to the formation of cultigens, ceramics, settlements, and the establishment of traditional Mesoamerican cultural traits and cosmologies. The innovations of the Pre classic, Classic, Epi-classic, and Post-classic Periods, and the rise and fall of the Aztec state are examined through archaeologic, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric evidence. Major Mexican and Mayan archaeologic sites of Mesoamerica are discussed with an emphasis on change through time.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.