ANTHROPOLOGY 324

SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Fall 2000

In this course I survey the development of civilization in the Central Andes from its emergence on the Peruvian coast around 3000 B.C. to the European conquest of the area in the 16th century A.D. I focus on the two chief centers of Central Andean civilization - the Titicaca Basin of southern highland Peru and western Bolivia and the Pacific Coastal Plain of northern Peru. The people of these regions created long traditions of urban society with complex systems of subsistence technology, settlement, political structure, artistic expression, and religious ideology.

I will explore the histories of these important Andean civilizations and the neighboring areas that they dominated, examining the ways in which their development was influenced by ecological, technological, cultural and ideological factors. In addition I examine the various strategies used by modern scholars to study Andean pre-Columbian civilizations through archaeology, history and ethnology, discussing how these approaches differ in their theoretical and methodological applications and in their potential for reconstructing the past.

Readings

The required books for this course are:

Garth Bawden. 1996. The Moche. Oxford, Blackwell.

Alan L. Kolata. 1993. The Tiwanaku. Oxford, Blackwell.

Michael E. Moseley.1992. The Incas and their Ancestors. London, Thames and Hudson.

They can be bought in the Maxwell Museum Store at 10% student discount.

ANTHROPOLOGY 324

Fall 2000

12.30 - 1.45 Tuesdays and Thursdays

Dane Smith Hall, Room 326

Instructor: Garth Bawden.

Telephone: 277-4405 (Dionne Rodriguez)

e-mail: gbawden@unm.edu

Offices: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology 121 & Anthropology Annex, B09

Office Hours: Wednesday 2.00-4.00 Anthropology Annex B09

Assistant Instructor: Katie Larsen

Telephone: 277-8301

e-mail: kjlarsen@unm.edu

Office: Anthropology Annex 107A

Office Hours: Wednesday 12.30-200; Thursday 9-10.45

Class Schedule

Introduction

Aug 22: General Introduction.

Aug 24: Environmental factors.

Aug 29: Review of Andean Research and Culture History

Readings for this section:

Bawden. Chapters 1 and 2.

Kolata. Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Moseley. Chapters 1 and 2.

Andean Social Organization and Structure

Aug 31: The Ayllu

Sept 5: Andean Land Management and Sacred Geography

Sept 7: Basic Andean Cosmology.

Sept 12: Shamanism and Religious Practice

Readings for this section:

Bawden. Chapter 5 (139-149).

Moseley. Chapter 3.

Inca Political Organization

Sept 14: Inca Video

Sept 19: Inca Origins and Myths.

Sept 21: The Archaeology of Cuzco and its Hinterland.

Sept 26: Inca Imperial Cosmology and Political Organization.

Sept 28: Regional Inca Archaeology.

Readings for this Section

Kolata: Chapter 6 (205-214).

Moseley: Chapter 3.

Oct 3: First Hour Exam.

Origins of Coastal Andean Civilization

Oct 5: Preceramic Period Origins.

Oct 10: Initial Period Roots

Reading for this Section

Moseley. Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

[Oct 12: No Class - Fall Break]

Peruvian North Coast Tradition

Oct 17: Moche Antecedents

Oct 19: Moche Archaeology

Oct 24: Moche Political Ideology

Oct 26: The end of the Moche Period.

Oct 31: The Moche -Chimú Transition.

Nov 2: Archaeology: of the Chimú Center.

Nov 7: Chimú Regional Archaeology.

Readings for this Section

Bawden. Chapters 2 (Review) and 3 to end of book.

Moseley. Chapters 7 (161-190), 8 (209-216) and 9 (248-261).

Nov 9: Second Hour Exam

The Southern Highland (Titicaca Basin) Tradition

Nov 14: Initial Period Origins

Nov 16: The dominance of Tiwanaku

Nov 21: The Tiwanaku Hinterland

[Nov 26: Thanksgiving]

Nov 28: The Tiwanaku Empire

Nov 30: Middle Horizon Connections: The Wari Empire

Dec 5: Tiwanaku Collapse and its Aftermath

Readings for this Section.

Kolata. Chapters 3 (Review) and 4 to end of book.

Moseley. Chapters 6 (145-152), 7 (201-208), 8 (216-230) and 9 (231-248).

Dec 7: Review.

Dec 11-16 Finals