ANTH 251 Mesoamerican  Archaeology
Schedule

 

Syllabus Schedule Assignments Anthropology Homepage Dr. Walker's Homepage

 

 

Course Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Reading

W 1-16

Course Introduction

 

F 1-18

Introduction to Mesoamerican Prehistory

Chap 1

M 1-21

Mesoamerican Geography and Ecology

Chap 2: 45-61

W 1-23

Peopling of Mesoamerica 

Chap 2: 62-71

F 1-25

From Hunting/Gathering to Farming

Chap 3

M 1-28

Early Mesoamerican Villages

Chap 4

W 1-30

Case Study: San Jose Magote  

F 2-1

The Olmec  Chap 5

M 2-4

Middle to Late Formative Chaps 6-7

W 2-6

Teotihuacán

Chap 10

F 2-8

Movie-"Teotihuacán"
Mesoamerican Ballgame Ballgame today

 

M 2-11

Introduction to the Maya Chap 11

W 2-13

Movie- “Maya: Lords of the Jungle”  

F 2-15

Mayan Writing & the Long Count

 

2-18 to 2-22

No Class-College Break  

M 2-25

Mayan Urban Living & Organization

 


W 2-27

Mayan Cosmology    Chap 12

F 2-29

Movie-"Mystery of the Maya"  

M 3-3

Late Classic Maya Collapse

 

W 3-5

Movie- "Search for the Lost Cave People"  Exam Review  

F 3-7

Midterm Exam-Take Home

 

M 3-10

Terminal Classic West Mexico

Chap 13

W 3-12

Post-Classic Maya

Chap 14

F 3-14

Movie- “Chichen Itza and Tulum ”  

M 3-17

Tula & the Toltecs   

W 3-19

The Tarascans Chap 15
F 3-21 Movie- "Secrets of the Aztec Empire" Chap 16

3-24 to 3-28

No Class-College Break  

M 3-31

No Class-Dr. Walker away at Conference  

W 4-2

The Aztecs-Chichimec Period     

Chap 17

F 4-4

Tenochtitlan Chap 18

M 4-7

Aztec Religion & Cosmology  

Chap 19

W 4-9

Movie-"The Aztec Empire"  

F 4-11

Cortes and the arrival of the Spanish

Chap 20

M 4-14

Movie- “The Conquistadors”  

W 4-16

"The Conquistadors" Continued

 

F 4-18

Mesoamerican Indigenous People Today

 

M 4-21

Movie- “Lost World of the Maya ”  

W 4-23

Preparation for Group Presentations

 

F 4-25

Group Presentations
*Annotated Bibliography Due
 

M 4-28

Group Presentations

 

W 4-30

Group Presentations

 
F 5-2 Group Presentations  
M 5-5 Final Exam  
F 5-9 Final Exam 9:00 am