Ant. 322M, Las 324L Stross, EPS 2.204
Office Hours
TBA & appt.
The course opens with an
introductory review of the environment, history and prehistory of Mexico and
Guatemala, a summary of language distributions and broad characterization of
indigenous societies in the region.
The main part of the course
describes a series of some 13 representative Indian societies of
Mesoamerica--their lifestyles, speaking habits, social patterns, and views of
the natural and supernatural universe.
Students should gain insight
into the richness and variety of life
in Mesoamerica, into the descriptive strands that can be discerned running
through the warp and weft of the Mesoamerican tapestry, and into the ways that
people have adapted to changing natural and social environments. The course will be of interest to students
concerned with Latin America, indigenous populations, and anthropology, among
other things.
REQUIREMENTS: One
mid-term exam, a short book report, and a final exam.
TEXTBOOK: Carmack,
Gasco, Gossen. 1996. The Legacy of Mesoamerica. Prentice Hall Series in Anthropology ISBN 0-13-337445-9
AUXILIARY BOOKS - ON RESERVE
weekly assignments of
alternative possibilities will require approximately 6 or 7 of these to be read
during the course of the semester semester (see syllabus).
*F. Berdan, The Aztecs of
Central Mexico (pb) F1219.73 B47 PCL
*R.L. Berg, Jr., Shwan: A
Highland Zapotec Woman F1221 Z3
B47 PCL
*W. Bray Everyday Life of the Aztecs
*R.M. Carmack (ed.) Harvest
of Violence. (pb) F1435.3 P7 H37
1988 LAC
*B. Chiñas, The Isthmus Zapotec: Women's Roles in Cultural Context.
F1221.23
Z462 PCL
*I. Clendinnen, Aztecs
(pb)
* Gaspar Pedro González, A
Mayan Life. (La Otra Cara) Yaxte' Press
*G. Gossen, Chamulas in
the World of the Sun (pb) F1221 T9 G677 PCL
*M. Kearney, The Winds of
Ixtepeji. F1221 Z3 K42 PCL (also in
packet)
*J. Kennedy, Tarahumara of
the Sierra Madre. (pb) F1221 T25 K47 1978 PCL
*D. de Landa, Yucatan
Before and After the Conquest. (pb)
G 7, 972.Ol5,
M 451 M, no. 2O ; F1376 L24613 1978 PCL
*O. Lewis, Tepoztlán (pb) G917.249 L587T PCL
*J. McGee, Life, Ritual
and Religion Among the Lacandón Maya.
*R. Menchu I Rigoberta Menchu (pb) (opt)
*B. Myerhoff, Peyote Hunt
(pb) F1221 H9 M9 PCL
*V. Perera and R.D. Bruce, The
Last Lords of Palenque. F1221 L2
P47 1982
*J. Nash, In The Eyes of
the Ancestors (pb) F1219.3 S6 N3 UGL
*R. Redfield & A. Villa
Rojas, Chan Kom (pb)F1435.1 C47 B13 1962 PCL
*H. Selby. Zapotec
Deviance. F1221 Z3 S44 LAC
*J. Soustelle, Daily Life
of the Aztecs. (pb) F1219 S723 1970
PCL
*B. Tedlock, Time and the
Highland Maya (pb) F1465.2 Q5 T43
1992
*D. Tedlock, Popol Vuh. (pb) F1465 P813 1985 UGL, LAC
*E. Vogt, The Zinacantecos
of Mexico. G 97O,49274, V 868 Zin PCL, LAC
*C. Wilson, Crazy
February. (pb) G 8l3, W 692 C PCL, LAC & 813, W69l8C
PREREQUISITES: Upper-division standing
AREA CREDIT: Area B
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