CULTBLF 21: Pathways through the Andes - Culture, History, and Beliefs in Andean South America

T and Th 1:00 – 2:29

Gary Urton

This course explores the arts and cultures of Andean South America from the Pre-Columbian through Colonial periods. Emphasis is on the place of objects—textiles, ceramics, sculptures, and books—in the construction of meanings, identities and values as these changed over time. Readings are drawn from archaeology, ethnohistory, ethnology, art history and original sources. Students will work with Pre-Columbian and Colonial Andean artifacts in the collections of the Peabody Museum.