UNSW Handbook Course - The Americas before Columbus

The Americas before Columbus - SPAN2425


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Dept of Spanish & Latin Amer
	Contact: Ross,Peter John
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Examines the development of human societies in the Americas from their arrival to the great empires of the Aztecs and the Incas. The emphasis is on agriculturally based societies including the Olmec, Teotihuacano, Maya and Aztecs of Mesoamerica, the Chavin, Nazca, Moche and Inca of South America and the Anasazi and Mississipian mound builders of northern America.

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