Did you know that this class counts toward a major or minor in Latin American Studies? Course Objectives This course traces the development of social complexity in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, from initial human colonization during the Late Pleistocene to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. While reviewing key theoretical frameworks in archaeology, the course focuses on major societal transformations including the development of agriculture, the inception of village life, the development of social inequality, the beginnings of urban centers, and cycles of sociopolitical centralization and de-centralization. Major emphasis is given in exploring the ideological underpinnings of cultural traditions that have contributed, to this date, to the identity and resilience of native peoples in Mexico and Central America. The course also takes a look at the legacy of ancient cultural traditions in the contemporary nationalistic projects of the region. Learning Objectives

• To equip students to think critically about archaeological interpretation, historical processes, and cultural and linguistic diversity of a region of indigenous Latin America, stressing the role of comparative methods in this inquiry.

• Help students develop concise analytical skills in their assessments and interpretations of varied historical and cultural contexts.

• To further students’ skill in writing, including the formulation of an argument and its clear and concise written presentation. Students work on both shorter and longer paper formats, with opportunities throughout the semester to revise and resubmit work; the

Fall 2015 Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:20 pm Classroom: Brown 218 Professor Javier Urcid Office: Brown 223 Office hours: W: 1-3 pm (and by appointment) Extension: 62223 email: urcid@brandeis.edu

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emphasis will be on combining clear organizational techniques with creative interpretive approaches to the material.

This course is a Seminar This course is a forum for discussion. As such, proper preparation and engaged class participation are required. Readings should be completed before class on the day for which they are assigned. This Course is Writing Intensive and Library research intensive Several brief and one long writing assignments are required throughout the semester.

1) A 5-page report on an object (with a re-write) 2) A 3-page research proposal for your final paper (no re-write) 3) A 4 page midterm essay (no re-write) 4) A 13-15 pages final paper (with a re-write)

Except for 1) these papers will ask you develop an argument based on class readings and/or library research, and providing appropriate citations of those readings. Full use of course readings should be made in answering the exam question. SOME RESOURCES FOR WRITING IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/anthropology/ http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/undergraduate/writing-guide-in-archaeology/ http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/undergrad_materials/anthropology_writing_guide_2010.pdf http://www.skidmore.edu/anthropology/writing/paper.php   Course Outline Sessions Topics and main readings Additional readings Aug Th 27 Introduction None Sept T 1 Defining Mesoamerica Kirchhoff 1952; Creamer 1987 R. Joyce 2004: 1-42 Sept Th 3 Native and European views of the conquest/ León Portilla 1992: 70-144; The anthropological legacy of early Schwartz 2000 Missionaries Codex Florentine (Sahagún), Book of Rites and Rituals (Durán)

Relación de las Cosas de Yucatan (Landa), and Treatise of Idolatries

(Ruiz de Alarcón) Sept T 8 Foragers of the Late Pleistocene and Acosta Ochoa 2012; Kennet 2012 Early Holocene Zeitlin and Zeitlin 2000: 45-71 Sept Th 17 Paths towards an agricultural economy Flannery 1968a; Pires-Ferreira

and the beginning of early villages 1976; Piperno and Smith 2012; Flannery and Marcus 1976

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Sept T 22 Macro regional interactions during Flannery 1968b; Pool 2012; the “Olmec horizon” Clark 2004: 43-72; Clark and Lesure 2004: 73-96. Blake 1994 Sept Th 24 Session in the Material Culture Study Center Gosden and Marshall 1999 Kopytoff 1986 Oct Th 1 The Olmec-Tenocelome of the Porter 1989; Gonzáles 1996 southern Gulf Coast Oct T 6 Settled life in Western Mesoamerica Furst 1975; Beekman 2012 prior to the Common Era Oct Th 8 The inception of urbanism in Oaxaca: O'Brien and Lewarch 1992;

Monte Albán as a predatory state? Marcus and Flannery 1996: Joyce A. 2004: 192-216 139-154; Joyce and Winter 1996; OUTLINE OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE Zeitlin and Joyce 1999 Oct T 13 The Teotihuacan phenomenon: Santley and Rani 1996; White Afar-flung hegemonic state? et al 2000; Gómez Chávez and Spence 2012 Oct Th 15 The Teotihuacan Capital: Millon 1981; Pasztory 1992 A utopian ideology Sugiyama 2012; Sugiyama 2004: 97-123; Manzanilla 2004: 124-147 Cowgil 1997 MIDTERM EXAM POSTED Oct T 20 Session in the Material Culture Study Center None MIDTERM EXAM DUE Oct Th 22 Maya polities between the Lounsbury 1991; Mathews 2000; 3rd and 9th centuries ACE Martin and Grube 1995; Fox et al Ashmore 2004: 169-191 1996; McAnany 1993; Houston Midterm grades due and Stuart 1996. Oct T 27 Stories of creation and cultural heroes Tedlock 1985 Video documentary The Popol Vuh Oct Th 29 Political economies in Oaxaca/Veracruz Kowalewsky 1990; Blanton et al during the 3rd and 9th centuries ACE 1999; Stark 1999; Draft of MCP due Urcid and Killion 2008 Nov T 3 Socio-cultural transformation and Hirth 1994; Cohodas 1989; new political orders (600 to 1000 ACE) Paddock 1983; Parsons 1978; Draft of MCP returned Cowgill 2012 NovTh 5 Mesoamerica ca 1000 A.C. E. Seler 1998; Gillespie 2007 Hendon 2004: 296-322 Dunning 2000; Kepecs et al 1994

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Nov T 10 The “Late Interregional Horizon” Byland and Pohl 1994; Pohl and Pohl 2004: 217-238 Byland 1994; Nicholson 1982 Nov Th 12 Mexico-Tenochtitlan Matos Moctezuma 1999; Final MCP paper due Leonardo Lopez Lujan 1998 & 1999 Nov T 17 The Empire of the Triple Alliance Carrasco 1999; Pollard 1991; Curet et al 1994 Nov Th 19 Time, space, and body in Mesoamerican ideology Urcid 2001 DRAFT OF TERM PAPER DUE Nov T 24 Mesoamerica as a World System: Pohl 2001; Cordy- Interaction with North & South America Collins 1994; Anawalt 1998; Van Sertima 1986 Dec T 1 Native reactions to colonial rule Terraciano 1998; Lockhard 1998; COMMENTED DRAFT OF FINAL Pendergast 1993 PAPER RETURNED TO STUDENTS Dec Th 3 Archaeology and modern Mesoamerica Chinchilla 2012; Parks and McAnany 2012 Dec T 8 The Legacy of ancient Mesoamerica: Carmack and Gosen 1996 a retrospective Dec F 18 FINAL VERSION OF PAPER DUE, no later than 9pm Students with extra challenges If you are a student with a documented disability at Brandeis University and if you wish to request a reasonable accommodation for this class, please see me immediately. Keep in mind that reasonable accommodations are not provided retroactively. Reading assignments Reading assignments from the textbook and additional sources on LATTE should be completed by the dates indicated above. Since the course is a seminar, reading of these materials is essential for your participation in class. Students will be assigned to present the synthesis of one of the readings for each class on a rotational basis. Assigned and voluntary participation in class counts for 10% of the final grade. Oral participation is not measured in terms of quantity but quality, and entails regular, on-time attendance to class. Any more than two unexcused absences during the course of the semester will result in the loss of a letter grade for class participation for each additional absence. Material culture Project Students are expected to conduct research on an object from Mesoamerica and prepare a report that describes de object and relates it to a known archaeological culture, including an assessments of its possible date, mode of manufacture, function, and meaning. The object is

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selected from a collection housed in the Material Culture Study Center in the Anthropology Department. There are two sessions scheduled for September Thursday 24th (to begin working on the objects) and October Tuesday 20th (for students to provide an oral update of the research status). The report, which is due on November Tuesday 10th, accounts for 25% of the final grade. Both a printed and an electronic version of the text and the images should be submitted. Midterm Exam There will be one exam (25% of the final grade). The midterm is a take-home test that will be posted on October Thursday 15th and is due on October Tuesday 10th. The exam will require writing a 4-page essay intended to foster critical thinking by comparing and contrasting assumptions, statements, and/or theoretical perspectives from different authors. Term Paper On October Thursday 8th each student will submit a 2-page proposal for the final paper (including a preliminary bibliography). A draft of the paper is due on November Thursday 19th. The draft will be returned on December Tuesday 1st. The final version of the paper is due on December Friday 18th, no later than 9 pm. Papers should be 13-15 pages of text (double-spaced), not including the bibliography and graphic materials. Illustrations, diagrams, charts and maps are, however, strongly encouraged. Both an electronic version of the text and the images should be submitted. The term paper contributes 40% of the final grade, with half a letter grade subtracted each subsequent day if the paper is turned in after the submission deadline. No papers will be accepted after Monday May 6th at 9 am. Summary of grading Class participation - 10% Object report - 25% Midterm take-home - 25% Final paper - 40% Use of laptops and other digital devices Students are welcome to use a laptop computer or digital tablets in class provided they are used for note taking or for web searches specifically related to the topic being discussed. If a student is found using these devices for other purposes, his/her right to use them will be immediately suspended for the rest of the semester. The use of mobile phones is not permitted. Four-Credit Course (with three hours of class-time per week) Success in this 4 credit hour course is based on the expectation that students will spend a minimum of 9 hours of study time per week in preparation for class (readings, papers, discussion sections, preparation for exams, etc.). Important Notice Academic integrity is central to the mission of educational excellence at Brandeis University. Each student is expected to turn in work completed independently, except when assignments specifically authorize collaborative effort. It is not acceptable to use the words and ideas of another person without proper acknowledgement of that source. This means that you should cite and use quotation marks to indicate the source of any phrase, sentence, paragraphs or ideas found

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in published volumes, on the internet, or created by another student. Violation of University policies on academic integrity, described on Section 3 of Rights and Responsibilities, may result in failure in the course or on the assignment, and could end in suspension from the University. If you are in doubt about the instructions for any assignment in the course, you must ask for clarification.

Main and Recommended Texts (on Regular Reserve)

Carrasco, David 1990 Religions of Mesoamerica: cosmovision and ceremonial centers. Harper &

Row, San Francisco. Coe, M.D. 1999 The Maya (6th ed.). Thames and Hudson, London. Coe, M. D., and R. Koontz

2002 Mexico From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Thames and Hudson, New York. Hendon and Joyce 2004 Mesoamerican Archaeology. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Miller, M. E., and K. Taube 1997 An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the

Maya. Thames and Hudson, London. Tedlock, Dennis 1985 Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the

Glories of God and Kings. Simon and Schuster, New York.

Additional readings (on LATTE or through URLs in this bibliography) Acosta Ochoa, Guillermo 2012 Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers and the Colonization of Mesoamerica. In The Oxford

Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology, edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Christopher A. Pool, pp. 129-140. Oxford University Press, New York.

Anawalt, Patricia 1998 They Came to Trade Exquisite Things: Ancient West Mexican-Ecuadorian

Contacts. In Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, edited by Richard F. Townsend. Thames and Hudson and the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago and London.

Blanton, R.E., et al. 1999 Ancient Oaxaca: The Monte Alban State. Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge, England.

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Byland, B., and J. D. Pohl 1994 Political factions in the transition from Classic to Postclassic in the Mixteca Alta.

In Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World. Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and John W. Fox, eds. pp. 117 – 126. Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England. Carmack, R. M., and G. Gossen 1996 Mesoamericans in the Neocolonial Era. In The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History

and Culture of a Native American Civilization, edited by R. Carmack, J. Gasco, and G. Gossen, pp. 255 – 295. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River.

Carrasco, P. 1999 The Tenochca Empire of Ancient Mexico: The Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlán,

Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo 2012 Archaeology in Guatemala: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist. In The Oxford

Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology, edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Christopher A. Pool, pp. 55-68. Oxford University Press, New York.

Clark, J. 1997 The Arts of Government in Early Mesoamerica. Annual Review of Anthropology

26:211 – 234. Palo Alto. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0084-

6570%281997%292%3A26%3C211%3ATAOGIE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N Clark, John E. and Michael Blake 1994 The power of prestige: Competitive generosity and the emergence of rank

societies in lowland Mesoamerica. In Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World. Edited by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and John W. Fox, pp. 17-30. New Directions in Archaeology, Cambridge University Press.

Cohodas, M. 1989 The Epiclassic problem: A review and alternative model. In Mesoamerica After

the Decline of Teotihuacán, A.D. 700 – 900, edited by R. A. Diehl, and J. C. Berlo, pp. 219-240. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Washington, D.C.

Cordy-Collins, A.

1994 An unshaggy dog story: a bizarre canine is living evidence of prehistoric contact between Mexico and Peru. Natural History 103(2):34-41 http://web.ebscohost.com.resources.library.brandeis.edu/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=4&sid=d6229ef5-9a58-497b-91ec-d34d4abfe976%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=aph&AN=9401277569

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Cowgill, G. 1997 State and society in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Annual Review of Anthropology

26:129 – 161. Palo Alto. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0084-

6570%281997%292%3A26%3C129%3ASASATM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U Curet, L. A., et al.

1994 Postclassic changes in Veracruz, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica 5(1):13 – 32. Cambridge, England. Dunning, N. P. 2001 Long twilight or new dawn? Transformations of Maya civilization in the Puuc

region. In Maya: Divine Kings of the Rainforest, edited by N. Grube, pp. 322 – 337. Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne.

Fash, W.L. 1994 Changing perspectives on Maya civilization. Annual Review of Anthropology

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6570%281994%292%3A23%3C181%3ACPOMC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Flannery, K. 1968a Archaeological systems theory and Early Mesoamerica. In Anthropological Archaeology in the Americas. pp. 67 - 87 Antrhopological Society of Washington Washington, D.C. 1968b The Olmec and the Valley of Oaxaca. In Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Olmec. Elizabeth P. Benson, ed. pp. 79 – 110. Dumbarton Oaks Washington, D.C. Flannery, Kent, V, and Joyce Marcus 1976 Formative Oaxaca and the Zapotec Cosmos. American Scientist 64: 374-383. 2000 Formative Mexican Chiefdoms and the Myth of the “Mother Culture”. Journal of

Anthropological Archaeology 19 (1): 1-37. Academic Press, New York. Flannery, Kent, V, et al. 2005 Implications of new petrographic analysis for the Olmec “mother culture” model.

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