Course Detail
Units:
0.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Course Attribute:
University Connected Learning
Description
Prepare to embark on a tour of some of the great cities of ancient Mexico and Central America. Using a series of famous archaeological sites to explore important institutions of Mesoamerican civilization, we will discuss: San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, the New World's first complex society; conquest and early urbanism at Monte Alban; Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica's first true city; Mayan writing and political history at Tikal, Copan, and Calakmul; and the mysterious relationship between Tula and Chichen Itza.