Archaeology

 

Designated Thursdays • 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. • Mackey Auditorium/Stream-Rec

January 30 • February 27 • March 27

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Instructor: Bonnie Shirley J.D., M.A.     Coordinator: Renee Cabrera  

Tech Coordinator: Bob Newcomb

 

Ancient Peru
January 30
Peru’s culture is as old as Egypt’s. Consider Norte Chico at 5,000 years ago,  Chavin at 10,000 feet elevation and 3200 years old, both important for art and architecture. 

Ancient Peru
February 27 
Peru: The Cupisnique culture, 3500 years ago, built unique adobe temples. Was it connected to Chavin or the Moche? The Paracas molded infant skulls and scratched huge figures in the desert. The Moche, about 2000 years ago, were warriors, artists, builders, and scary.

Ancient Bolivia and Chile
March 27
Chile: The ancient mummies of the Chinchorro (older than Egypt's mummies); the ancient geoglyphs drawn in the Atacama Desert (no, not the Nazca lines); Bolivia: The cities of the Tiwanaku Empire from about 1400 to about 1800 years ago.