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Through archaeology, material culture, and ethnohistory this module examines the rise and fall of complex Pre-Columbian civilisations of the Central Andes of South America.
These include the origins of monumental public architecture in the Preceramic period, the development of the civic-ceremonial centre of Chavín de Huántar (1000-200 BC) in the highlands, the complex urban Moche 'multi-polities' (AD 1-650) of the desert coast, and the Tiwanaku state (AD 400-1200) of Lake Titicaca basin in the Bolivian-Peruvian altiplano. It concludes with the vast Inca Empire (AD 1400-1531) and the consequences of Spanish Conquest.
Module information
- Code: ARCL0039
- Credits: 15
- Coordinator: José Oliver
- Handbook:
For registered students
- Reading list:
Availability
- Not running in 2024-25
