printer friendly pageARCHLGY 124: Archaeology of Food: production, consumption and ritual (ARCHLGY 224)
This course explores many aspects of food in human history from an archaeological perspective. We will discuss how the origins of agriculture helped to transform human society; how food and feasting played a prominent role in the emergence of social hierarchies and the development of civilization; and how various foodways influenced particular cultures. We will also conduct experimental studies to understand how certain methods of food procurement, preparation, and consumption can be recovered archaeologically.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
ARCHLGY 124C: Pueblo Revolt (NATIVEAM 124)
The pueblo revolt of 1680 is recognized as the most successful indigenous rebellion in the New World. The revolt demonstrates a powerful counter narrative to the official histories of colonial America. In this course, we discuss and interrogate the four pillars of settler colonial "terminal narratives"- disease and demographic collapse, military conquest, missionization and acculturation. We will explore the philosophical and legal justifications for Spanish colonization, the use of and impact of colonial violence against Native Peoples and the ways in which the collective experience of colonial violence helped motivate a powerful social movement among Native Peoples. We discuss the historiography of the southwest, the role of anthropology and archaeology in perpetuating the mythology of conquest and the formation of collective identity and community in New Mexico using primary historical texts and archaeological evidence
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