Prerequisites: none
Description: A survey course intended to provide an up-to- date background to the ancient art of Mexico, Central America, and the Andean region of western South America. The various peoples and art of pre- Columbian America are discussed according to the three broad cultural regions of Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area (lower Central America and north- western South America), and Andean area. Lectures are illustrated with slides of particular sites and impor- tant examples of pre-Columbian art. Cross-listed with ANTH 027. Taube