Latin American Studies 301 - SEM:TOPICS LATIN AMER STUDIES

Topics course. This seminar explores the archaeology of Spanish colonialism in the Caribbean and North America, and later plantation-based colonialism in the Caribbean. We read about the ways that colonial inequalities and institutions shaped interactions between Indigenous peoples, Spaniards and Africans; how identities were changed and reinforced; and how entirely new cultures and lifeways emerged from colonial processes. Students are introduced to archaeological theory and methodology, and the way the discipline can be used to access the material remains of colonialism. Archaeological case studies are supplemented by ethnohistories -- historical studies that focus on the written records of oppressed or Indigenous populations.

Topic: Indians, Spaniards, and Africans: The Archaeology of Colonialism and Slavery in Spanish America and the Caribbean. Instructor permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores