HIST 7270 - Amerindian History

3 cr.

This course studies Amerindian history from the earliest settlement through the 19th century, including, religion, politics, social institutions and gender history of Amerindian cultures. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, linguistics and comparative literature, cultural and social history and religious studies. We shall examine the social reasons for the first migrations and local developments in many regional areas using archeology and social histories of various archeological cultures and historic tribes.