I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
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I ask students to listen to this audio, and read extended article, to discuss the broader issue of cultural repatriation as it relates to Peru in this instance: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132083890/yale-returns-machu-picchu-artifacts-to-peru
I assign this reading to discuss the textile tradition, funerary practices, and architectural trademarks of the Andes: Cohen-Aponte, Ananda “Introduction to Ancient Andean Art,” in Smarthistory, June 18, 2019, accessed June […]
I assign this website as a resource for students writing their museum paper on Taino artworks from the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/andes.html
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I show this video in class to discuss the sculptural and religious traditions among the Aztec: Kilroy-Ewbank, Laure “Coatlicue,” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 24, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/coatlicue/
I assign this reading to learn more about the tradition of the rubber ballgame in Mesoamerica: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mball/hd_mball.htm
I show this video in class and we discuss the importance of jade in Mesoamerican culture: Koontz, Rex and Steven Zucker, “Kunz Axe (Olmec),” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 25, […]
I assign this website as a resource for students writing their museum paper on Taino artworks from the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/mesoamerica-caribbean.html
