UMass Boston

Peoples & Cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Guatemala)

Course #: ANTH 273, Class #: 1269, Section #: 02

Description

A survey of Mesoamerican ethnology including an introduction to cultural and linguistic regions through comparisons of ethnographic materials. Emphasis is given to acculturation, during the colonial period, among indigenous and Spanish-speaking populations, and, in the contemporary period, on social change among rural and urban sectors.