Overview
Description
Prehistory of North America with emphasis on peopling of the New World and influences from Mesoamerica.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify the major geographic divisions of the Eurasian continent.
- describe the basic culture histories of these areas.
- compare trajectories of sociocultural and technological change across Eurasia.
- evaluate the causes of culture change across the continent using data from archaeological sites and specific case studies from the literature.
- describe the intellectual and historical trajectories that led to the delineation of the major culture areas of North America.
- evaluate the prehistory of North America from both historical and evolutionary perspectives.