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CORE 171 / CORE
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Students who wish to expand their
knowledge of Mexican history, culture, and daily
life have the opportunity to do so in Michoacan,
Mexico through a three-week extended study
program directed by Laura Klugherz. Students
reside with families in Patzcuaro, but travel to
various locations in central Mexico to study
NAFTA (Uruapan), Mexican art and music (Morelia),
indigenous life (Ihuatzio), and the ecology of
the area (Lake Patzcuaro). In addition, students
partake in New Year and Feast of Three Kings
festivities in the village, and participate in
local outreach activities.
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SOAN 354
The
Cathedral in Mexico City, 1999.
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Professor
Tony Aveni directs students taking site
measurements at Xunantunich in Belize,
1999. |
Professor
Aveni and students take measurements at
Mayapan, a Yucatan Maya site, 2001. |
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is the second part of a two-course
interdisciplinary sequence with SOAN/ASTR
253(Archaeoastronomy). Those who
successfully complete the first course in
the fall, will have the opportunity to
participate actively in a fieldwork
project during the interterm break. This
field experience, under the directorship
of Anthony Aveni, takes place in Mexico
and/or Central America. It permits
students to further their study of
cosmological meanings in Pre-Columbian
art, architecture, and city planning. |
 Professor
Aveni and students on the roof of an old
fort that now houses an archaeological
museum. Campeche, 2001
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