History of Pre-Columbian America 3305-HAP-11
The course History of Pre-Columbian America is a basic course in the history of pre-Columbian cultures from the areas of Mesoamerica and South America.
The entire course is divided into two geographic and cultural parts: in the first part, students will learn about the history of the pre-Hispanic cultural area known as Mesoamerica, while in the second part, they will learn about South America's past.
During the seminar, students will learn about the history of pre-Hispanic American cultures through selected examples. Special emphasis is put on the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca cultures.
Classes are conducted in a stationary form. The classes are scheduled for at least 12 meetings. Each is divided into two parts: during the first 45 minutes, an introductory lecture on the class topic is presented; during the second, 90-minute part of the class, a didactic discussion is conducted. The discussion will cover selected issues, related to the discussed pre-Hispanic American culture. The course concludes with an exam.
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Learning outcomes
Student knows basic terminology related to the field of history, subject, and fields of historical research; the most important events in the history of Mesoamerica and South America and important aspects of the culture and language related to the pre-Columbian context of Latin America (K_W03; K_W06).
Student knows how to read and understand texts concerning the history of pre-Columbian America; present their views and opinions, discuss and present prepared issues related to the history of pre-Columbian America; identify different types of texts concerning the history of pre-Columbian America, place them in a general historical and cultural context, and analyze them using basic terminology and appropriate methods; independently acquire knowledge and develop skills using appropriate historical sources (source texts, monographic studies, etc.); use basic theoretical approaches, research paradigms and concepts specific to the historical studies of the Spanish language field (K_U01; K_U02; K_U03; K_U04; K_U07).
Student is capable of critical assessment of their own knowledge and skills and understands the need for continuous improvement and development; active participation in the culture of the studied region using various forms and media, and to work autonomously manner; to follow contemporary processes and phenomena in Latin American culture (K_K01; K_K03; K_K04).
Assessment criteria
Attendance at classes is mandatory. Only 2 unauthorized absences are allowed in the entire semester (for each additional unauthorized absence, the final grade is lowered by half a grade). To pass the course, a student may have a total of up to 50% absences (excused and/or unexcused) in a semester, more than 50% absences will result in a failing grade. Leave of absence, including medical leave, can be submitted within 14 days of returning to the university; later leaves will not be considered. 2 times in a semester, an absence can be made up for in the form of an oral answer by appointment with the instructor (this applies only to the period when classes are in progress, during the exam session this will no longer be possible).
To take the exam, a student must fulfill the following conditions:
- attendance,
- passing the entrance tests conducted at the beginning of the class, which are to confirm the preparation of the assigned reading for the seminar (allowed 30% of the tests not passed throughout the semester, including those resulting from the absence of the student)
To pass the course, a minimum of 65% on the final exam is required. The exam consists of test questions and essay questions. The exam will be held in a stationary form. If it is not possible to organize the exam in a stationary form, it will take place online via the Google Meet platform and Google Classroom form or via Kampus UW platform.
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Literature for classes on Mesoamerica
Obligatory (fragments):
Grube, Nikolai (red.) (2001) Majowie. Niezwykła cywilizacja. Warszawa, Wyd. Buchmann.
History and Mythology of the Aztecs. The Codex Chimalpopoca (1998). Tłum. John Bierhorst. Tuscon, University of Arizona Press
Madajczak, Julia, Gruda Szymon (red.) (2021) Aztecka układanka. Szesnastowieczny rękopis ze zbiorów Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej (2021). Warszawa, WUW
Olko, Justyna (2010) Meksyk przed konkwistą. Warszawa, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
Olko, Justyna, Źrałka, Jarosław (2008) W krainie czerni i czerwieni. Warszawa, WUW.
Popol Vuh. Księga Majów o początkach życia oraz chwale bogów i władców (2007) Tłum. Dennis Tedlock, tłum. na j. polski Izabela Szybilska. Gliwice, Wyd. Helion.
Sahagún, Bernardino de (2006) Rzecz z dziejów Nowej Hiszpanii. Księgi I, II, III. Tłum. Kamila Baraniecka i Marta Leszczyńska. Kęty, Wydawnictwo Marek Derewieck
Sahagún, Bernardino de: Florentine Codex. General History of the Things of New Spain (1950-1982). Tłum. z nahuatl Charles Dibble i Arthur J.O. Anderson, The School of American Research and the University of Utah, Santa Fe. T. VIII, X
Tomicki, Ryszard (1988) „Źródła do dziejów przedhiszpańskiego Meksyku. I. Historia Meksyku (1548?)”. Etnografia Polska, XXXII: 49-79.
Velásquez García, Erik (2016) Nowa Historia Meksyku. Warszawa, PWN
Additional:
Clendinnen, Inga (1996) Aztekowie. Próba interpretacji. Warszawa, PIW.
Cortés, Hernán (1997) Listy o zdobyciu Meksyku. Tłum. Maria Mróz i Ryszard Tomicki. Gdańsk, Novus Orbis.
Durán, Diego (2006) Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e Islas de la Tierra Firme. Meksyk, Editorial Porrúa.
Karttunen, Frances i James Lockhart: The Art of Nahuatl Speech: The Bancroft Dialogues (1987). UCLA Latin American Studies Volume 65.
Kettunen, Harri i Christopher Helmke (2011) Wprowadzenie do Hieroglifów Majów. Tłum. Boguchwała Tuszyńska, materiały pokonferencyjne. Kopenhaga, XVI Europejska Konferencja Majanistyczna.
Landa, fray Diego de (1937) Yucatan Before and After the Conquest. Tłum. William Gates. Dostęp online: http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/maya/ybac/index.htm.
López Austin, Alfredo i Leonardo López Lujan: El pasado indígena (2001). Meksyk, El Colegio de México, Fideicomismo Historia de las Américas, Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Marcus, Joyce i Kent Flannery (2000)"Cultural evolution in Oaxaca: the origins of the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations”. W: R. Adams I M. MacLeod (red.) The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 358-406.
Martin, Simon i Nikolai Grube (2000) Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. Londyn, Thames & Hudson.
Mikulska, Katarzyna (2009) „Prekolumbijskie cywilizacje Mezoameryki”. W: Marcin F. Gawrycki (red.) Dzieje kultury latynoamerykańskiej. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN: 73-84.
Mikulska, Katarzyna (2014) „Znak graficzny w przedhiszpańskich księgach wróżebnych środkowego Meksyku". W: Zbigniew Kloch, Łukasz Grützmacher i Marek Kaźmierczak (red.) Znakowe wartości kultury. Warszawa, WUW: 55-78.
Olko, Justyna (2007) Mitologie Świata. Aztekowie. Warszawa, Rzeczpospolita S.A., New Media Concept.
Pool, Christopher (2007) Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Sahagún, fray Bernardino de: Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España (2006). México, Porrúa.
Sahagún, fray Bernardino de: Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España. Tomo II (2002). Meksyk, Conaculta, Cien de México.
Stuart, David: The Arrival of Strangers. Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History. Dostęp online: http://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publications/news_archive/25/strangers/strangers.html.
Szemiński, Jan, Ziółkowski, Mariusz (2006) Mity, rytuały i polityka Inków. Warszawa, PIW.
Tomicki, Ryszard (1984) Tenochtitlan 1521. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
Torquemada, fray Juan de (1986) Monarquía Indiana. México, Ed. Porrúa.
Tuszyńska, Boguchwała (2007) Mitologie Świata. Majowie. Warszawa, Rzeczpospolita S.A., New Media Concept.
Web pages:
FAMSI: http://www.famsi.org/
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Meksyk: http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_sppagebuilder&view=page&id=4708&Itemid=538
Muzeum Templo Mayor w Meksyku: http://www.templomayor.inah.gob.mx/
Literature for South America classes (fragments):
Betanzos, Juan de: Suma y narración de los incas (2010). María del Carmen Martín Rubio (red.). Lima, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Guaman Poma de Ayala, Felipe: Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno. Tomo I (2005). Słownik i tłum. Jan Szemiński. Meksyk, Lima, Fondo de Cultura Económica
Molina, Cristobal de: Ritos y favulas de los Ingas. W: Inkowie o Inkach. Antologia (2015). Spolszczył, przypisami i komentarzami opatrzył Jan Szemiński. Warszawa, Wydział „Artes Liberales” UW
Pizarro, Pedro: Relacja o odkryciu i podboju Królestwa Peru (1995). Tłum. Maria Mróz, Gdańska, Novus Orbis
Rostworowska, Maria: Historia Państwa Inków (2007). Warszawa, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy
Szemiński Jan i Mariusz Ziółkowski: Mity, rytuały i polityka Inków (2006). Warszawa, PIW
Vega, Inca Garcilaso de la: O Inkach uwagi prawdziwe (2000). Tłum. i przypisy Jan Szemiński. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo TRIO CESLA UW, Ambasada Peru w Polsce
Ziółkowski, Mariusz „Dlaczego przegrali, czyli o grzechu pychy w polityce”, w: Przegląd Akademicki, cz. I.
Detailed information on the readings will be provided during the class.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: