This course covers pre-Hispanic art and design of the Andes, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica. It begins with the Olmecs c. 2000 BCE and ends with the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, 1519-1521. Then it will focus on the Andes, beginning with Chavín de Huántar c.1200 BCE and culminating with the Inca and their conquest by the Spanish in 1534. Also, to be studied will be the art and culture of the Taíno that inhabited areas of the Caribbean. While the pre-Hispanic period historically terminates with the conquest, the course will also explore post-conquest Indo-Hispano art that was neither purely indigenous nor Colonial, but a syncretic hybrid formed and shaped by both New and Old-World cultures. Some of the disciplinary approaches this course culls from include anthropology/archaeology, art history, and post-colonial/decolonial theory. The type of art and design the course will investigate both formally and in context includes architecture, painting, sculpture, textiles and costume, performance or ritual-based art, ceramics, lapidary arts, manuscripts, and featherwork. Pathways: Art and Design History