The Precolumbian Americas

    The Pre-Columbian America is the period of America referred to the previous era before Columbus' arrival in 1492, specifically in Mesoamerica and South America. The continent experienced a prehistoric moment during which hundred of cultures and dozens of civilizations flourished, that is the area that this degree tries to cover.
    Some of the most prominent ethnic groups from this period are anasazis, mayas, olmecas, nazcas, aztecs, incas... Navajos and iroquenses are also examples of civilizations with a lesser degree of development.
     In Andalusia, Pre-Columbian History is a History degree taught at Sevilla's University.

A graduate in Precolumbian History can work as an investigator, an archaeologist and as a historian, so it is more convenient to move to the Americas in order to work there.
I couldn't tell why am I so interested in the Pre-Columbian Americas (and South America in general), but I think that's something I've always liked.

Keep on reading if you wanna know more about how Amerindian people understood the sky!

Cochasquí's Pyramids, Ecuador

     My attention to this field increased as soon as I began to read Astronomía en la América Precolombina by V.A. Yurevich, which involves Astronomy and Archaeology. During the first part of the book, the author talks about the importance of Archaeoastronomist in Ecuador and what ancient people thought of the Big Dipper: they built eight pyramids as observatories, in order to see the appereance of one of the stars of the constellation, that coincided with the beginning of the rainy season.

     More distant from Mesoamerica, taking place at the current Peru, Nazca's civilization drew lots of giant animals, that are geared toward the Sun and the Moon and some other gods. And from here on out, Amerindian people developed calendars and moon cycles' tables, complex architecture...

Monkey's Condor

Nazca's Condor

Thanks for reading!