Jon Breitenbucher

Also, you can think about the primary source evidence contained in material culture: https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/patagonia/177324.html

I’m having trouble finding an English translation of Vicuña Mackenna’s book, but I’ll keep looking.
Was Crow’s bibliography any help in your search for primary sources?
One more place for good English […]

This is a very important historical question, and one that makes sense for your double major! Think about how to focus/narrow for your slideshow. I hope the Grafton was useful!

This is an excellent idea. Given how short your slideshow will be, I’d pick one of these dramas to focus on. Let me know if I can help with resources.

Looking at trade networks and Mesoamerican societies is a great topic. Given the short nature of this project, I think that you’re smart to focus on a single trade good. Which sound most interesting to you?

This is a great topic, and I love the way you’re building on your interests. Chinampas might be a great place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinampa

Or for maize, look here: […]

Excellent, Abby! These are some great ideas. Looking at the lives of female religious in the Andes might be a good way to unite your interests here. One of the bios in Kathleen Ann Myers’ Neither Saints Nor […]

Very interesting, Luca! I’d start with this Library of Congress exhibit for a quick overview: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html

Or you might enjoy Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

This is a good topic, and I think you’ll find a lot to draw on as we start reading Victors and Vanquished next week. There are more and more translations of Nahua texts available.

A study of some aspect of Inca religion would be a great project. This overview might give you some ideas about where to start. Let me know what is most interesting to you, and we’ll move forward. […]

Music is a great way to explore cultural change and hybrid identities. What instrument/musical style most interests you?
For a theoretical perspective, […]

Mapuche cultural resistance and autonomy is a great topic.

This is a great research question! Take a look at the intro/early documents in the Haitian Revolution primary source reader we’re reading at the end of the semester to get started. Or for a legal perspective, […]

The history of cartography is a great idea! There are some great articles to get you started here: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V3_Pt1/Volume3_Part1.html

You’ll have a lot of great sources for Aztec / Spanish military encounters this week in class. Make sure you’re not posing your question as a counterfactual, but instead thinking about what role the support of […]

This is a great question, if you focus on the growth of local anti-colonial movements in the years leading up to independence. Your next step is to focus on a particular geographical region/independence movement. […]

I’d like to encourage you to move forward with the Argentine question: I think you’ll get more out of your research, and enjoy it more, if you pick a topic that is personally meaningful to you.
Depending on […]