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An introduction to the Indigenous architectural sites and engineered spaces of the Western Hemisphere prior to European contact. At the core of our inquiry will be critiquing the naming of those spaces, and how these naming conventions have created modern understandings of those sites. In the modern United States, are Indigenous architectures considered American “antiquity?” In Latin America, are those spaces considered “Indigenous?” As many of these architectural sites were constructed by Indigenous communities who did not practice writing—and thus did not “write down” their titles—where (and from whom) did these sites get their names? Taking a hemispheric approach, class lectures will move from South to North America, covering Machu Picchu (Perú), Ciudad Perdida (Colombia), Teotihuacan (Mexico), the Hopewell Mound Group (United States), and Chaco Canyon (United States) among other Indigenous architectures, sites, and environments.