Art of the Ancient Americas/ Pre-Columbian, anyone?

[Shelley Burian]

I am entering a PhD program this fall focusing on Andean art, and I was wondering if there was anyone else on this forum who is entering grad school for this sub-discipline or already in a program. I though it would be nice to create a thread for our group to share advice and comiserate. Anyone else really hate the split between Native American/First Nations for the US and Canadian area and "Pre-Columbian" for the Mexico/Central/South American area? Not all programs use it, but that is the dissertation catagorization for CAA.