week 1: learning objective: to develop an understanding of the concepts of sustainability, resilience, and collapse
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Topic |
what should i Do Before class? |
due dates |
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22 Jan
MON |
9:00 Course Overview
Introduction of the research problem. 11:15 First Monday Speaker: Nikole Hannah-Jones |
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23 Jan
TUE |
What is sustainability and sustainable development?
Discuss: Thiele, Intro, CH 1, 2, and Walker How to read and lead a discussion on the readings. Sign up for discussion leadership. |
READ: How to read and lead a discussion on the readings
READ: Thiele, Introduction and Chapter 1, 2 READ: Walker (2007), in Canvas, Files READ: This course website; come to class with any questions. |
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24 Jan
WED |
What is resilience? What is a complex adaptive system?
Discuss: Thiele, Folke, Levin |
READ: Thiele, Chapter 3
READ: Folke, Resilience (Oxford Encyclopedia) READ: Levin et al., Social-ecological Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems |
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25 Jan
THU |
What is collapse?
Discuss: Thiele, Railey and Reycraft, and Middleton |
READ: Thiele, Conclusion
READ: Railey and Reycraft (2008), Canvas READ: Middleton, Collapse, Resilience, and Transformation, Canvas |
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26 Jan
FRI |
What have we learned?
Discuss: Thiele, Morris and the value of the past. |
week 2: learning objective: To identify the potential of the past to
understand collapse and sustainability and to apply the
comparative method to original research
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29 Jan
MON |
Discuss Sabloff and the potential of archaeology to contribute to studies of sustainability and collapse.
Form research teams. 1:30 Meeting with team investigating Ancestral Puebloans 2:15 Meeting with team investigating Chaco |
READ: Sabloff, Archaeology Matters (entire book)
READ: Ingram and Gilpin, Southwestern Archaeology Beyond Archaeology (and in Canvas) |
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30 Jan
TUE |
How can the comparative method be applied in studies of collapse and sustainability?
Scott to present example of comparative research. 11:00 Research methods (Diane Westerfiled, Library, Room 323. 1:30 Meeting with team investigating Hohokam and Sinagua (Central AZ) 2:15 Meeting with team investigating Mimbres |
READ: Smith and Peregrine, Approaches to Comparative Analysis in Archaeology (2012), Canvas
READ: Diamond and Robinson (2010), Using Comparative Methods in Studies of Human History, Canvas JUST ADDED AS EXAMPLES of the comparative method, so these are optional (I will discuss in class): Rollett and Diamond, Environmental Predictors of Pre European Deforestation (Canvas) Rollett, Avoiding Collapse, Pre European Sustainability on Pacific Islands (Canvas) |
Key concepts quiz available on Canvas until 9:15 am.
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31 Jan
WED |
Review Research Question
Discuss and create a research design for our project. Evaluation of key social, demographic, and environmental variables to be assessed during our research. Mechanisms connecting variables to outcomes (demographic decline). Research team meetings (in-class) 1:30 Meeting with team investigating Paquime. |
READ: Hedstrom and Ylikoski, 2010, Causal Mechanisms in the Social Sciences, Canvas
READ: Diamond, Lessons from Environmental Collapse of Past Societies READ: Human Vulnerability to Environmental Change READ: Climate Challenges, Vulnerability, and Food Security |
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1 Feb
THU |
Case study: Ancestral Puebloan and Chaco
Discuss Diamond, Human Vulnerability to Environmental Change Research team meetings. |
IMPORTANT! READ: Hegmon et al. Social Transformation and Its Human Costs (Canvas)
READ (Mesa Verde): Schwindt et al., 2016 Social Consequences of Climate Change in MV (Canvas) READ (Chaco): Wills et al. (2014) Prehistoric Deforestation at Chaco Canyon |
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2 Feb
FRI |
Case study: Mimbres, Hohokam (Phoenix Basin), Paquime, Central AZ (Sinagua)
Research team meetings. |
READ (Hohokam): Hill et al. (2016)
READ (Mimbres): Nelson and Hegmon (2002) READ (Paquime): Minnis and Whalen (2003), p.1-3 READ (Central AZ-Sinagua): Hill et al. (2004) |
week 3: Learning objective: to generate results that provide insights
into sustainability and collapse
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5 Feb
MON |
No class - research teams work on data gathering. Scott available for meetings 8:00 to 3:00 pm in office, Barnes 312.
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6 Feb
TUE |
Research team presentations
7:00 pm Coyote America talk by Dan Flores, Cornerstone Arts Center (optional) |
Research teams present on cases
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7 Feb
WED |
Revise data table, as needed.
Peer review of data tables and narrative descriptions of variable dimensions. |
TBD: Based on research progress
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Bring printout of Data Table and Variable descriptions for peer review.
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8 Feb
THU |
Analyzing the data
Define the sections of the final paper. |
TBD: Based on research progress
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9 Feb
FRI |
Interpreting the results
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TBD: Based on research progress
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Week 4: learning objective: communicating the past to
inform the present and future
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12 Feb
MON |
Drafting the final paper
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13 Feb
TUE |
Drafting the final paper
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TBD: Based on research progress
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14 Feb
WED |
What have we learned?
Completion of the Self-Assessment of Participation and Contribution. |
READ: Ingram and Gilpin, Southwestern Archaeology Beyond Archaeology (Canvas)
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Research Paper due;
Self-Assessment of Participation and contribution (upload to Canvas; required Key concepts quiz available on Canvas, due by 9:15 am. |
