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DRAFT - under revision

week 1: understanding climate proxies and climate-human behavior relationships


Dates

Topic

what should i Do Before class?

due dates


23 April
MON
9:00 Room Barnes 410
Course overview
La Botica Site

​1:00 - 2:30 Discuss readings
READ: Sheppard et al. 2002 (Canvas)
READ: Van West and Dean 2000 (Canvas)


24 April
​TUE
Paleoclimate proxies 1

​1:00 - 3:00 GIS lab
READ: Briles et al. 2012
​READ: Anderson 2012
​READ: Menking 2004



25 April
​WED
Paleoclimate proxies 2

​READ: Steponaitis et al. 2015
READ: Routson et al. 2011
​READ: Hill et al. 2013
​READ: Speer (textbook) CH 1: Introduction and CH 2: Some Basic Principles and Concepts in Dendrochronology



26 April
​THU
Climate and Human Behavior; Natural hazards, Research Design
1:15 - 3:00 Lab: ​Practice with Increment Borers 
​READ: ​Ingram 2017 
READ: Dean 1988 

READ: Speer CH 4: Growth and Structure of Wood
Climate station assignment, bring to class

27 April
​FRI
Mesa Verde Climate-Human Behavior case study
Final preparations for field work
​1:15 - 3:00 Lab: Tree physiology and structure
READ: Speer CH 5: Field and Laboratory Methods
READ: Schwindt et al. 2016
​READ: Bocinsky et al. 

week 2: field work with paleoclimate proxies


30 April
​MON
Departure for Baca. Field work in the San Luis Valley
Geology focus
READ: La Botica SHF Proposal
​READ: Rio Grande CH 3: Environment​
​READ: Rio Grande CH 4: History of Archaeological Investigations

1 May
​TUE
Field work in the San Luis Valley
​Geology focus
First Peoples in a New World
​READ: Yuan et al. 2013
​READ: Leonard et al. 2017
​

2 May
WED
Field work in the San Luis Valley
Geology focus

3 May
​THU
Field work in the San Luis Valley
​Dendro focus




4 May
​FRI
Field work in the San Luis Valley
​Prepare tree-ring cores
Return to CC Friday evening
​​READ: Meltzer 2009, pp. 1-61 (Canvas)

week 3: Lab analysis 


7 May
​MON
Lab and project work
READ: Speer CH 6, Computer Programs and Statistical Methods

8 May
​TUE
Lab and project work



9 May
​WED
Lab and project work
READ: Speer CH 8: Dendroclimatology

10 May
​THU
Lab and project work

11 May
​FRI
Lab and project work

Week 4: project reports


14 May
​MON
Lab and project work

15 May
​TUE
Project reports

16 May
​WED
Project reports

























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