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 |
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
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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
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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 |
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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)
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week 3: Lab analysis
7 May
MON |
Lab and project work
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READ: Speer CH 6, Computer Programs and Statistical Methods
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8 May
TUE |
Lab and project work
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9 May
WED |
Lab and project work
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READ: Speer CH 8: Dendroclimatology
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10 May
THU |
Lab and project work
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11 May
FRI |
Lab and project work
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Week 4: project reports
14 May
MON |
Lab and project work
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15 May
TUE |
Project reports
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16 May
WED |
Project reports
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