The readings are organized by the first initial of the first author's last name--not by course.
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Acemoglu and Robinson (2012), Theories that Don't Work
Acemoglu and Robinson (2012), Why Nations Fail
Aimers and Hodell (2011), Drought and the Maya
Andean Overview
Arid Lands Institute, Woodbury University
Acemoglu and Robinson (2012), Why Nations Fail
Aimers and Hodell (2011), Drought and the Maya
Andean Overview
Arid Lands Institute, Woodbury University
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Bell and Morse (2003), Sustainability Indicators, A Brief Review
Berglund (2010), Did the Medieval Norse Society in Greenland Really Fail?
Bettencourt and Kaur (2011), Evolution and Structure of Sustainability Science
Booth, et al. (2003) The Craft of Research (Please find this in Blackboard)
Butzer (2012), Collapse, Environment, and Society
Butzer and Endfield (2012), Critical Perspectives on Historical Collapse
Berglund (2010), Did the Medieval Norse Society in Greenland Really Fail?
Bettencourt and Kaur (2011), Evolution and Structure of Sustainability Science
Booth, et al. (2003) The Craft of Research (Please find this in Blackboard)
Butzer (2012), Collapse, Environment, and Society
Butzer and Endfield (2012), Critical Perspectives on Historical Collapse
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China Overview
Cooper and Sheets (2012), Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers from Archaeology.
Costanza et al. (2007), Sustainability or Collapse
Cooper and Sheets (2012), Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers from Archaeology.
Costanza et al. (2007), Sustainability or Collapse
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Dearing (2007), Human and Environment Interactions
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Anasazi and Their Neighbors
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Viking Prelude and Fugues
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Prologue
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Norse Greeland's Flowering
Diamond (2005) , Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Norse Greenland's End
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The World as a Polder: What Does it All Mean...?
Diamond (1999), Guns, Germs, and Steel, Yali's Question and Chapter 1
Diamond (2010), Intra-island and Inter-Island Comparisons
Diamond (1997), Worst Mistake in History of Human Race
Diamond and Robinson (2010), Natural Experiments, Prologue
Diamond and Robinson (2010), Using Comparative Methods
Dresner (2002), What Does 'Sustainable Development' Mean?
Dugmore, et al. 2012. Cultural Adaptation, Compounding Vulnerabilities and Conjunctures in Norse Greenland. PNAS.
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Anasazi and Their Neighbors
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Viking Prelude and Fugues
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Prologue
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Norse Greeland's Flowering
Diamond (2005) , Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Norse Greenland's End
Diamond (2005), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The World as a Polder: What Does it All Mean...?
Diamond (1999), Guns, Germs, and Steel, Yali's Question and Chapter 1
Diamond (2010), Intra-island and Inter-Island Comparisons
Diamond (1997), Worst Mistake in History of Human Race
Diamond and Robinson (2010), Natural Experiments, Prologue
Diamond and Robinson (2010), Using Comparative Methods
Dresner (2002), What Does 'Sustainable Development' Mean?
Dugmore, et al. 2012. Cultural Adaptation, Compounding Vulnerabilities and Conjunctures in Norse Greenland. PNAS.
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Egyptian Overview
Ehrlich and Ehrich (2012), Can a Collapse of Global Civilization be Avoided?
Ember and Ember (2010), The Art of Measurement
Encyclopedia of Earth
Erickson (1988) Raised Field Agriculture
Ehrlich and Ehrich (2012), Can a Collapse of Global Civilization be Avoided?
Ember and Ember (2010), The Art of Measurement
Encyclopedia of Earth
Erickson (1988) Raised Field Agriculture
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Folke et al. (2002) Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations
Fisher, Christopher (2012), Rhymes with the Past
Flannery (1972) Cultural Evolution of Civilizations
Fisher, Christopher (2012), Rhymes with the Past
Flannery (1972) Cultural Evolution of Civilizations
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Globalization TrendLab 2012, Sustainability: New Perspectives and Opportunities
Golub (2010), Questioning Collapse
Guttmann-Bond (2010), Sustainability Out of the Past: How Archaeology Can Save the Planet
Golub (2010), Questioning Collapse
Guttmann-Bond (2010), Sustainability Out of the Past: How Archaeology Can Save the Planet
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Hassan (2009), Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective
Hegmon, et al (2008) Social Transformation and Its Human Cost
How to Code Your Data (code the data and only submit your Table results as your Reading Notes)
Huebert (Part 1), Huebert (Part 2), Huebert (Part 3)
Hegmon, et al (2008) Social Transformation and Its Human Cost
How to Code Your Data (code the data and only submit your Table results as your Reading Notes)
Huebert (Part 1), Huebert (Part 2), Huebert (Part 3)
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IHOPE, Integrated History and Future of People on Earth project.
Indus Valley Overview > Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard
IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC, Report on Climate Change (2007) Summary
Indus Valley Overview > Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard
IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC, Report on Climate Change (2007) Summary
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Robert W. Kates, Thomas M. Parris, and Anthony A. Leiserowitz. (2005) What Is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice
Kates (2010), Readings in Sustainability Science and Technology
Kates (2011) What kind of science is sustainability science?
Kintigh (2005), Writing Archaeology: Analyses and Archaeological Argumentation
Kobert, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Kolb (2012) Genesis of Monuments in Island Societies
Kates (2010), Readings in Sustainability Science and Technology
Kates (2011) What kind of science is sustainability science?
Kintigh (2005), Writing Archaeology: Analyses and Archaeological Argumentation
Kobert, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Kolb (2012) Genesis of Monuments in Island Societies
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Lekson, Steve. Lekson's response to Diamond's "Collapse"
Lipe (1975), Grand Gulch: Three Days on the Road from Bluff
China Overview
Liu et al. (2007) Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Lipe (1975), Grand Gulch: Three Days on the Road from Bluff
China Overview
Liu et al. (2007) Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
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McAnany and Yoffee (2010), Why We Question Collapse and Study Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
McNeill (2010), Sustainable Survival
Mediterranean Overview (use this link and pursue one civilization in-depth)
Mesoamerican Overview > (Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard
Mesopotamian Overview > (Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystem Change
Minnis, Paul E. (1999), Sustainability: The Long View from Archaeology
Minnis, Paul E. (2006), Answering the Skeptics Question, SAA Archaeological Record 6 (5):17-20
Morris (2010), Why the West Rules, Chapters 1, 2, 3
Morrison (2006), Failure and How to Avoid It
McNeill (2010), Sustainable Survival
Mediterranean Overview (use this link and pursue one civilization in-depth)
Mesoamerican Overview > (Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard
Mesopotamian Overview > (Please find reading under "Course Materials" in Blackboard)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystem Change
Minnis, Paul E. (1999), Sustainability: The Long View from Archaeology
Minnis, Paul E. (2006), Answering the Skeptics Question, SAA Archaeological Record 6 (5):17-20
Morris (2010), Why the West Rules, Chapters 1, 2, 3
Morrison (2006), Failure and How to Avoid It
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Stephen Nash. 2011. Archaeology and Sustainablity: Improbable Bedfellows Look on 2nd page of the pdf.
National Research Council. 1999. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability. National Academy Press. Washington DC.
National Research Council. 1999. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability. National Academy Press. Washington DC.
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Peregrine et al. (2007) Modeling State Origins Using Cross Cultural Data
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Railey and Reycraft (2008)
Resilience Alliance, Key Concepts
Rockstrom et al. (2009), A Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Rockstrom et al. (2009), Planetary Boundaries (Optional - view video on article)
Rockstrom, Planetary Boundaries, Expert Commentaries on Planetary Boundaries Read individual commentaries at links.
Rogers (2004), The Global Environmental Crisis, An Archaeological Agenda for the 21st Century
Rolett and Diamond (2004) Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands
Resilience Alliance, Key Concepts
Rockstrom et al. (2009), A Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Rockstrom et al. (2009), Planetary Boundaries (Optional - view video on article)
Rockstrom, Planetary Boundaries, Expert Commentaries on Planetary Boundaries Read individual commentaries at links.
Rogers (2004), The Global Environmental Crisis, An Archaeological Agenda for the 21st Century
Rolett and Diamond (2004) Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands
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Sheets and Cooper (2010), Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers from Archaeology
Smith, Michael E. (2012) Just How Useful is Archaeology for Scientists and Scholars in other Disciplines? SAA Archaeological Record.
Statistical Analysis
Stevenson et al. (2015), Variation in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) land use...
Sustainable Tribal Economies: A Guide to restoring Energy and Food Sovereignty in Native America, Honor the Earth
Smith, Michael E. (2012) Just How Useful is Archaeology for Scientists and Scholars in other Disciplines? SAA Archaeological Record.
Statistical Analysis
Stevenson et al. (2015), Variation in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) land use...
Sustainable Tribal Economies: A Guide to restoring Energy and Food Sovereignty in Native America, Honor the Earth
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Tainter (2006), Archaeology of Overshoot and Collapse
Trigger (2003) Defining Early Civilization
Turchin (2008). Arise 'cliodynamics'
Turner II, B. L. 2010. Vulnerability and Resilience: Coalescing or Paralleling Approaches for Sustainability Science.
Turner and Sabloff (2012), Classic Period Collapse of Maya
Trigger (2003) Defining Early Civilization
Turchin (2008). Arise 'cliodynamics'
Turner II, B. L. 2010. Vulnerability and Resilience: Coalescing or Paralleling Approaches for Sustainability Science.
Turner and Sabloff (2012), Classic Period Collapse of Maya
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Van der Leeuw and Redman (2002), Placing Archaeology at the Center of Socio-Natural Studies
Varien (2010) Depopulation of Northern San Juan Region
Varien (2010) Depopulation of Northern San Juan Region
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Walker, Stuart (2007). Sustainability: The Evolution of a Contemporary Myth.
Weiss and Bradley (2001), What Drives Societal Collapse?
Wells, E. Christian. 2011. How can archaeologists improve the prospects for a sustainable world?
Wilcox (2010), Marketing Conquest and the Vanishing Indian: An Indigenous Response to Jared Diamond's Archaeology of the
American Southwest
World Commission on Environment and Development (1987), Our Common Future. Oxford University Press, Oxford and NY
Weiss and Bradley (2001), What Drives Societal Collapse?
Wells, E. Christian. 2011. How can archaeologists improve the prospects for a sustainable world?
Wilcox (2010), Marketing Conquest and the Vanishing Indian: An Indigenous Response to Jared Diamond's Archaeology of the
American Southwest
World Commission on Environment and Development (1987), Our Common Future. Oxford University Press, Oxford and NY
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Yaeger and Hoddell (2008), The Collapse of the Maya Civilization: Assessing the Interaction of Culture, Climate, and Environment
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Collapse specific literature (under development)
Maya
Aimers and Hoddell 2011 Societal collapse: Drought and the Maya, Science
Aimers (2007) What Maya Collapse? Terminal Classic Variation in thd Maya Lowlands. Journal of Archaeological Research
Turner and Sabloff (2012) Classic Period Collapse of the Central Maya Lowlands: Insights about Human-Environmental Relationships for Sustainability
Aimers and Hoddell 2011 Societal collapse: Drought and the Maya, Science
Aimers (2007) What Maya Collapse? Terminal Classic Variation in thd Maya Lowlands. Journal of Archaeological Research
Turner and Sabloff (2012) Classic Period Collapse of the Central Maya Lowlands: Insights about Human-Environmental Relationships for Sustainability
Yaeger and Hoddell (2008) The Collapse of the Maya Civilizatin:
