Course Schedule

ARCHY 570: Climate Change and Archaeology

University of Washington—Spring  2005

 

 

 

Date

Topic (see discussion board for readings)

Organizer

Food

Location/Tour

Mon. March 28

Intro and planning

 

 

 

Wed. March 30

No class

 

 

 

Mon. April 4

Isotopes

James

Margaret

 

Wed. April 6

Intro to theory applications, EndNote

Peter

Amanda

 

Mon. April 11

archy sediments

Amanda

James

Stable Isotope Lab at the Quaternary Research Center in the basement of Johnson Hall, 11:30am

Wed. April 13

tree rings, corals, speleothems

Shelby

Emily

 

Mon. April 18

micro/macro botanicals, pollen

Jack

 

 

Wed. April 20

California climate--Kennett

James

Peter

Burke Classroom

Mon. April 25

climate change in PNW

Alecia

Shelby

QRC Conference Center

Wed. April 27

phytoliths, diatoms

Emily

Amanda

Burke Classroom

Mon. May 2

historical records, trace elements

Margaret

Haiying

Denny 402

Wed. May 4

bones, teeth, taphonomy

Haiying

James

Denny 402

Mon. May 9

lake, sea cores, bores

Peter

Jack

Denny 402

Wed. May 11

Archaeological case studies of human response to tsunami and abrupt climate change

Hig

Amanda

Margaret

Denny 402

Mon. May 16

Paleoenvironmental change and marine resources

Shelby

Jack

Denny 402

Wed. May 18

Agriculture and climate in Peru

Jack

Shelby

Denny 402

Mon. May 23

PNW climate

Margaret

Haiying

Denny 402

Wed. May 25

Pleistocene-Holocene transition: zooarchaeological perspectives

Haiying

Margaret

Denny 402

Mon. May 30

no class--Memorial Day

 

 

 

Wed. June 1

Final discussion/wrap up

Everyone/nobody

Professional chefs

Agua Verde