LISS.398A TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT and HUMAN ADAPTATION:
PART I EARLY PEOPLES in the NEW WORLD

LISS.398A : SYLLABUS PART I

FALL 1999

Each week consists of two sessions. For each session, a list of topics is provided together with a link to the instructor's PERSPECTIVE on these topics. Readings relevant to these topics are listed in order of priority. Recommended readings are listed in square brackets. Links to the reading list provide information about and/or direct access to the reading.

WEEK 0 [08/26]

Topics:: Introduction
PERSPECTIVE

WEEK 1 (08/31-09/02)

SESSION 1 (08/31)

Topics:: Environmental Context
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Meltzer, '93, Chs. 1, 2; [Sutcliffe, '85, Chs. 5, 6]; [Crowley & North '91, Chs. 3,5,6]; [Josenhans, et al., '97]

Film:: The Climate Puzzle (50 min) CSM vt

SESSION 2 (09/02)

Topics:: Human Biological Evolution
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Dixson, '93, Chs. 1,2,3; [Fagan '87, Chs. 3,4]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 6]

WEEK 2 (09/07-09/09)

SESSION 1 (09/07)

Topics:: Paleo-Indian I-II (50+K-20K BP): Pendejo Cave ??, Pedra Furada ??, Medowcroft ??
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Dixson, '93, Chs. 4,5; MacNeish '76, pp. 316-317; Appenzeller '92; Emslie '92; MacNeish '93, pp. 17-36; [Fagan '87, Chs. 5,6]; [Meltzer, '93, Ch. 4]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 9, pp. 208-213]; [Patterson '83]; [Roosevelt, et al. '97]; [Haynes '97]

Film:: "The First Americans" (50 min) CSM vt

SESSION 2 (09/09)

Topics:: Paleo-Indian III (20K-12K BP): Monte Verde, Medowcroft ?, Old Crow ?
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Dixson, '93, Chs. 6,7; MacNeish '76, pp. 317-322; Marshall '90; Dillehay '84; Gibbons, '93; [Fagan '87, Chs. 7,8]; [Meltzer, '93, Ch. 5]; [Meltzer, '97]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 9, pp. 213-215]; [Stark '81, pp. 346-349]; [MacNeish, '71]

Film:: "Seeking the First Americans" (50 min) CSM vt

WEEK 3 (09/14-09/16)

SESSION 1 (09/14)

Topics:: Paleo-Indian IVa (12K-11K BP): Clovis and the Extinction of Megafauna: Onion Portage, Dent, Clovis
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Dixson, '93, Chs. 8,9; Haynes '66; Anderson '68; [Fagan '87, Ch. 9]; [MacNeish '76, pp. 322-326]; [Martin '73]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 9, pp. 215-217]; [Haynes '91]; [Hoffecker, et. al. '93]; [Cordell, Ch. 4]

SESSION 2 (09/16)

Field Trip: Denver Museum of Natural History

WEEK 4 (09/21-09/23)

SESSION 1 (09/21)

Topics:: Paleo-Indian IVb (11K-7K BP): Folsom and Plano Bison Hunting: Olsen-Chubbuck, Lindenmeier
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Dixson, '93, Chs. 10,11; Meltzer, '93, Ch.; Wheat '67; [Fagan '87, Ch. 10]; [Frison '78, Ch. 9]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 9, pp. 217-218]; [Stark '81, pp. 349-352]; [Cordell, Ch. 4]

Films:: "Blades and Pressure Flaking" (21 min) CU B10016.16; "Atlatl Use" (clip)

Laboratory:: Atlatl Demonstration (wether permitting)

SESSION 2 (09/23)

Topics:: Mesoamerica: Environmental Setting.
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Weaver '93, Ch. 1; [West, '64]

SESSION 3 (optional, date tentative) (9/25 9:00-17:00)

Field Trip: Lindenmier and Dent Sites

WEEK 5 (09/28-09/30)

SESSION 1 (09/28)

Topics:: Archaic (7K-4K BP): Tehuacán, Oaxaca
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Blanton, et. al. '93, Ch. 2; MacNeish '64; Stark '81, pp. 352-66; Flannery '68; Flannery '66; [Cordell '84, Ch. 4]; [MacNeish '86, pp. 105-125]; [Eddy '91, Ch. 9, pp. 220-234]; [MacNeish '81]; [Cordell, Ch. 5]

Films:: "Kiliwa: Hunters and Gatherers of Baja California" (14 min) UC #9154
"Maguey, Plant of a Thousand Uses" (14 min) UC #5311
"Pine Nuts" (13 min) UC #37138 vt