LISS.382 ENVIRONMENT and HUMAN ADAPTATION: PRE-EUROPEAN SOUTHWEST

LISS.382: SYLLABUS

SPRING 1997

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 1 (01/14-01/16)

SESSION 1 (01/14)

Topics:: Introduction
Southwest Holocene Envrionments
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.2
Mutel and Emrick '92, Ch.1
Wills '88, Ch.3, pp. 49-58
[ Helvy '88, pp. 92-96]
[ Irwin-Williams '79, pp. 31-33]
[ van Deventer and Spaulding '79]
[ van Deventer '77]
[ McGuire '82]

SESSION 2 (01/16)

Topics:: Southwest Archaic
Post Archaic Culture and Environment
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.5, pp. 164-180
Cordell and Gummerman '89, Ch.1
[ Cordell '84, Ch.1; Ch. 4; Ch. 5, pp. 154-163]

WEEK 2 (01/21-01/23)

SESSION 1 (01/21)

Topics:: Mesoamerican Background
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Willey '66, Ch.3, pp. 85-116, 145-148, 152-160, 172-175
Cordell '84, Ch.5, pp. 169-171

Film:: Sentinals of Silence (19 min) (CU B78850,16)

SESSION 2 (01/23)

Topics:: Adoption of Agriculture
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.5, pp. 171-180; Ch. 6, pp. 181-190
Wills '88, Introduction; Ch.3, pp. 58-69; Ch. 7
[ Wills '88, Chs.5,6]
[ Martin and Schoenwetter '60]

WEEK 3 (01/28-01/30)

SESSION 1 (01/28)

Topics:: Initiation-Expansion (Early Villiages)
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.7

SESSION 2 (01/30)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Hohokam - Environment and Chronology
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Fish and Nabhan '91
Cordell '84, Ch.3, pp. 49-55; 59-70; 107-112
[ Cordell '84, Ch.3, pp. 85-94]
[ Crown '91, pp. 135-154]

Film:: Excavations at Snaketown (?? min) (??)

TERM PAPER PROPOSALS DUE

WEEK 4 (02/04-02/06)

SESSION 1 (02/04)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Hohokam - Settlement and Subsistance
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Crown and Judge '91, Introduction
Cordell '84, Ch.8, pp. 277-283; Ch. 6, pp. 197-199, 207-211
Gregory '91, pp. 169-193
Masse '91, pp. 195-214
[ Gregory '91, pp. 158-169]
[ Masse '91, pp. 215-223]

Film:: When the Rivers Run Dry, Part I (8 min) (CSM vidio)

SESSION 2 (02/06)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Hohokam - Exchange and Social Organization
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Doyle '91, pp. 225-228; 239-252
Wilcox '91, pp. 255-269
[ Doyle '91, pp. 228-238]
[ Wilcox '91, pp. 251-255; 269-275]

WEEK 5 (02/11-02/13)

SESSION 1 (02/11)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Chaco Anasazi - Environment and Chronology
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Plog, et al. '88
Euler '88
Cordell '84, Ch.3, pp. 55-59; 100-102
Judge '91
[ Dean '88]
[ Karlstrom '88]
[ Betancourt and Devender '81]

Film:: The Chaco Phenomenon (50 min) (CSM vidio)

SESSION 2 (02/13)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Chaco Anasazi - Settlement
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.8, pp. 246-266
Lekson '91

Films:: Chaco Roads (10 min) (CSM vidio)
Guadalupe Site (Rio Pureco Valley) (10 min) (CSM vidio)

WEEK 6 (02/18-02/20)

SESSION 1 (02/18)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Chaco Anasazi - Subsistance
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch. 6, pp. 199-203
Vivian '91

SESSION 2 (02/20)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Chaco Anasazi - Exchange and Social Organization
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch. 6, pp. 266-274; Ch. 8, pp. 283-293
Toll '91, pp. 77-93, 99-107
Sebastian '91
Harbottle and Weigand '92
[ Toll '91, pp. 93-99]
[ Mathien '93
[ Weigand and Harbottle '93]

WEEK 7 (02/25-02/27)

SESSION 1 (02/25)

Topics:: Field Trip: University of Colorado Museum
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Lucius and Breternitz '92

SESSION 2 (02/27)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Southern Mogollon - Environment and Chronology
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.3, pp. 70-75; 112-119; Ch. 8, 293-299
LeBlanc '89, pp. 179-181
Minnis '85, Ch.3, pp. 50-69; Ch. 4

WEEK 8 (03/04-03/06)

SESSION 1 (03/04)

Topics:: Expansion-Differentiation:
Southern Mogollon - Settlement and Subsistance
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: LeBlanc '89, pp. 181-192
Minnis '85, Ch.5, pp. 99-124; 150-155
[ Minnis '85, Ch.5, pp. 124-150]

Film:: Point of Pines (22 min) (CU B68500)

SESSION 2 (03/06)

Topics: Reorganization:
Southern Mogollon - Exchange and Social Organization
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.8, pp. 275-277
LeBlanc '89, pp. 192-204
Minnis '85, Ch.6, pp. 156-169; 182-185
[ Minnis '85, Ch.6, pp. 169-182]

WEEK 9 (03/11-03/13)

SESSION 1 (03/11)

Topics:: Abandonment - Reorganization:
Hohokam and Chaco Anasazi
PERSPECTIVE

Reading:: Cordell '84, Ch.9
Cordell '89, pp. 293-314

SESSION 2 (03/13)

Topics: Reaggregation
PERSPECTIVE

Reading: Cordell '84, Ch.10 Cordell '89, pp. 314-325

TERM PAPER FIRST DRAFTS DUE 04-10-97

WEEK 10 (04/29-05/01)

SESSION 1 (04/29)

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

SESSION 2 (05/01)

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

PAPER DUE 05/01 AT CLASS MEETING
Please submit corrected first draft together with final draft.

Colorado School of Mines
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies
Dr. Joseph D. Sneed
jsneed@mines.edu