COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
LISS.382-383 ENVIRONMENT and HUMAN ADAPTATION:
GREATER SOUTHWEST
This course traces the evolution of technology and human
environmental adaptations from the beginnings of agriculture to European contact
in three representative culture areas of the Greater Southwest -- the San Juan
Basin (San Juan-Anasazi) a, the Gila-Salt Basin (Hohokam) and the Mimbres Basin
(Mimbres-Mogollon, Casas Grandes) ). From this point to the present, the focus in narrowed to
the Rio Grande Basin and adjacent areas. Emphasis is on European impact on indigenous cultures, the interaction of Hispanic and Anglo cultures and their implications for human impacts on the natural environment. Special attention will be given to water resources.
Emphasis is on technology choice and its
long term social and ecological consequences including the gradual development
of complex societies and their sudden "collapse". Includes films, museum visits
and hands on experience with artifacts. The term paper assignment may be presented as a multi-media, hypertext document.
Offered Spring 1997 TTh 9:30 - 10:45 for 3 credit hours satisfying
the humanities requirement.
For further information look
here.
in the CSM Information Space, contact the LAIS office in
Stratton 302 or contact the instructor by any of the means
listed below.
- Joe Sneed
- LAIS / Colorado School of Mines
- Golden CO 80401 USA
- Stratton 405: TTh 9:00-9:30, 10:45-13:00; W 12:00-13:00,
15:00-15:30
- Phone (303) 273-3766; FAX (303) 273-3751
Colorado School of Mines
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies
Dr. Joseph D. Sneed
jsneed@mines.edu