Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Spring 2009

January 21
 W
 Introduction  Readings

23
 F Antecedents Readings

26
 M Mutation and Hybridization Readings

28 W Domestication Processes Readings

30
 F Dump Heaps Readings
February
 2
 M Gardens Readings

4
 W Automatic Selection Readings

6
 F Deliberate Selection Readings

9
 M Sexual Translocation Theory,  etc. Readings

11
 W Diffusion Readings

13
 F
 Swidden Cultivation Readings

16 M
 Technological Change: Land and Labor Readings

18
 W
 Technological Change: Labor and Tools  Readings

20
 F
 EXAMINATION 1  

23
 M
 Dynamic Land Use and Labor Productivity Readings

25 W
 Diminishing Returns Readings

27
 F
 Investments Readings
March
 2
 M
 Spatial Dimensions of Economic Rent
 Readings

4
 W
 Raised Fields: Wetlands Readings

6
 F
 Raised Fields: Other Functions Readings

9
 M
 The Secret of El Dorado Readings

11
 W
 Wet Rice: Ecology Readings

13
 F
 Wet Rice: Water Control and Land Use Readings

16-20
 M-F
 SPRING BREAK
  

23
 M
 Promise of the Land
 Readings

25
 W
 The Harvest of Fear, pt. 1
 Readings

27
 F
 The Harvest of Fear, pt. 2
 Readings

30
 M
 Taro Cultivation Readings
April 1
 W
 Terracing: Channel-Bottoms Readings

3
 F
 Terracing: Hillslopes
 Readings

6  M EXAMINATION 2  

8
 W
 Erosion and Reclamation Readings
  10 F
 Reality Check: no class meeting
  

13
 M
 Soil Moisture Retention Readings

15
 W
 Springs, Qanats, and Norias Readings

17
 F
 Utilizing Runoff Readings

20
 M
 Canal Irrigation Readings

22
 W
 Aqueducts and Siphons Readings

24
 F
 Mysteries of Perú Readings

27 M Irrigated Fields Readings

29 W Student lecture TBD
May
 1
 F Student lecture TBD

4
 M Student lecture TBD

6
 W Student lecture TBD

8
 F Student lecture / Overview Readings



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