Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Spring 2010

January 20
 W
 Introduction  Readings

22
 F Antecedents Readings

25
 M Mutation and Hybridization Readings

27 W Domestication Processes Readings

29
 F Dump Heaps Readings
February
 1
 M Gardens Readings

3
 W Automatic Selection Readings

5
 F Deliberate Selection Readings

8
 M Sexual Translocation Theory,  etc. Readings

10
 W Diffusion Readings

12
 F
 Swidden Cultivation Readings

15 M
 Technological Change: Land and Labor Readings

17
 W
 Technological Change: Labor and Tools  Readings

19
 F
 EXAMINATION 1  

22
 M
 Dynamic Land Use and Labor Productivity Readings

24 W
 Diminishing Returns Readings

26
 F
 Investments Readings
March
 1
 M
 Spatial Dimensions of Economic Rent
 Readings

3
 W
 Raised Fields: Wetlands Readings

5
 F
 Raised Fields: Other Functions Readings

8
 M
 The Secret of El Dorado Readings

10
 W
 Wet Rice: Ecology Readings

12
 F
 Wet Rice: Water Control and Land Use Readings

15-19
 M-F
 SPRING BREAK
  

22
 M
 Taro Cultivation Readings

24
 W
 Terracing: Channel-Bottoms Readings

26
 F
 Terracing: Hillslopes
 Readings

29
 M
 EXAMINATION 2  
  31
 W
 Erosion and Reclamation Readings
April
 2
 F
 Reality Check: no class meeting
  

5  M Soil Moisture Retention Readings

7
 W
 Springs, Qanats, and Norias Readings
  9 F
 Utilizing Runoff Readings

12
 M
 Promise of the Land
 Readings

14
 W
 The Harvest of Fear, pt. 1
 Readings

16
 F
 The Harvest of Fear, pt. 2
 Readings

19
 M
 Canal Irrigation Readings

21
 W
 Aqueducts and Siphons Readings

23
 F
 Mysteries of Perú Readings

26 M Irrigated Fields Readings

28 W Student lecture TBD
  30
 F Student lecture TBD
May
 3
 M Student lecture TBD

5
 W Student lecture TBD

7
 F Student lecture / Overview Readings



EXAMINATION 3
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Created by William E. Doolittle. Last revised 9 May 2009, wed