ENVST-218 Resilience and Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on People and the Environment

Archaeology offers the opportunity to examine social-ecological systems over long time scales. This course explores different ways of conceptualizing these systems and considers major topics such as: decreasing biodiversity, traditional ecological knowledge, human-environment interactions related to food production, social responses to natural disasters and climate change, and resilience and collapse of past societies. We’ll engage with discussions on sustainability and our ecological impact on the environment.

Maximum Enrollment

24

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

ARCH-218

Prerequisite

ARCH 106 or consent of instructor