Ecology, Culture & Human Adaptation

26 Sep

Introduction to the course

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28 Sep

Development of ecological anthropology

Vayda & Rappaport 1968

1 Oct

Concepts of adaptation

Rappaport 1971:237-251; Irons 1979

3 Oct

Adaptation, cognition, & culture

Gadgil et al. 1993; Drew 2005

5 Oct

Anthropogenic environments

Smith & Wishnie:493-500; Balée 2006 (esp. 81-end)

8 Oct

Efficiency & time allocation

Hames 1989

Population & Environment

10 Oct

Population ecology & carrying capacity

Dewar 1984; Cohen 1995

12 Oct

Case study:  Swiss peasants

Netting 1981: chs 6&7

15 Oct

Life history & reproductive strategies

Low 1993

Subsistence: Variation & Change

17 Oct

Foraging & "original affluence"

Kelly 1995:1-23; Winterhalder 1993

19 Oct

Foraging strategies

Kelly 1995:50-57 & ch3

22 Oct

Origins of agriculture

Diamond:98-156; Winterhalder & Kennett 2006

24 Oct

Swidden production systems

Fox et al. 2000

26 Oct

Agricultural intensification

Cohen 1989

29 Oct

Case study:  Balinese irrigation

Lansing & Kremer 1993

31 Oct

Pastoral systems

Netting 1971:ch4; Borgerhoff Mulder & Sellen 1994

Cooperation & Competition

2 Nov

Group size & settlement pattern

Boone 1992:301-305; Cashdan 1992:237-358

5 Nov

Land tenure & the "commons"

Feeney et al. 1990; Cashdan 1992:259-end

7 Nov

Reciprocity & risk

Boone 1992:305-311

9 Nov

Ecological competition

Boone 1992:312-end

12 Nov

Veteran's Day holiday

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14 Nov

Ecology & warfare

Ferguson 2001:99-104; Homer-Dixon et al. 1993; Kahl 2002

16 Nov

Ecology & social stratification

Diamond:chs 2,4,14

19 Nov

Niche theory & cultural diversity

Maffi 2005

21 Nov

Infectious disease

Ewald 1991; Diamond:ch 11

23 Nov

Thanksgiving holiday

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26 Nov

Nutrition & famine

Katz 1990; Fraser 2003

28 Nov

AAA meetings

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30 Nov

AAA meetings

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Conservation & Sustainability

3 Dec

Indigenous conservation

Smith & Wishnie 2000:500-end; Berkes & Turner 2006

5 Dec

"Development" & ecological crises

Alcorn 1991; Brooks et al. 2006

7 Dec

Toward sustainability

Low & Heinen 1993 (esp. 22-end); Clay 2004; Norgaard 1994