GEOS 220 - ENVIRON HIST SOUTHWEST Environmental and cultural history of the Southwest emphasizing discovery of the past using historical science techniques of tree-ring and packrat midden analyses and repeat photography. This course will cover several paleoenvironmental tools that have been involved extensively in reconstructing the natural and cultural history of the Southwest (as well as for other regions, too). They include: * Tree rings * Packrat middens * Alluvial stratigraphy * Repeat photography * Historical documents Whereas the overall scope of this course encompasses broad time scales, its focus increases in detail as it moves from the distant to the recent past. Spatially, the greater Southwest includes most of Arizona and New Mexico as well as southeastern Utah, southwestern Colorado, and northern Mexico. http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/geos220/ 15 2 This course usually fills to its capacity of 150 students, and other students often ask to add it. Please be sure that you have fulfilled the stated course prerequisites: two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104). http://garnet.ccit.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/schedule/schedule.cgi?GEOSz220z074z 1 Tuesday & Thursday 11:00AM-12:15PM sheppard 3 2008-01-17T20:54:25-07:00 10 2007-01-01