AN328

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Trees, Climate, and People

Anthropology Colorado College

Course Subject Code

AN

Course Number

328

Course Long Title

Trees, Climate, and People

Status

Active

Division

Social Sciences

Department

Unit(s)

1

Schedule Type

Block Seminar

Instruction Mode

Traditional

Grade Modes

Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit

Course Attributes

CLSA

Course Description

An advanced research and methods course on reconstructing past climates through tree-rings and understanding anthropological and archaeological perspectives on climate-human behavior relationships. Students will sample living trees, measure ring-widths, use specialized software to create a climate reconstruction, and compare the reconstruction to a proximate human history.

Required Requisites

AN220 or COI