The Green Planet: Plants in Human History

3 credits · Undergraduate

Plants and the political economy, colonialism, and history of science, including history of archaeological theory. Environmental reconstruction, archaeological methods for reconstructing human-plant interaction. Introduction to botany: taxonomy, systematics, evolution. Introduction to paleobotany: food processing, diet, microbotany. Naturalism, equilibrium, and archaeological theory. Human-plant interaction in the ancient world; future farming. Offered on a graded basis only. [3] (P) (CORE A, B) (LE SBS)