ES101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dorset Culture, Information Revolution, Ancestral Puebloans
Document Summary
Understand the relationship between cultural and environmental change throughout human history. Examine environmental degradation in north america through the periods pre- and post- european settlement. Introduce the people and events of the conservation and environmental movements. The history of humanity"s relationship to the environment provides many important lessons that can help us deal with today"s environmental problems and avoid repeating past mistakes . Learned about crop growing and how to manipulate crops. 1950s (least to most technological; least to most globally connected) Nomadic- seasonal movements-- migration and restoration of the environment. Small populations- bands of people,slow growth rate. Introduced seeds/invasive species- extinction of other species. Expert knowledge-- understand the environment (decreased over the years because of globalization and our lack of connectedness to the environment) Canadian north-- 500 bc to 1000 ad. Hunting large sea animals in open water. Shows the change in history from hunting-gathering to a system of amore sedentary type lifestyle.
