FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Uniformitarianism, Carbon Cycle, Radiocarbon Dating
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Lecture 3 thursday january 18 methods of environmental reconstruction. ** essay topic 2: epidemics and globalization: essay topics asks you to discuss how increase movement of humans around the globe led to the transmissions of diseases to new populations. The focus here should be on the ways in which diseases were transmitted from europe to na, and their effects on the local indigenous population in the. Chronology: the study of how we organize and date events. Events put in a logical sequence or ordering. Based on number of basic geological principles related to strata and stratification. First developed in geology, but now also used in geography, archaeology etc. What we see happening today is the same as what happened in the past. The present is the key to the past. Sediments is laid down in horizontal layers called stratum: layers or series of layers of rocks in the ground. Gradual accumulation of bedding and strata over time.
