2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 326 Wednesday, 8 October 2008
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 330A

T144. Geochemical and Geoarchaeological Analysis of Shell Middens: Climate, Ecology, and Culture (GSA Archaeological Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

C. Fred T. Andrus and Bernd Schöne, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
326-11:30 PM Non-Invasive Geoarchaeology of Middens: BELKNAP, Daniel F., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 117 Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469, belknap@maine.edu
326-21:50 PM Seasonal Climate Records Preserved In Limpet Shells (Patella vulgata) from Bronze Age, Neolithic, and Viking Shell Middens, Scotland, UK: SURGE, Donna, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, donna64@unc.edu, BARRETT, James H., The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, England, MILNER, Nicky, Department of Archaeology, University of York, The Kings Manor, York, YO1 7EP, England, and MITHEN, Steven, School of Human and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading, RG6 6AB, England
326-32:10 PM Sclerochronology of Hard Clams (Mercenaria spp.) as a Model for Season of Exploitation and Anthropogenic Change in Shell Middens from the Southeastern USA: JONES, Douglas S. and QUITMYER, Irvy R., Florida Museum of Nat History, PO Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
326-42:30 PM Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Midden Mollusks to Assess Site Formation Processes and Subsistence Strategies at the Sapelo Island Shell Rings: ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 240 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, fandrus@geo.ua.edu and THOMPSON, Victor D., Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, 1000 University Parkway, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514
326-52:45 PM Paper Withdrawn
326-63:00 PM Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Compositions of Land Snail Shells from ~8ka B.P. Archeological Sites in Interior Algeria: FABER, Meredith1, YAPP, Crayton J.1, and LUBELL, David2, (1) Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, mfaber@smu.edu, (2) Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
 3:15 PM Break
326-73:30 PM ESR Analyses with Barnacles: A New Method for Dating Shell Middens and Sealevel Changes: BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, GONG, Jane J.J.2, BLICKSTEIN, Joel I.B.3, BLAIS-STEVENS, Andree4, SKINNER, Anne R.1, and NELSON, Robert E.5, (1) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, bonnie.a.b.blackwell@williams.edu, (2) RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547-0866, jingjinggong@aol.com, (3) RFK Sci Rsch Institute, 7540 Parsons Bvd, Flushing, NY 11366, (4) Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (5) Dept of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901-8858
326-83:45 PM Reporting Marine Reservoir Ages in a Variable-Upwelling Environment: JONES, Kevin B., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, kevinjones@usgs.gov, HODGINS, Gregory W.L., NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, 1118 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, ETAYO-CADAVID, Miguel F., Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 201 7th Avenue Bevill Building Room 201, Tuscaloosa, 35401, and ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 240 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
326-94:00 PM High-Resolution Elemental Analysis In Mollusks as Proxy for Upwelling: ETAYO-CADAVID, Miguel F., Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Bevill Building Room 201, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, mfetayocadavid@bama.ua.edu, ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 240 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, and HODGINS, Gregory W.L., NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, 1118 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721-0081
326-104:15 PM Mid-Holocene Climate Variability and Coastal Upwelling: Geochemical Evidence from Mytilus Californianus: DYCK, Kelsey A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, kdyck@ucsc.edu, KOCH, Paul, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, SCHELLENBERG, Stephen A., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, and FORD, Heather, Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
326-114:30 PM Reconstructing Holocene Kelp Ecosystems through Stable Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Shell Material: CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, mclemen1@uwyo.edu, GRAHAM, Michael H., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, and ERLANDSON, Jon M., Department of Anthropology, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1218
326-124:45 PM Life History Traits of the Bivalve Mollusk Saxidomus Gigantea from the Coast of British Columbia: Insights for Paleoclimate and Archaeological Applications: MEIER, Nadine1, BURCHELL, Meghan2, SCHOENE, Bernd R.1, and MAXWELL, David3, (1) Geosciences, University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, Mainz, 55128, Germany, schoeneb@uni-mainz.de, (2) Anthropology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4L9, Canada, (3) Statistical Research Inc, 5331 Meadedale Drive, Burnaby, V5B 2E6, Canada
 5:00 PM Discussion

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