GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 125
Wednesday, 7 November 2001: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Archaeological Geology

 

M. H. Ort and Reid C. Ferring, Chairs
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HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGES AND WATER SUPPLY FOR NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS, USA
WOOD, Warren W.1, RICH, Julie2 and STOKES, Stephen2, (1)US Geol Survey, 430 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, (2)School of Geography and the Environment, Univ of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB, United Kingdom, wwwood@usgs.gov, wwwood@usgs.gov
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1:45 PM
INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE SUNSET CRATER ERUPTION, NORTHERN ARIZONA
ORT, M. H.1, ELSON, M. D.2, HOOTEN, J. A.1, DUFFIELD, W. A.1 and CHAMPION, D. E.3, (1)Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Desert Archaeology Inc, 3975 N. Tucson Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716, (3)US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 937, Menlo Park, CA 94025, michael.ort@nau.edu, michael.ort@nau.edu
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2:00 PM
FLUVIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SITES IN THE HOLOCENE OF CHINA
RAPP, George, Archaeometry Laboratory, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812 and JING, Zhichun, Anthropology Department, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, grapp@d.umn.edu, grapp@d.umn.edu
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2:15 PM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE HOMININ COLONIZATION OF THE CAUCASUS
FERRING, C. Reid, Univ North Texas, PO Box 305279, Denton, TX 76203-5279 and LORDKIPANIDZE, David O., Geology and Paleontology, Georgian State Museum, 3 Purtseladze St, Tblisi, 380007, Georgia, ferring@unt.edu, ferring@unt.edu
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2:30 PM
BRONZE AGE PALEOGEOGRAPHIES AT ANCIENT TROY
KRAFT, John C., Geology Dept, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, KAYAN, Ilhan, Ege Univ, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Turkey, RAPP, George, Univ Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812 and LUCE, John V., Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland, 00218@udel.edu, 00218@udel.edu
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2:45 PM
SEISMOTECTONICS AND GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AROUND THE ANCIENT CITY OF TROY, NORTHWESTERN ANATOLIA
YILMAZ, Yucel, Department of Geology, Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical Univ, Maslak, Istanbul, 80626, Turkey, yilmazy@itu.edu.tr, yilmazy@itu.edu.tr
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3:00 PM
QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE CHUDDIA RIVER VALLEY WESTERN SICILY
HEINZEL, Chad1, STRAVERS, Jay1, KOLB, Mike2, KONEN, Mike3 and POWELL, Ross1, (1)Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Northern Illinois Univ, DeKalb, IL 60115, (2)Dept. of Anthropology, Norhtern Illinois Univ, (3)Geography, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 60115, cheinzel@geol.niu.edu, cheinzel@geol.niu.edu
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3:15 PM
PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY, CHRONOLOGY, AND TAPHONOMY OF A TYPICAL MOUSTERIAN (MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC) SITE IN SAHARAN NORTH AFRICA
HILL, Christopher L., Ice Age Research Program, 600 West Kagy Blvd, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-2730, chill@montana.edu, chill@montana.edu
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3:30 PM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF UMM AKHTAR PLAYA: EARLY HOLOCENE PALAEOENVIRONMENTS OF S. EGYPT
NICOLL, Kathleen, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583, nika@chevron.com, nika@chevron.com
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3:45 PM
STABLE-ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS ON PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF HOMINID OCCUPATION, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT
SMITH, Jennifer R., Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, GIEGENGACK, Robert, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, Room 251 Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, SCHWARCZ, Henry, School of Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON L8S4M1, Canada, HAWKINS, Alicia, Department of Anthropology, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, MACDONALD, Mary M.A., Department of Archaeology, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and KLEINDIENST, Maxine R., Department of Anthropology, Univ of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, smithjen@sas.upenn.edu, smithjen@sas.upenn.edu
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4:00 PM
MIDDLE HOLOCENE HUMAN - ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN SOUTHERN ARABIA
OCHES, Eric A.1, MCCORRISTON, Joy2, HARROWER, Michael2 and DEVOGEL, Stephen3, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State Univ, 244 Lord Hall, 124 W. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, oches@chuma1.cas.usf.edu, oches@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
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4:15 PM
PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION: RECENT EVIDENCE FROM THE PINDUS MOUNTAINS
WOODWARD, Jamie C., School of Geography, Univ of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, jamie@geog.leeds.ac.uk, jamie@geog.leeds.ac.uk
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4:30 PM
BULK AND MINERAL COMPOSITIONS OF VOLCANICS FROM PLIO-PLEISTOCENE NGORONGORO VOLCANIC HIGHLAND (NVH), A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR STONE TOOL MATERIALS AT OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
MOLLEL, Godwin F.1, ASHLEY, Gail M.2 and DELANEY, Jeremy S.2, (1)Geological Sciences, Rutgers State Univ - New Jersey, Wright Laboratories, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers, The State Univ of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, gmollel@eden.rutgers.edu, gmollel@eden.rutgers.edu
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ESR DATING HUMAN PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION IN MEMBER 5 AT STERKFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
MAYS, K.L.S.1, BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.1, SKINNER, Anne F.R.1, KUMAN, K.2, CLARKE, R. J.3, BLICKSTEIN, Joel I.B.4 and DIVJAK, M. N.4, (1)Williams College, Dept Chemistry, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)Dept of Archaeology, Univ of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, (3)Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (4)R.F.K. Rsch Institute, 7640 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, kendrid.l.mays@williams.edu, kendrid.l.mays@williams.edu
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PETROGRAPHY AND STAMPS OF ISTRIAN ROMAN AMPHORAE REVEAL SOURCE MATERIAL AND ANCIENT WORK-PRACTICES; NORTHERN ADRIATIC REGION, CROATIA
MANGE, Maria Anna, Geology, Univ of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and BEZECZKY, Tamas, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Frantz Klein Gasse, Vienna, A-1190, Austria, mange@geology.ucdavis.edu, mange@geology.ucdavis.edu
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ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE (ESR) DATING OF MAMMALIAN TOOTH ENAMEL AT PANXIAN DADONG, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA
JONES, H. L.1, RINK, W. J.1, ELLWOOD, B.2, SCHEPARTZ, L.3, MILLER-ANTONIO, S.4, BAKKEN, D.5, HUANG, Weiwen6 and HOU, Yamei6, (1)School of Geography and Geolgoy, McMaster University, ABB 121, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Louisiana, LA 70803-4101, (3)Department of Anthropology, Univ of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210380, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0380, (4)Department of Anthropology &Geography, California State Univ, Stanislaus, CA, (5)Field Museum of Nat History, Chicago, IL, (6)Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China, joneshl21@yahoo.com, joneshl21@yahoo.com