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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 44
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T102. Quaternary Paleoenvironments of the Middle East: Proxy Records, Human Prehistory, and Regional Cross-Correlation

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Carlos E. Cordova and Caroline Davies, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
PLEISTOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY OF EGYPT
HILL, Christopher L., Department of Anthropology, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1950, chill2@boisestate.edu, chill2@boisestate.edu
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1:55 PM
SEASONALITY DURING THE ~130 KA PLUVIAL EVENT IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT, AS INFERRED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE AND MINOR ELEMENT PROFILES OF THE FRESHWATER GASTROPOD, MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA
KIENIEWICZ, Johanna M. and SMITH, Jennifer R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ in St Louis, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130, kieniewicz@levee.wustl.edu, kieniewicz@levee.wustl.edu
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2:10 PM
MID- TO LATE PLEISTOCENE PALAEOLAKES IN THE DAKHLEH OASIS, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT
KLEINDIENST, Maxine R., Department of Anthropology, Univ of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, CHURCHER, Charles S., Department of Zoology, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada, SMITH, Jennifer R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ in St Louis, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130 and SCHWARCZ, Henry P., School of Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada, rchurcher@shaw.ca, rchurcher@shaw.ca
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2:25 PM
GEOMORPHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR THE STUDY OF STAGES 5 AND 4 PALEOCLIMATES AND MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC OCCUPATIONS IN JORDAN
CORDOVA, Carlos E., Department of Geography, Oklahoma State Univ, 225 Scott Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, cordova@okstate.edu, cordova@okstate.edu
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2:40 PM
REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY AND HUMAN PALEOECOLOGY OF THE JORDAN RIFT VALLEY
SCHULDENREIN, Joseph, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates, 92 Main Street, Suite 207, Yonkers, NY 10701, geoarch@aol.com, geoarch@aol.com
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2:55 PM
AGE AND PALEOWIND REGIME OF LINEAR DUNES IN THE NORTHERN RUB AL KHALI
LANCASTER, Nick, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, SINGHVI, Ashok, Planetary and Geosciences Division, Physical Rsch Lab, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India, TELLER, James T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Manitoba, 125 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, GLENNIE, Ken, 4 Morven Way, Ballater, AB35 5SF, United Kingdom and PANDEY, V.P., Physical Rsch Lab, Ahmedabad (now at Parbati HE Project, NHPC, Buntar Kullu), India, nick@dri.edu, nick@dri.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:25 PM
CATASTROPHIC ARID EPISODES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LINKED WITH THE NORTH ATLANTIC HEINRICH EVENTS
BARTOV, Yuval, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, GOLDSTEIN, Steve, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University, Palisades, 61 Route 9W, New York , USA, Palisades, 10964, ENZEL, Yehouda, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904 and STEIN, Mordechai, Hebrew Univ and Geol Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, 91904, yuval@vms.huji.ac.il, yuval@vms.huji.ac.il
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3:40 PM
DISTINGUISHING REGIONAL AND LOCAL PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS: COMPARING PALEOHYDROLOGIC CHANGE AND BASIN RESPONSE FROM TWO PALEOLAKES ON THE JORDAN PLATEAU
DAVIES, Caroline P., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, 420 Flarsheim Hall, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, daviesc@umkc.edu, daviesc@umkc.edu
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3:55 PM
GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO MIDDLE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN HIGHLAND SOUTHERN YEMEN
ANDERSON, Joshua1, OCHES, Eric A.1, MCCORRISTON, Joy2 and HARROWER, Michael J.3, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. - SCA528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State Univ, 244 Lord Hall, 124 W. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State Univ, 244 Lord Hall, 124 West 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, janders4@helios.acomp.usf.edu, janders4@helios.acomp.usf.edu
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4:10 PM
HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF YEMEN RECONSTRUCTED FROM FOSSIL HYRAX MIDDENS
COLE, Kenneth L., Colorado Plateau Research Station, USGS Southwestern Biological Rsch Station, P.O. Box 5614, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and MCCORRISTON, Joy, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State Univ, 244 Lord Hall, 124 W. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, Ken.Cole@nau.edu, Ken.Cole@nau.edu
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4:25 PM
CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE KHABUR DRAINAGE, NORTHEAST SYRIA
HOLE, Frank, Anthropology, Yale Univ, Box 8277, New Haven, CT 06520-8277, frank.hole@yale.edu, frank.hole@yale.edu
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4:40 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEAD SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS TO LATE HOLOCENE REGIONAL CLIMATES AND HISTORICAL CULTURES
BOOKMAN, Revital1, ENZEL, Yehouda2, AGNON, Amotz2 and STEIN, Mordechai3, (1)Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, (3)Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, 91904, rbookman@syr.edu, rbookman@syr.edu
 
4:55 PM
Discussion
 
5:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
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