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. 216
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T142. Soils as Components of Archaeological Landscapes

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Rolfe D. Mandel, E. Arthur Bettis III and Vance T. Holliday, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Prehistoric Human Effects on Everglades Tree Island Soils and Petrocalcic Horizon Formation
COULTAS, Charles L., Soil Science, Florida A&M University, 1205 Collins Road, Havana, FL 32333, SCHWADRON, Margo, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, 2035 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Johnson Building, Suite 120, Tallahassee, FL 32310 and GALBRAITH, John, Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, 239 Smyth Hall (0404), Blacksburg, VA 24061, john.galbraith@vt.edu, john.galbraith@vt.edu
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1:45 PM
Paleoenvironments of Buried Alluvial Soils Representing Paleoindian-Age Landscapes in Draws on the High Plains of Western Kansas
MANDEL, Rolfe, Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, mandel@ku.edu, mandel@ku.edu
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2:00 PM
Landscape and Landform-Scale Vegetation Patterns Reconstructed from Carbon Isotope Studies of Paleosol Organic Matter
BETTIS III, E. Arthur, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and HAJ, Adel E., Department of Biology and Earth Science, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093, art-bettis@uiowa.edu, art-bettis@uiowa.edu
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2:15 PM
Refining Early-Middle Holocene Soil-Geomorphic Associations In the Lower Ohio River Valley
STAFFORD, C. Russell, Anthropology Laboratory, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and SCHOLL, Nathan, Geography Program, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809, cstafford@indstate.edu, cstafford@indstate.edu
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2:30 PM
Prehistoric Landscapes and Weakly Developed Soils
FREEMAN, Andrea K.L., Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, freeman@ucalgary.ca, freeman@ucalgary.ca
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2:45 PM
Regional Paleosols Associated with Buried Archaeology Sites in River Valleys of the Southeastern US
SERAMUR, Keith C., Boone, NC 28608 and COWAN, Ellen A., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, seramurkc@appstate.edu, seramurkc@appstate.edu
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3:00 PM
Pre-Hispanic Environmental Degradation in Teotihuacan Valley Based on Geological and Paleopedological Inferences
SOLLEIRO-REBOLLEDO, Elizabeth1, RIVERA-URIA, YazmíN.2, SEDOV, Sergey3, PÉREZ, Julia4, MCCLUNG, Emily5 and GONZÁLEZ, Alfredo2, (1)Dept. of Soil Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico, (2)Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F:, México, 04510, Mexico, (3)Dept. of Soil Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F:, 04510, Mexico, (4)Posgrado en Antropología, UNAM, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, (5)Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, solleiro@geologia.unam.mx, solleiro@geologia.unam.mx
 
3:15 PM
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3:30 PM
Soil Formation and Site Formation at Archaeological Sites in the Río Quequén Grande Valley (Southeastern Pampas), Argentina: The Paso Otero 4 Site
LUCHSINGER, Heidi M.1, MARTÍNEZ, Gustavo A.2 and GUTIÉRREZ, María A.2, (1)Department of Anthropology, East Carolina University, 215 Flanagan, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)CONICET, INCUAPA, Departamento de Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Avda. del Valle 5737, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Olavarría, B7400JWI, Argentina, Luchsingerh@ecu.edu, Luchsingerh@ecu.edu
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3:45 PM
Early European Agriculture: The Soil Archive
FADEM, Cynthia M.1, SMITH, Jennifer R.1, MOORE, Andrew2 and MENÐUSIC, Marko3, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130, (2)Dean of Graduate Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, 155 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623-5608, (3)Department of Cultural Heritage Protection, Ministry of Culture, Stube J. Culinovica 1, Sibenik, 22000, Croatia, cfadem@levee.wustl.edu, cfadem@levee.wustl.edu
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4:00 PM
Pre-Hispanic Anthropogenic Landscape Change in the Nochixtlán Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico as Seen through Extensive Buried Paleosols
MUELLER, Raymond G., Environmental Sciences, Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, JOYCE, Arthur, Department of Anthropology, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 and POU, Lucia, Environmental Sciences and Geology, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, ray.mueller@stockton.edu, ray.mueller@stockton.edu
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4:15 PM
Role of Soils and Soil Stratigraphy In Resolving Floodplain, Terrace, and Terrace Veneer Architecture In Meandering Stream Valleys at An Archaeologically Relevant Scale
HAJIC, Edwin R., Landscape History Program, Illinois State Museum, 1011 E. Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, e.hajic@comcast.net, e.hajic@comcast.net
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4:30 PM
Paleopedology of a Multi-Component Paleoindian Site (Big Eddy) in Southwest Missouri, USA
GOLDBERG, Paul, Department of Archaeology, Boston Univ, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, MANDEL, Rolfe, Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726 and HAJIC, Edwin R., Landscape History Program, Illinois State Museum, 1011 E. Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, mandel@ku.edu, mandel@ku.edu
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