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2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 94
Monday, 19 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E146 (Oregon Convention Center)

T154. Geoarchaeology, Reconstructions of Paleoenvironments and Past Human- Environment Interactions

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Paleontological Society

 

Kathleen Nicoll and Catherine Yansa, Advocates
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8:00 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SHORT-TERM OCCUPATION SITES, IMPLICATIONS OF SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES UNDER HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE, NORTHERN KENYA
ASHLEY, Gail M.1, NDIEMA, Emmanuel2, HARRIS, John W.K.2, KIURA, Purity W.3 and SPENCER, Joel Q.G.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Anthropology, Rutgers University, 131 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, (3)Archaeology Section, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, (4)Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
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8:20 AM
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8:35 AM
UPPER PALEOLITHIC LANDSCAPE GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN THE TRANSBAIKAL (SOUTHERN SIBERIA)
BUVIT, Ian and TERRY, Karisa, Anthropology, Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, ibuvit@gmail.com, ibuvit@gmail.com
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8:50 AM
PLEISTOCENE-AGE GIANT BEAVER (CASTOROIDES OHIOENSIS) AND EXTANT BEAVER (CASTOR CANADENSIS) ENVIRONMENTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
YANSA, Catherine H., Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 227 Geography Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1117 and JACOBS, Peter M., Department of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science, Univ of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190, yansa@msu.edu, yansa@msu.edu
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9:05 AM
GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF COASTAL DUNES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LAKE MICHIGAN: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, REGIONAL COMPARISONS, AND GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
ARBOGAST, Alan F., Geography, Michigan State University, 121 Geography Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, MONAGHAN, G. William, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana Univ, 423 North Fess Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, LOVIS, William A., Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 354 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824 and FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, dunes@msu.edu, dunes@msu.edu
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9:20 AM
THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF PALEOINDIAN OCCUPATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF KANSAS: A TALE OF TWO SITES
MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, CORDOVA, Carlos E., Geography, Oklahoma State University, 421 Murray Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078 and THELER, James L., Department of Sociology and Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 437G Carl Wimberly Hall, La Crosse, WI 54601, mandel@kgs.ku.edu, mandel@kgs.ku.edu
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9:40 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF EL FIN DEL MUNDO, A CLOVIS SITE IN SONORA, MEXICO
HOLLIDAY, Vance T., Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, GAINES, Edmund P., Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and SANCHEZ-MIRANDA, Guadalupe, Subdirectora de Laboratorios, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Moneda 16, Col. Centro, Mexico City, 06060, Mexico, vthollid@email.arizona.edu, vthollid@email.arizona.edu
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10:00 AM
MICROMORPHOLOGY OF EL FIN DEL MUNDO CLOVIS SITE, SONORA, MEXICO
MENTZER, Susan M., Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, 72070, Germany and HOLLIDAY, Vance T., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721, smentzer@email.arizona.edu, smentzer@email.arizona.edu
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10:15 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND HOLOCENE BIOCLIMATIC CHANGE ON THE EDGE OF THE LLANO ESTACADO IN WEST TEXAS
MURPHY, Laura R., University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, HOLLIDAY, Vance T., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721 and JOHNSON, Eileen, Museum of Texas Tech University, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, murphy15@ku.edu, murphy15@ku.edu
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10:30 AM
BLACK MESA REVISITED: NEW OSL AGES PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF MIS3 AND MIS2 EOLIAN ACTIVITY ON BLACK MESA, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA
ELLWEIN, Amy L., Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, PO Box 519, Crested Butte, CO 81224, MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and MCFADDEN, Leslie D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, amy@rmbl.org, amy@rmbl.org
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10:45 AM
THE CONTEXT OF ARCHAIC GEOARCHAEOLOGY ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER, SOUTHERN SALT LAKE VALLEY: SITE FORMATION PROCESSES & HYDROCLIMATIC CHANGE
NICOLL, Kathleen, Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 So. Central Campus Drive #270, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, kathleen.nicoll@gmail.com, kathleen.nicoll@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
USING SONICORES AND LARGE SCALE EXCAVATION TO EXAMINE DEEP FILL DEPOSITS, BURIED ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND THE HOLOCENE BOUNDARY ALONG SEATTLE'S HISTORIC WATERFRONT
RINCK, Brandy A., Northwest Archaeological Associates, Inc, 5418 - 20th Avenue NW, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98107, brinck@northwestarch.com, brinck@northwestarch.com
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11:15 AM
HUMAN-CLIMATE-LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON AND WASHINGTON, DURING THE LAST 1200 YEARS
WALSH, Megan K.1, WHITLOCK, Cathy2 and BARTLEIN, Patrick J.1, (1)Department of Geography, University of Oregon, 107 Condon Hall, Eugene, OR 97403-1251, (2)Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Traphagen Hall #200, Bozeman, MT 59717, mwalsh2@uoregon.edu, mwalsh2@uoregon.edu
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