Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting (22–24 March 2009)

Session No. 5
Sunday, 22 March 2009: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

T5. Geoarchaeology: Sites, Substrate, Sources, and Context I

 

Alice R. Kelley and Allen M. Gontz, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:30 AM
Introduction & Remarks by Arthur Spiess, Maine State Archaeologist
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8:50 AM
FORGOTTEN LANDSCAPES - GEOPHYSICAL-BASED RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE NORTHERN DECLIVITY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE OF BUNKERS HILL, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
GONTZ, Allen M.1, ANDERSON, Christopher2, BERKLAND, Ellen P.3, GOLDSTEIN, Erik4, MAIO, Christopher V.5 and WAGENKNECHT, Ekatherina K.5, (1)Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts - Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, (2)22 Allston St, Charlestown, MA 02129, (3)Department of Conservation and Recreation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02114-2104, (4)The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, PO Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187, (5)Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts - Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, allen.gontz@umb.edu, allen.gontz@umb.edu
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9:10 AM
EXPLORING HARVARD'S PAST: GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND THE HISTORY OF THE USE OF HARVARD YARD
KOONS, Michele L., Anthropology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, 02138, mkoons@fas.harvard.edu, mkoons@fas.harvard.edu
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9:30 AM
ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS FOUND IN CERAMIC PERIOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES FROM SOUTHWEST COASTAL MAINE
POLLOCK, Stephen G.1, HAMILTON, Nathan D.2, BRACK, Ingrid3 and GRIFFIN, MaryAnn1, (1)Geosciences, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038, (2)Geography and Antropology, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038, (3)Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AB, United Kingdom, pollock@usm.maine.edu, pollock@usm.maine.edu
 
9:50 AM
Discussion
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
A DROWNED, FORMERLY INHABITED BAY/LAKE SHORELINE OFF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE
KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Science Department, University Of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, CLAESSON, Stefan H., Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 117 Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469, BARNHARDT, Walter, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and BAKER, Alan L., Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, jtkelley@maine.edu, jtkelley@maine.edu
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10:40 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND SEASONALITY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MERCENARIA MERCENARIA SHELLS
BRACK, Ingrid B., Gorham, ME 04038, lap07ib@reading.ac.uk, lap07ib@reading.ac.uk
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11:00 AM
COASTAL CHANGE AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN LATE PRECERAMIC PERU
SANDWEISS, Daniel H., Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, dan.sandweiss@umit.maine.edu, dan.sandweiss@umit.maine.edu
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11:20 AM
AN EARLY MONUMENTAL SITE AT LOS MORTEROS, PERU REVEALED BY GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
KELLEY, Alice R., Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469, SANDWEISS, Daniel H., Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Science Department and Climate Change Institute, University Of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, RADEMAKER, Kurt, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469 and REID, David, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, akelley@maine.edu, akelley@maine.edu
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11:40 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, AND THE SEARCH FOR PALEOINDIAN SITES IN THE HIGH ANDES OF SOUTHERN PERU
RADEMAKER, Kurt, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469, BROMLEY, Gordon, School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469 and REID, David, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, kurt.rademaker@umit.maine.edu, kurt.rademaker@umit.maine.edu
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