Archaeological Geology

Session No. 1
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
201AB (Charlotte Convention Center)

Archaeological Geology

 

Loren Davis, Chair
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8:00 AM
RAPID SEDIMENT ACCRETION, STRATIFIED ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS, AND FLOODPLAIN FORMATION WITHIN THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY
HAYES, Daniel R., Hayes & Monaghan Geoarchaeologists, LLC, 125 Bennington Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901 and MONAGHAN, G. William, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana Univ, 423 North Fess Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, drhayes125@comcast.net, drhayes125@comcast.net
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8:15 AM
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8:30 AM
BURIED SITE POTENTIAL, EARLY HOLOCENE LANDFORMS, AND CHANNEL DYNAMICS IN THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY
STAFFORD, C. Russell, Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, 200 North Seventh St, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and DE REGO, Kathryn G., Geography Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada, Russell.Stafford@indstate.edu, Russell.Stafford@indstate.edu
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8:45 AM
WERE TERRACES ALONG THE MIDDLE OHIO RIVER VALLEY A MIDDLE HOLOCENE CONSTRUCT?
MONAGHAN, G. William, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana Univ, 423 North Fess Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405 and HAYES, Daniel R., Hayes and Monaghan, Geoarchaeology, 125 Bennington Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901, gmonagha@indiana.edu, gmonagha@indiana.edu
 
9:00 AM
Break
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9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
SEDIMENTARY STRATIGRAPHY, HOLOCENE LANDFORM EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SITE FORMATION PROCESSES AT THE WEST BLENNERHASSETT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (46WD83-A), WOOD COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
ROBINSON, Ryan W., 5008 Churchill Drive, Nashville, TN 37211, KITE, J. Steven, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, P. O. Box 6300, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300 and GROTE, Todd, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, ryanwrobinson@earthlink.net, ryanwrobinson@earthlink.net
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9:45 AM
COMPARING ZIRCON CRYSTALLIZATION AGES BETWEEN VOLCANIC ASH IN MAYA CERAMICS AND TIERRA BLANCA JOVEN PUMICE (ILOPANGO VOLCANO, CENTRAL AMERICAN VOLCANIC ARC)
COFFEY, Kevin T.1, SCHMITT, Axel K.1, FORD, Anabel2 and SPERA, Frank J.3, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)MesoAmerican Research Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, ISBER/MesoAmerican Research Center, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, kevincoffey@ucla.edu, kevincoffey@ucla.edu
Handouts
  • GSA 2012 Coffey.ppt (17.2 MB)
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    10:00 AM
    THE TEOTIHUACAN "BLACK" PALEOSOLS: PEDOGENESIS AND EVIDENCE OF USE BY THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS
    SANCHEZ, Serafin1, SOLLEIRO, Elizabeth2, MCCLUNG, Emily3 and SEDOV, Sergey2, (1)Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica s/n, Mexico, 03020, Mexico, (2)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/n, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, (3)Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica s/n, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, serass1@yahoo.com.mx, serass1@yahoo.com.mx
     
    10:15 AM
    Break
    9
    10:30 AM
    GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS: TOMBS WITHIN VALLEY OF KINGS, LUXOR, EGYPT
    PARIZEK, Katarin A., Department of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 210 Patterson Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, kap5@psu.edu, kap5@psu.edu
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    10:45 AM
    SWANSCOMBE MAN THE OLDEST BRITON BUT NOT AS OLD AS ONCE BELIEVED: URANIUM SERIES CHRONOLOGY OF TOOTH ENAMEL FROM THE MIDDLE GRAVELS, BARNFIELD PIT, KENT, GREAT BRITAIN
    MCKINNEY Jr, Curtis R., Chemistry/Physics/Earth Science, Miami Dade College North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33167 and TERCILLA, Adriana, Chemistry/Physics/Earth Science, Miami Dade College, North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33167, cmckinn2@mdc.edu, cmckinn2@mdc.edu
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