Session No. 327
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

T228. Paleoclimate Proxies and Evolving Human Landscapes

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Justin P. Dodd and Katherine A. Adelsberger, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND HUMAN ACTIVITY AROUND THE CARROWKEEL-KESHCORRAN MEGALITHIC COMPLEX, CO. SLIGO, DURING THE IRISH NEOLITHIC (4000-2500 BC)
STOLZE, Susann, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, NELLE, Oliver, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix-Marseille, 13284, France and DÖRFLER, Walter, Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, susann.stolze@colorado.edu
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8:20 AM
MOLECULAR ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS REVEALS DETAILS OF CLIMATE CHANGES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF RICE DOMESTICATION IN EASTERN CHINA DURING THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD
PATALANO, Robert1, WANG, Zheng2, YANG, Hong3, LENG, Qin4, LIU, Weiguo2, ZHENG, Yunfei5 and SUN, Guoping5, (1)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Department of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment,Chinese Academy of Science, 10, Feihui Road, Xi'an, 71007, China, (3)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (4)Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (5)Zhejiang Province Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage, Hangzhou, 310014, China, rpatalan@bryant.edu
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8:35 AM
CONTINENTAL-WIDE ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING COINCIDENT WITH HUMAN COLONIZATION AND MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION IN AUSTRALIA
MILLER, Gifford H., INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, FOGEL, Marilyn L., School of Natural Sciences, University California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, MAGEE, John W., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, WEBB, Steve, Anthropology, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, 4226, Australia, BAYNES, Alexander, Vert Paleo, Western Australia Museum, Perth, 6986, Australia and FLORIAN, Christopher Roth, Instaar, University of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309, gmiller@colorado.edu
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8:50 AM
NEW EVIDENCE FOR LGM GLACIATION OF THE ARID CHAJNANTOR PLATEAU, NORTHERN CHILEAN ANDES
WARD, Dylan J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, ML 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and GALEWSKY, Joseph, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, dylan.ward@uc.edu
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9:10 AM
A RECORD OF RECURRENT PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC LAND USE FROM THE CAHOKIA REGION, ILLINOIS USA
MUNOZ, Samuel, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, WILLIAMS, John W., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin Madison, 550 N Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 and FIKE, David A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, semunoz@wisc.edu
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9:25 AM
THE ORIGIN OF HOLOCENE STRANDPLAINS OF THE BAHAMAS: INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL STORMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
SAVARESE, Michael, Marine & Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, PARK BOUSH, Lisa, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 and GLUMAC, Bosiljka, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Clark Science Center, 44 College Lane, Northampton, MA 01063, msavares@fgcu.edu
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9:40 AM
INDICATORS OF CHANGING LAND USE: STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES IN OCTOCORALS FROM BERMUDA (1876-2010)
RODRIGUES, Lisa J., Geography & the Environment, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085 and HONCHARSKI, Emma, Ossining, NY, lisa.rodrigues@villanova.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
PALEOSOL-BASED EVIDENCE FOR LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE LAKE VICTORIA REGION
BEVERLY, Emily J.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.2, FAITH, J. Tyler3, TRYON, Christian4, BLEGEN, Nick5, DRIESE, Steven G.6 and ARELLANO, Lisabeth2, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Michie Building (#9), Brisbane, 4072, Australia, (4)Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (5)Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Charles Beach Hall, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, (6)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Emily_Beverly@baylor.edu
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10:25 AM
LATE QUATERNARY PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, KENYA: CLIMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
FAITH, J. Tyler, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Michie Building (#9), Brisbane, 4072, Australia, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, TRYON, Christian, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, BEVERLY, Emily J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, BLEGEN, Nick, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Charles Beach Hall, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, GARRETT, Nicole, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, O'BRIEN, Haley, Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, PATTERSON, David, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20052 and VAN PLANTINGA, Alexander, Geology and Geophysic, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843-3115, j.faith@uq.edu.au
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10:40 AM
THE HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP): DOCUMENTING THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN ORIGINS IN EAST AFRICA THROUGH SCIENTIFIC DRILLING
COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ASRAT, Asfawossen, Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, IVORY, Sarah, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, KINGSTON, John D., Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, LAMB, Henry F., Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, OLAGO, Daniel O., Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya, RENAUT, Robin W., Dept, of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and SCHÄBITZ, Frank, Seminar of Physical Geography and Education, University of Cologne, Cologne, D-50931, Germany, cohen@email.arizona.edu
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10:55 AM
EARLY HUMAN LANDSCAPES IN EASTERN AFRICA AMIDST REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CHANGE
LEVIN, Naomi E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, nlevin3@jhu.edu
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11:15 AM
LATE HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE: USING SEDIMENTS, SOILS, AND ISOTOPES TO ADDRESS THE TRANSITION FROM FORAGING TO FARMING
WRISTON, Teresa A., Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89503 and HAYNES, Gary, Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 No. Virginia MS0096, Reno, NV 89557-0096, tawriston@gmail.com
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11:30 AM
INSIGHT TO THE PRESENT CAN LIE IN THE PAST: LESSON FROM PALEOSOLS
MEIER, Holly A., Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and DWORKIN, Steve I., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, holly_meier@baylor.edu
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