Session No. 62
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)

Archaeological Geology

 

Paper #
Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION STRATIGRAPHY WITH THE HELP OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY-AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MARINE HOLOCENE SEQUENCE IN THE ANCIENT THEODOSIAN HARBOR (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
YALÇIN, M. Namik1, SEZERER, Meltem1, PEARSON, Charlotte L.2, ALGAN, Oya3 and KUNIHOLM, Peter2, (1)Geological Engineering, Istanbul University, Faculty of Engineering, Avcilar, Istanbul, TR-34850, Turkey, (2)Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Building, 1215 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ AZ 85721, (3)Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University, Muskule sok., Vefa, Istanbul, 34116, Turkey, mny@istanbul.edu.tr
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1:30 PM
UNRAVELLING PALEOLITHIC HOMININ ACTIVITY AT DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT: ESR DATING TEETH AND MOLLUSCS IN THE WESTERN DESERT
BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, SKINNER, Anne R.2, KIM, Daniel M.K.3, CHEN, Kelly K.L.3, KLEINDIENST, Maxine R.4, SMITH, Jennifer R.5, HUANG, Ada L.3, CHURCHER, C.S.6 and BLICKSTEIN, Joel3, (1)Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267-2692, (3)RFK Science Research Institute, Box 866, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547-0866, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (5)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University at St. Louis, Campus Box 1169, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, (6)Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada, dannyminkim@gmail.com
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1:45 PM
NEW GEOARCHEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSIGHTS AT THE PRECERAMIC-AGE LOS MORTEROS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, NORTH COAST PERU
KELLEY, Alice R., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, and Depart. of Anthropology, University of Maine, Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, MAURICIO, Ana Cecilia, Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5733, SANDWEISS, Daniel H., Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5773, KELLEY, Joseph T., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 117 Bryant Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, akelley@maine.edu
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2:00 PM
LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF CULTURAL HORIZONS IN RANO RARAKU CRATER, SITE OF ANCIENT QUARRIES, EASTER ISLAND
DUNN, Richard K., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Dr., Northfield, VT 05663, VAN TILBURG, Jo Anne, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Easter Island Statute Project, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, ARÉVALO PAKARATI, Cristián, Easter Island Statue Project, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, 2770000, Chile and WACHSMANN, Shelley, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University, MS 4352 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, rdunn@norwich.edu
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2:15 PM
VANISHING CHARACTERS:  CHARTING THE EROSION OF THE ROMAN FONT ON GRAVESTONES FROM NORTH WALES AND NORTH-EAST IRELAND
FREEMAN, Andrea and LACY, Robyn, Archaeology & Earth Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, freeman@ucalgary.ca
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2:30 PM
CORRELATION BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES USING SINGLE-GRAIN VOLCANIC MINERAL GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, lmchenry@uwm.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) AND BULK CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF COPPER AND ASSOCIATED SILVER FROM MICHIGAN’S KEWEENAW PENINSULA:  IMPLICATIONS FOR FORMATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS
BURKE, Michelle, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 250 S. Patterson Avenue, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and KREKELER, Mark P.S., Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, burkeml2@miamioh.edu
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3:15 PM
BRONZE AGE EXPLOITATION OF MT. CER PLACER CASSITERITE ORES, WEST SERBIA
HUSKA, Andrea1, POWELL, Wayne1 and BANKOFF, H. Arthur2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, huska.andrea@gmail.com
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3:30 PM
PRELIMINARY GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE MAGDALA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT; ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES OF THE LAST 50 YEARS IN ISRAEL
PLAZA-TOLEDO, Meralis, HC 01 Box 3605, Adjuntas, PR 00601 and ZAPATA-MEZA, Marcela, Universidad Anáhuac México Sur, Av. De las Torres 131, Olivar de Los Padres, Mexico City, 01780, Mexico, zilarem@gmail.com
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4:00 PM
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4:15 PM
ADOLF MORLOT: THE MEASURE OF QUATERNARY TIME
WILSON, Leonard G., Saint Paul, MN 55105, wilso004@umn.edu
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