2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 12
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
306 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T85. The Archaeological Record as a Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Archive

GSA Geoarchaeology Division

 

Alice R. Kelley and Daniel H. Sandweiss, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD AS A PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ARCHIVE
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 and SANDWEISS, Daniel H., Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
8:15 AM
ENDANGERED ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHIVES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC: CRISIS AND RESPONSE
MCGOVERN, Thomas, Anthropology, Hunter College and Graduate Center CUNY, 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
8:30 AM
ASSESSING THE PRECISION AND ACCURACY OF OXYGEN ISOTOPE SEASONALITY RECONSTRUCTIONS DERIVED FROM MIDDEN MOLLUSKS
ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, DAS, Oindrila, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and THOMPSON, Victor D., Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, 355 South Jackson St., Athens, GA 30602
8:45 AM
DECIPHERING SEASONALITY IN MODERN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SHELLS OF THE EUROPEAN LIMPET (PATELLA VULGATA): CAN WE DETERMINE SEASON OF HARVEST?
SURGE, Donna, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and BARRETT, James H., The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, England
9:00 AM
ENVIRONMENT AND HARVESTING SEASON INDICATED BY STABLE CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SHELLS FROM SOUTHWESTERN TAIWAN
MII, Horng-sheng, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal Univ, No. 88, Section 4, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, LI, Kuang-ti, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd.,Nankang, Taipei, 115 and LIN, Yi-Mei, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4, Ting-chou Rd, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan
9:15 AM
PREHISTORIC CANALS AS PALEOFLOOD RECORDS: CASE STUDIES FROM ARIZONA AND COASTAL PERU
HUCKLEBERRY, Gary, 3577 E. Nugget Canyon Place, Tucson, AZ 85718
9:30 AM
FLUVIAL DEPOSITION, EL NIñO AND LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION AT SAN JOSé DE MORO AND HUACA DEL SOL, PERU
PLUTA, Paul M., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Turlington Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, 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, QUILTER, Jeffrey, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 and SANDWEISS, Daniel H., Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
12-8
9:45 AM
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10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
WEST, Catherine F., Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 202 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ETNIER, Michael, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 and BURCHELL, Meghan, Anthropology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4L9, Canada
10:30 AM
LATEST PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE AMELIORATION ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA OF ALASKA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A BURIED FLUTED POINT COMPLEX
DIPIETRO, Lyndsay, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and GOEBEL, T., Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
12-11
10:45 AM
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11:00 AM
ROCKSHELTERS AS LATE QUATERNARY GEOLOGICAL RECORDS IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING
FINLEY, Judson Byrd, Anthropology Program, Utah State University, 0730 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-0730 and ROWE, Matthew J., Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1099 E South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85719
11:15 AM
LATE HOLOCENE FLOODPLAIN AND RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION IN BELIZE AND YUCATAN, MEXICO
BEACH, Timothy P., Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712, LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl, Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712 and KRAUSE, Samantha M., Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
11:30 AM
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES RECORD LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EAST AFRICA RIFT VALLEY
ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, SPENCER, Joel Q.G., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, NDIEMA, Emmanuel, Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya and KIURA, Purity W., Archaeology Section, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
11:45 AM
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN ALLUVIAL SETTINGS AS PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ARCHIVES: EXAMPLES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS, USA
MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724
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