2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 171
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 324 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T195. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights II

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Cynthia M. Liutkus-Pierce, Gail M. Ashley and Andrew S. Cohen, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
BIOMARKER SIGNATURES OF FIRE AND GRASSLAND-FOREST TRANSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMININS AT OLDVUAI GORGE, TANZANIA
FREEMAN, Katherine H.1, DOMAN, Christine1, COLCORD, Devon2, BRASSELL, Simon C.2, NJAU, Jackson2, STANISTREET, Ian G.3, SCHICK, Kathy4 and TOTH, Nick4, (1)Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3)Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom, (4)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, PO Box 5097, Bloomington, IN 47407, khf4@psu.edu
1:55 PM
THE RECORD OF SPRINGS AT DK ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
2:10 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A PALEOSOL CATENA, THE ZINJ ARCHAEOLOGICAL LEVEL, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
2:25 PM
DETAILED STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS ACROSS THE PLEISTOCENE OLDUVAI BASIN, NORTHERN TANZANIA, AT THE OLDOWAN-ACHEULEAN TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION
MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, NJAU, Jackson K., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, DE LA TORRE, Ignacio, University College London, London, United Kingdom and PANTE, Michael C., Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, lmchenry@uwm.edu
2:40 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE WETLAND, A FRESHWATER RESOURCE FOR HOMININS IN THE EARS AT ~1.3 MA
GARRETT, Kevin R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kevin.garrett@rutgers.edu
2:55 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF FOSSIL MOLLUSCAN BIVALVES, BED III, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
JOHNSON, Claudia C.1, NJAU, Jackson K2, VAN DAMME, Dirk3, SCHICK, Kathy4 and TOTH, Nick4, (1)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3)Research Unit Paleontology, Ghent University, Gent, B-9000, Belgium, (4)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, PO Box 5097, Bloomington, IN 47407, claudia@indiana.edu
3:10 PM
NEW INVESTIGATIONS ON HOMININ PALEOLANDSCAPES, PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PALEOCLIMATES THROUGH SCIENTIFIC CORING AT OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
NJAU, Jackson K.1, STANISTREET, Ian G.2, MCHENRY, Lindsay J.3, STOLLHOFEN, Harald4, TOTH, Nick5 and SCHICK, Kathy5, (1)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405; The Stone Age Institute, 1392 W. Dittemore Rd., Gosport, IN 47433, (2)Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (4)University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, North Bavarian Center of Earth Sciences, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (5)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, PO Box 5097, Bloomington, IN 47407, jknjau@indiana.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
NEW INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE STABLE ISOTOPE ECOLOGY OF THE MAMMAL COMMUNITY FROM ELANDSFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR C4 PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS AND HOMININ PALEOBIOLOGY IN THE CAPE FLORAL REGION DURING THE QUATERNARY
PATTERSON, David, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, LEHMANN, Sophie B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 301 Olin Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, MATTHEWS, Thalassa, Iziko Museums of South Africa, 5 Queen Victoria St, CBD, Cape Town, South Africa, LEVIN, Naomi E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, STYNDER, Deano, Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa, FORREST, Frances, Anthropology and NYCEP, The Graduate School and University Center/City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, BISHOP, Laura, Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, L3 3AF, Liverpool, United Kingdom, PICKERING, Robyn, Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010 VIC, Melbourne, Australia, ROBERTS, Dave, Geology, University of Free State, Nelson Mandela Avenue, Bloemfontein, South Africa and BRAUN, David R., Anthropology Department, The George Washington University, 2112 G. St., 203, Washington, DC 20052, dbpatter@gwmail.gwu.edu
3:55 PM
AUTHIGENIC MINERALS AS PALEOSALINITY INDICATOR FROM LAKE MAGADI, KENYA: BASED ON XRD ANALYSIS OF HSPDP-MAG CORE MATERIAL
RABIDEAUX, Nathan, Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30307, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M., Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, RENAUT, Robin W., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept. of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, MUIRURI, Veronica M., Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, nmrabideaux@gmail.com
4:10 PM
PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF ISERNIA LA PINETA (MOLISE, ITALY)
ZANAZZI, Alessandro1, FLETCHER, Andrew1, THUN HOHENSTEIN, Ursula2, BERTO, Claudio2, SALA, Benedetto2, LEMBO, Giuseppe2 and PERETTO, Carlo2, (1)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (2)Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, alessandro.zanazzi@uvu.edu
4:25 PM
STROMATOLITES SUGGEST TIMING, DURATION, AND CLIMATE DYNAMICS OF THE TERMINAL AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD AT CHOW BAHIR, ETHIOPIA
RAUB, Timothy D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, BIAZEN, Mequanent, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, POB1176, Ethiopia, DE KIEWIET, Catherine H., School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY169AL, United Kingdom and HSPDP SCIENCE TEAM, Chow Bahir, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, Germany, and U.S.A., VARIOUS, timraub@st-andrews.ac.uk
4:40 PM
LIVING IN A SWAMPY PARADISE: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND MARSHES FROM THE AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
BECK, Catherine C., Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and BEYIN, Amanuel, Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Lutz Hall Room 235, Louisville, KY 40292, ccbeck@hamilton.edu
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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