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

Session No. 233
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 318 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Archaeological Geology

Cynthia M. Fadem and Richard K. Dunn, Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
AMERICAN COASTAL DEFENSE THIRD SYSTEM FORTS: HOW GEOMORPHOLOGY DICTATED PLACEMENT AND INFLUENCED HISTORY
HENDERSON, Stephen W., Geology, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA 30014, shender@emory.edu
1:45 PM
USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO ANALYZE BURIED HISTORY AT OLD FORT NIAGARA
JENNINGS, Trevor W. and WILLIAMS, Kevin K., Earth Sciences, SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, tjennings1393@gmail.com
2:00 PM
REVEALING LOST BURIALS USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
WILLIAMS, Kevin K. and JENNINGS, Trevor W., Earth Sciences, SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, williakk@buffalostate.edu
2:30 PM
DISCERNING PREHISTORIC ACTIVITY AREAS IN FLOODPLAIN SETTINGS: THE MINERALOGY BEHIND THE MAGNETICS
THACKER, Paul T., Anthropology, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7807, Winston Salem, NC 27109, thackep@wfu.edu
2:45 PM
ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL PROFILES IN MODERN MAMMAL TEETH AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEIR PALEO-COUNTERPARTS
DE WINTER, Niels J.1, SNOECK, Christophe1, STEIN, Koen H.W.2 and CLAEYS, Philippe1, (1)Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (2)Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, Brussels, 1000, Belgium, nidewint@vub.ac.be
3:00 PM
DELMARVA'S UPLAND LATE PLEISTOCENE GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD:  UNDERSTANDING COASTAL PLAIN TERRESTRIAL CONDITIONS SOUTH OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
LOWERY, Darrin L., Department of Anthropology/Department of Geology, Smithsonian Institution/University of Delaware, 8949 High Banks Drive, Easton, MD 21601, darrin@udel.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
YOUNGEST TOBA TUFF (~74 KA) CRYPTOTEPHRA IDENTIFIED IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AT PINNACLE POINT, SOUTH AFRICA
SMITH, Eugene1, CIRAVOLO, Amber1, REN, Minghua1, JOHNSEN, Racheal1, KARKANAS, Panagiotis2, MAREAN, Curtis W.3, FISHER, Erich C.3 and LANE, Christine4, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, 11636, Greece, (3)School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (4)School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, gene.smith@unlv.edu
3:45 PM
HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL TRANSITION IN IFRI OUDADANE, NE MOROCCO, INFERRED FROM OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES OF THE TOPSHELL PHORCUS TURBINATUS
YANES, Yurena, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, HUTTERER, Rainer, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, Bonn, D-53113, Germany and LINSTÄDTER, Jörg, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne, Weyertal 125, Cologne, 50923, Germany, yanesya@ucmail.uc.edu
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4:00 PM
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4:15 PM
RECORD OF MULTIPLE AND INTEGRATED LAND USE ACTIVITIES, AND IMPACT ON THE LANDSCAPE OF EASTER ISLAND STATUE QUARRY
DUNN, Richard K., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Dr., Northfield, VT 05663 and 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, rdunn@norwich.edu
4:30 PM
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES OF TANA VOLCANO, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND PREHISTORIC RESOURCE ACQUISITION THROUGHOUT THE HOLOCENE, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK
NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten P.1, WEST, Dixie L.2, HATFIELD, Virginia L.2, IZBEKOV, Pavel3, PERSICO, Lyman P.4, SHEFFER, Helen B.5, LANMAN, Henry R.5, OKUNO, Mitsuru6, BRUNER, Kale M.2 and SAVINETSKY, Arkady7, (1)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (4)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (5)Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (6)Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku,, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan, (7)Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky pr 33, 119071, Russia, nicolakp@whitman.edu
4:45 PM
GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY AND WATER RITUAL AT THE TEMPLES OF APOLLO AT DELPHI, DIDYMA, AND CLAROS
FLOOD, Jonathan M., Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, jonathan.flood@utexas.edu
5:00 PM
GRAND CANYON SPLIT TWIG FIGURINE COMPLEX AND THE ROLE OF FOSSIL REMAINS AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
HENDEREK, Robyn L.1, EMSLIE, Steven D.2, TOBIN, Benjamin W.3 and SCHENK, Edward R.1, (1)National Park Service, Grand Canyon NP, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, (2)University of North Carolina - Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28401, (3)Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service, 1824 S Thompson St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, robyn_henderek@partner.nps.gov
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