GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 91
Monday, 26 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)

T2. Reconstructing Environmental Controls on Societal Change from Prehistory to Present Day I

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; American Quaternary Association; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Susann Stolze and Michelle F. Goman, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
FORESTS, FIELDS, AND FLOODS: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE RISE AND FALL OF CAHOKIA (Invited Presentation)
MUNOZ, Samuel, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050, smunoz@whoi.edu
8:25 AM
HUMAN ADAPTATION TO SEASONAL CLIMATE VARIATION IN PREHISTORIC COASTAL SOUTHEASTERN USA
ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, fandrus@ua.edu
8:40 AM
WATER, DROUGHTS, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN COMMUNITIES IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, AD 1100-1700
AIUVALASIT, Michael J., Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750336, Dallas, TX 75275-00336, maiuvalasit@smu.edu
8:55 AM
LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL MODELING, MIDDLE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, FRESNO AND MADERA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA
MURPHY, Laura R., Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., 2727 Del Rio Pl, Davis, CA 95618 and MEYER, Jack A., Far Western Anthroplogical Research Group, Inc, 2727 Del Rio Place, STE A, Davis, CA 95618, murphy.geoarch@gmail.com
9:10 AM
THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE PIG POINT SITE (18AN50): LANDFORM DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND LONG-TERM HUMAN OCCUPATION
MULLIS, Donald J., Tetra Tech, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 400, Annapolis, MD 21401, SPERLING, Stephanie, Anne Arundel County Lost Towns Project, 1523 Columbia Drive, Shady Side, MD 20764, VENTO, Frank J., Professor Emeritus, State Universities of Pennsylvania, 4640 Walten Woods Drive, Erie, PA 16511, MARINE, James, Tetra Tech, 661 Anderson Dr., Suite 11, Pittsburg, PA 15220, LUCKENBACH, Al, Anne Arundel County Lost Towns Project, 16 Eastern Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403 and DOLAN, Edward, Tetra Tech, One Monarch Drive, Suite 202, Littleton, MA 01460, don.mullis@tetratech.com
Handouts
  • Paper_277768_presentation_2540_0 Final.pdf (4.3 MB)
  • 9:25 AM
    LAST CANYON CAVE: A WINDOW INTO THE LATE PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BIGHORN BASIN
    FERBRACHE, Caleb E., Anthropology, Utah State University, 730 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, caleb.ferbrache@aggiemail.usu.edu
     
    9:40 AM
    Break
    9:55 AM
    INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN THE ISLANDS OF THE FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
    WEST, Dixie Lee, Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, MACINNES, Breanyn, Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, GRISWOLD, Frances, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten, Department of Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, HATFIELD, Virginia, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, SAVINETSKY, Arkady, Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky pr 33, 119071, Russia and OKUNO, Mitsuru, Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku,, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan, dlwest@ksu.edu
    10:10 AM
    PREHISTORIC RESILIENCE IN THE ISLANDS OF THE FOUR MOUNTAINS
    HATFIELD, Virginia1, WEST, Dixie L.1, BRUNER, Kale M.1, NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten P.2, SAVINETSKY, Arkady3, KRYLOVICH, Olga A.4, VASYUKOV, Dmitrii3 and OKUNO, Mitsuru5, (1)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (3)Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky pr 33, 119071, Russia, (4)Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, 33 Leninsky pr., Moscow, 119071, Russia, (5)Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku,, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan, virginia@hatfieldarch.com
    10:25 AM
    DISTRIBUTION OF ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE BERING SEA REGION
    SAVINETSKY, Arkady1, HATFIELD, Virginia2, KHASANOV, Bulat1, KRYLOVICH, Olga1, VASYUKOV, Dmitrii1 and WEST, Dixie Lee3, (1)Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky pr 33, 119071, Russia, (2)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, arkadybs@rambler.ru
    10:40 AM
    SOURCING PREHISTORIC OBSIDIAN TOOLS IN THE ISLANDS OF FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
    NICOLAYSEN, K.P.1, SHEFFER, Sam H.1, HATFIELD, Virginia L.2, BARTLETT, Thomas3, WEST, Dixie L.2 and BRUNER, Kale M.2, (1)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Geology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, nicolakp@whitman.edu
    10:55 AM
    LINKS BETWEEN GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES, CLIMATE, AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE ISLANDS OF THE FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
    PERSICO, Lyman P.1, LANMAN, Henry R.2, NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten P.3, WEST, Dixie L.4, HATFIELD, Virginia4, IZBEKOV, Pavel5, OKUNO, Mitsuru6, BRUNER, Kale M.4 and SAVINETSKY, Arkady7, (1)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (3)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (4)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (5)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, 99775, (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, persiclp@whitman.edu
    11:10 AM
    THE EFFECT OF HOLOCENE ERUPTIONS ON PREHISTORIC HABITATIONS IN THE ISLANDS OF FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
    OKUNO, Mitsuru1, IZBEKOV, Pavel2, NICOLAYSEN, Kirsten P.3, NAKAMURA, Toshio4, SAVINETSKY, Arkady5, VASYUKOV, Dmitrii5, KRYLOVICH, Olga A.5, MIRANDA, Jonathan3, DEACON, Emily3, LOOPESKO, Lydia L.3, HATFIELD, Virginia6, BRUNER, Kale M.6 and WEST, Dixie L.6, (1)Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku,, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan, (2)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, 99775, (3)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer AVE, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (4)Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 4648602, Japan, (5)Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky pr 33, 119071, Russia, (6)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, okuno@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
    Handouts
  • Okuno_GSA_16.pdf (10.2 MB)
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    11:25 AM
    Discussion
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