GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 124
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)

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

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
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
ACCEPTING THE QGG AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
RUDDIMAN, William F., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, pisgahill@gmail.com
2:05 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON SOCIETAL CHANGE OR SOCIETAL CONTROLS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE? USING HISTORICAL ARCHIVES AND SEDIMENTARY DATA TO INTERPRET 2700 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN CENTRAL ITALY (Invited Presentation)
MENSING, Scott A.1, TUNNO, Irene1, SAGNOTTI, Leonardo2, FLORINDO, Fabio2, NOBLE, Paula3, ARCHER, Claire3, ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.4, PAVÓN-CARRASCO, Francisco-Javier5, CIFANI, Gabriele6, PASSIGLI, Susanna6 and PIOVESAN, Gianluca7, (1)Department of Geography, Univ of Nevada, Reno, 201 Mackay Science Hall, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, Roma, 00143, Italy, (3)Geological Science, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St./172, Reno, NV 89557, (4)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, (5)Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, (6)Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, (7)Dendrology Lab, DAF, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, 01100, Italy, smensing@unr.edu
2:25 PM
EVIDENCE OF LANDUSE AND CLIMATE CHANGE FROM EL CHARQUITO, OAXACA, MEXICO
GOMAN, Michelle F.1, JOYCE, Arthur2 and HEDGEPETH, Jessica2, (1)Dept of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, (2)Department of Anthropology, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, goman@sonoma.edu
2:40 PM
RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT MAYA WETLAND FIELDS AND ALLUVIAL FANS IN THE NEUNDORF WETLANDS, BELIZE
BEACH, Timothy1, DONN, Leila1, LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl2, KRAUSE, Samantha M.3 and DOYLE, Colin2, (1)Geography and Environment, UT Austin, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, beacht@austin.utexas.edu
2:55 PM
500 YEARS OF CLIMATE IN THE AMAZON, THE SPECTER OF MULTI-YEAR DROUGHT, AND  IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
BUCKLE, Nicollette, The Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719, SHANAHAN, Tim, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, OVERPECK, Jonathan T., Department of Geosciences and Institute for Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719 and BUSH, Mark, Department of Biology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melboune, FL 32901, nicollette.buckle@gmail.com
3:10 PM
NEOLITHIC FARMING PRACTICES AND CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM LOUGH ARROW, NORTHWEST IRELAND
STOLZE, Susann, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, United States Minor Outlying Islands, sstolze@mines.edu
3:25 PM
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN STRUCTURING AGRICULTURAL AND SETTLEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE MANU’A GROUP, AMERICAN SAMOA
DAY, Stephanie S., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108, QUITUS, Seth, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders Hall 346, Honolulu, HI 96822-2223 and CLARK, Jeffery T., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, stephanie.day@ndsu.edu
 
3:40 PM
Break
3:55 PM
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND TREE-RINGS - ESTABLISHING CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION (Invited Presentation)
PEARSON, Charlotte L., Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Building, 1215 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ AZ 85721, c.pearson@ltrr.arizona.edu
4:15 PM
RECONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPE HISTORY OF THE IKLAINA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE USING A COUPLED LEM-ABM
GLAUBIUS, Jennifer, Department of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and COSMOPOULOS, Michael, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, jen.glaubius@ku.edu
4:30 PM
ANCIENT AGRICULTURE AND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT QASR ET TILAH, JORDAN
RUCKER, John D., Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall 420, Kansas City, MO 64110, jdr1066@yahoo.com
4:45 PM
LATE HOLOCENE ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM
BRILES, Christy E.1, SERENCHENKO, Olga1, STEVENS, Lora2, WHITE, Adam3 and HUONG, Mai4, (1)Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Denver, 1201 5th Street-NC 3014, Denver, CO 80217, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CO 90840, (4)Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, 10002, Viet Nam, christy.briles@ucdenver.edu
5:00 PM
STALAGMITE δ 13C CHANGES AND VEGETATION COVER CHANGE IN NORTHWESTERN MADAGASCAR
VOARINTSOA, Ny Riavo G., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, nyriavony@gmail.com
5:15 PM
NON-POLLEN PALYNOMORPHS AS PROXIES OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT
MCCARTHY, Francine M.G. and RIDDICK, Nicholas L., Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, fmccarthy@brocku.ca
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