Session: Geoarchaeology at the Micro-Scale: New Applications of Microanalytical Techniques I (GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado)

Session No. 222

Wednesday, 12 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

601 (Colorado Convention Center)

T74. Geoarchaeology at the Micro-Scale: New Applications of Microanalytical Techniques I

GSA Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division

Justin Holcomb, Devlin Gandy and Michael Aiuvalasit, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

222-1

8:05 AM

GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF LATE PLEISTOCENE AND EARLY HOLOCENE OCCUPATION AT THE CONNLEY CAVES, NORTHERN GREAT BASIN, OREGON

HOLCOMB, Justin, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047

222-2

8:20 AM

CORRELATING YOUNGER DRYAS CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADNA PRESERVATION AT CONNLEY CAVES, OREGON

GANDY, Devlin, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, KS CB2 3DZ, United Kingdom; GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5,, København, 1350, Denmark and HOLCOMB, Justin, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047

222-3

8:35 AM

BLUEFISH CAVES REVISITED: A GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF A POTENTIAL PRE-CLOVIS SITE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY OF NORTHWESTERN CANADA (Invited Presentation)

MANDEL, Rolfe¹, BOURGEON, Lauriane¹, KISIELINSKI, Caroline A.², NORMAN, Lauren E.Y.², HOLCOMB, Justin¹ and O’ROURKE, Dennis H.², (1)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, (2)Anthropology Department, University of Kansas, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045

222-4

8:50 AM

LEAVING NO STONES UNTURNED: INTEGRATING MICROMORPHOLOGICAL, P-XRF, AND STONE TOOL ANALYSES TO ACHIEVE ACCURATE RAW MATERIAL INTERPRETATIONS

SIFOGEORGAKI, Irini¹, SCHMID, Viola C.², VAN OS, Bertil³, FRATTA, Vi¹, HUISMAN, Hans⁴ and DUSSELDORP, Gerrit⁵, (1)Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333CC, Netherlands, (2)Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333CC, Netherlands; Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Equipe AnTET, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre Cedex, France, (3)Section Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort, Netherlands, (4)Section Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort, Netherlands; Groningen Institute for Archaeology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, (5)Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333CC, Netherlands; Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

222-5

9:05 AM

MICROSTRATIGRAPHIC INSIGHTS INTO THE SITE FORMATION PROCESSES OF THE SUB-MOUND 51 BORROW PIT AT CAHOKIA MOUNDS, ILLINOIS, USA

AIUVALASIT, Michael, Illinois State Archaeological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820

9:20 AM

Break

222-6

9:35 AM

THE GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND SOIL MICROMORPHOLOGY OF SEISMICALLY TRIGGERED SOFT SEDIMENT DEFORMATION STRUCTURES (SSDS)

GAGGIOLI, Amanda, Brown University, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Providence, RI 02912

222-7

9:50 AM

POTENTIAL EVIDENCE FOR DISPOSAL OF LATRINE WASTE INTO A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ABANDONED HOUSE BASIN AT THE LATE PRECONTACT ANGEL MOUNDS SITE, INDIANA (U.S.A.): A COMBINED GEOCHEMICAL AND MICROMORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH

PURTILL, Matt, SUNY-Fredonia Geology, 124 Houghton, 280 Central Ave, Fredonia, NY 14063-1127

222-8

10:05 AM

Withdrawn

222-9

10:20 AM

SCOUR NUCLEI AS TARGETS FOR MARINE GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN THE GEORGIA BIGHT: EVIDENCE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DNA AND PALYNOLOGY

CRONIN, Kelly¹, JONES, Emily Carter¹, WILLIAMS, Kelsey², PEREZ, Andrew Robert¹, THURSTON, Matthew David¹ and GARRISON, Ervan¹, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, GG Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

222-10

10:35 AM

Withdrawn

10:50 AM

Discussion

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