GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 79
Monday, 16 October 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
330 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T63. Down By the River: Recent Interdisciplinary Geoarchaeological and Paleoenvironmental Research in North American River Valleys

GSA Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; Paleontological Society

 

Todd Grote, Lara Homsey-Messer and Benjamin Cross, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
DIGGING DEEPER: MECHANIZED ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE HUNT FOR STRATIFIED PALEOINDIAN SITES
FRITZ, Brian, Quemahoning LLC, 116 E Englewood Ave, New Castle, PA 16105
8:20 AM
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN A GEOLOGIC AND CLIMATIC FRAMEWORK IN THE PEATLANDS OF CANAAN VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UNITED STATES
SCHANEY, Christopher, Geography, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Weyandt Hall, Indiana, PA 15705 and SCHANEY, Mitzy, Geography, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Krebs Hall 108D, Johnstown, PA 15904
8:35 AM
RADIOCARBON DATING LATE HOLOCENE AND HISTORICAL MUSSEL SHELL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE LICKING RIVER, KENTUCKY
RECH, Jason A., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056; Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 118 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, COMPTON, Michael C., Office of Kentucky State Nature Preserves, 300 Sower Blvd, 4th Floor SE, Frankfort, KY 40601, HAAG, Wendell, US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Frankfort, KY 40601 and O'CONNOR, Abigale, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 118 Shideler Hall, 250 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056
8:50 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE HISTORY AT THE MONONGAHELA PERIOD SQUIRREL HILL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
HOMSEY-MESSER, Lara1, CHADWICK, William1 and BJORKMAN, Matthew2, (1)Department of Anthropology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 441 North Walk, Indiana, PA 15701, (2)Transportation and Planning, Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission, 3 Sheraton Drive, Altoona, PA 6601
 
9:25 AM
Discussion
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
USING OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE OF ANTHROPOGENICALLY PLACED ROCKS TO DETERMINE THE TIMELINE OF DRIVELINE CONSTRUCTION AND GEOMORPHIC CHANGE AT WIGGINS FORK BISON JUMP COMPLEX, WYOMING
KROLCZYK, Emma, Department of Geosciences, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, CO 84322, RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Department of Geosciences, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 and GUENTHER, Todd, Department of Anthropology, Central Wyoming College, Lander, WY 82520
10:05 AM
THE EFFECTS OF LATE QUATERNARY LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION ON THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD IN THE BIG BLUE RIVER VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN KANSAS, USA
JOYCE SEALS, Leila M., Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801 and MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726
10:20 AM
YOUNGER DRYAS TO EARLY HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PALEOINDIAN GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF STREAM VALLEYS IN THE ERIE-ONTARIO LOWLANDS, NEW YORK
GROTE, Todd, Geosciences Program, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany, IN 47150, GRIGGS, Carol B., Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and LOTHROP, Jonathan, New York State Museum, CEC 3140, Albany, NY 12230
10:35 AM
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF HOLOCENE HYDROLOGY USING ALLUVIAL SEQUENCES IN THE RIO TULAROSA, NEW MEXICO
WHITE, Marie, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, KRAUSE, Samantha Marie, Texas State University, Geography, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666-4684, HOLLIDAY, Vance, School of Anthropology & Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and GREENWALD, David, Jornada Research Institute, Tularosa, NM 88352
10:50 AM
GEOMORPHIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC DRIVERS OF LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE-FLOOD DYNAMICS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MIDCONTINENT (Invited Presentation)
BIRD, Broxton, Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202
 
11:10 AM
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
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