Session: Paleoecology and Human Evolution (Posters) (XVI INQUA Congress)

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THE EARLIEST HOMINIDS FROM SOUTH AFRICA: CHRONOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

PARTRIDGE, Timothy C, Climatology Research Group, Univ of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, tcp@iafrica.com, tcp@iafrica.com

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PLEISTOCENE HOMINID BIOGEOGRAPHY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA FROM MICROMAMMALIAN EVIDENCE

AVERY, D. Margaret, Cenozoic Studies, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa, mavery@iziko.org.za, mavery@iziko.org.za

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VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS IN LATE CENOZOIC COASTAL EOLIANITES, SOUTH AFRICA

ROBERTS, Dave, Council for Geoscience, PO Box 572, Bellville, South Africa and COLE, Kevin, East London Museum, PO Box11021, Southernwood 5231, South Africa, dave@geobell.org.za, dave@geobell.org.za

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A STUDY ON MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CYCLIC SEDIMENTOLOGY OF SEVERAL SECTIONS IN THE NIHEWAN BASIN, NORTH CHINA: SIGNIFICANCE ON AGE DETERMINATION OF STONE ARTIFACT LAYER

LI, Huamei, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China and YANG, Xiaoqiang, Department of Earth Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China, lihuamei@gig.ac.cn, lihuamei@gig.ac.cn

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FORMATION PROCESSES OF PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN THE SIWALIK REGION, NORTHERN INDIA

CHAUHAN, Parth R., Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, Univ of Sheffield, U.K, 8 Deerfield Road, Parlin, NJ 08859, prchauhan@rediffmail.com, prchauhan@rediffmail.com

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GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND CHRONOLOGY OF MIDDLE AND LATE PALAEOLITHIC CULTURE OF SOUTH KOREA

KIM, Ju Yong, Quaternary Research Team, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Rscs, 30 Kajung-dong Yusung-gu, Taejon, 305-350, Korea, LEE, Heon Jong, Department of History and Culture, Mokpo National Univ, 61 Dirim-ri, Cheongye-myeon, Muan-gun, Cheonam, Cheonam, South Korea, YANG, Dong Yoon, Quaternary Research Team, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Rscs, 30 Kajung-dong Yusung-gu, Taejon, Korea 305-350, Taejon, 305-350, South Korea and SUH, Tae Byung, Energy and Resource Development Division, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, 1 Joongang-dong Kwacheon-shi Kyunggi-do, Korea, Kwacheon, South Korea, kjy@rock25t.kigam.re.kr, kjy@rock25t.kigam.re.kr

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DIRECT AGE ASSESSMENT OF MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC AND LATER SKELETAL MATERIAL USING OPTICAL DATING

BAILEY, R.M.¹, STOKES, S.¹, NATHAN, R.², HENDERSON, G.M.³, PIKE, A.⁴ and GRINE, F.⁵, (1)School of Geography and the Environment, Univ of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB, United Kingdom, (2)Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Univ of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QJ, (3)Earth Science, Univ of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, (4)Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Univ of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QJ, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Anthropology, State Univ of New York, Stony Brook, 1794-4364, New York, stphen.stokes@geography.ox.ac.uk, stphen.stokes@geography.ox.ac.uk

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LATE PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS OF EARLY HOMO SAPIENS OCCUPATION OF THE GREAT CAVE OF NIAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO

STEPHENS, Mark¹, ROSE, James¹, GILBERTSON, David D.², BARKER, Graeme W.³, ROBERTS, Richard G.⁴ and LIAN, Olav B.¹, (1)Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, (2)School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth Univ, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom, (3)School of Archaeology and Ancient History, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, (4)School of Geosciences, Univ of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia, m.stephens@rhul.ac.uk, m.stephens@rhul.ac.uk

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LATE QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE COASTAL SEDIMENTS IN THE NEOLITHIC SITE(MOONAMNI), EASTERN COAST OF KOREA

PARK, Yong Ahn, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Sinrim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul 151-742, South Korea, KIM, Soo Jeong, Global Environment Research Lab, Korea Ocean Rsch and Development Institute, P.O.Box 29, Ansan, South Korea and CHOI, Jin Yong, Dept. of Ocean Information Science, Kunsan National Univ, Kunsan 573-701, South Korea, yap@plaza.snu.ac.kr, yap@plaza.snu.ac.kr

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PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ON SOURCING CLAY SEDIMENTS USED IN POTTERY PRODUCTION AT KUKULIK, SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA

JOZWIK, Diana, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99701, ftdj@uaf.edu, ftdj@uaf.edu

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MANKIND AND TRADE – INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MEDIEVAL PEOPLE OF NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE: ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE

KARG, Sabine¹, LEMPIÄINEN, Terttu², HJELLE, Kari³, VIKLUND, Karin⁴, HIIE, Sirje⁵, SILLASOO, Ülle⁶, ALSLEBEN, Almuth⁷, JAROSINSKA, Joanna⁸, BADURA, Monika⁸ and LATALOWA, Malgorzata⁸, (1)Research and Exhibitions, National Museum of Denmark, Ny Vestergade 11, Copenhagen, 1471, Denmark, (2)Centre for Biodiversity, Univ of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland, (3)Botanical Institute, Univ of Bergen, Bergen, 5007, Norway, (4)Institute for Archaeology, Univ of Umea, Umea, 90187, Sweden, (5)Institute for History, Tallinn, Estonia, (6)Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Ecology, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Kevade 2, Tallinn, 10137, Estonia, (7)Institute for Archaeology, Univ of Kiel, Kiel, 24098, Germany, (8)Department of Plant Ecology, Univ of Gdansk, Gdansk, 80441, Poland, Sabine.Karg@natmus.dk, Sabine.Karg@natmus.dk

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URBANIZATION OF SMALL TOWNS IN NIGERIA

DUROTOYE, Bisi, Natural History Museum, Obafemi Awolowo Univ, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, oige@oauife.edu.ng, oige@oauife.edu.ng