XVI INQUA Congress

Session No. 65
Tuesday, 29 July 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S9. Paleoindian Western North America: Climate and Life at the Last Glacial Termination

Commission on Human Evolution and Paleoecology

 

Gary Haynes, Ted Goebel and David Yesner, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION IN SUBTROPICAL NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
BETANCOURT, Julio L., Desert Laboratory, U.S. Geol Survey, 1675 W. Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, jlbetanc@usgs.gov, jlbetanc@usgs.gov
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8:30 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION
THOMPSON, Robert S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, ANDERSON, Katherine H., Institute fo Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Univ of Colorado, UCB 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and STRICKLAND, Laura E., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225, rthompson@usgs.gov, rthompson@usgs.gov
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8:50 AM
CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF HUMAN COLONIZATION OF BERINGIA
YESNER, David R., Department of Anthropology, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 and SLOBODIN, Sergei, Northeast Interdisciplinary Research Institute of History and Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia, afdry@uaa.alaska.edu, afdry@uaa.alaska.edu
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9:10 AM
LATE PLEISTOCENE LIFE ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU: FAUNAL AND FLORAL EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS, ARIZONA AND UTAH
COATS, Larry L.1, MEAD, Jim I.1 and ANDERSON, R. Scott2, (1)Quaternary Sciences Program and Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Department of Geology, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Center for Environmental Sciences & Education, Quaternary Sciences Program, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Larry.Coats@nau.edu, Larry.Coats@nau.edu
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9:30 AM
VEGETATION CHANGE ON SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS DURING THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION
FREDLUND, Glen, Geography, Univ of Wisconsin Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, HOLLIDAY, Vance, Anthropology, The Univ of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, Building #30A, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030 and JOHNSON, Eileen, Museum of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech Univ, Museum Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, fredlund@uwm.edu, fredlund@uwm.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
ONSET OF THE YOUNGER DRYAS CHRONOZONE IN THE AMERICAN WEST AND ITS TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP TO CLOVIS EXPANSION
FIEDEL, Stuart J, Louis Berger Group, 1819 H St. NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006, sfiedel@louisberger.com, sfiedel@louisberger.com
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10:30 AM
YOUNGER DRYAS "BLACK MATS" AND OTHER STRATIGRAPHIC MANIFESTATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORTH AMERICA
HAYNES Jr, C. Vance, Departments of Anthropology and Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030, anthro@u.arizona.edu, anthro@u.arizona.edu
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10:50 AM
PALEOINDIAN TRADITIONS AND ADAPTATIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
HUCKELL, Bruce B., Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and Department of Anthropology, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, bhuckell@unm.edu, bhuckell@unm.edu
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11:10 AM
HUMAN ADAPTATIONS IN THE GREAT BASIN BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE YOUNGER DRYAS
GOEBEL, Ted, Department of Anthropology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and GRAF, Kelly, Department of Anthropology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, kelichka7@yahoo.com, kelichka7@yahoo.com
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11:30 AM
EVIDENCE IN THE BONES: THE LATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENE HUMAN FOSSIL RECORD FROM THE WESTERN USA AND MEXICO
GONZALEZ, Silvia, School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores Univ, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom, bessgonz@livjm.ac.uk, bessgonz@livjm.ac.uk
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11:50 AM
PATTERNS EXPLAINED BY LAWS NOT YET DISCOVERED?
HAYNES, Gary A., Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 096, Reno, NV 89557, gahaynes@unr.edu, gahaynes@unr.edu
 
12:10 PM
Discussion
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