90 Archaeological Geology

Monday, 23 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  MINERAL PIGMENTS FROM TACAINAMO, CHAN CHAN, NORTHERN PERU
  William E. Brooks, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Victor Piminchumo, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Trujillo, N/A and Hector Suarez, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Trujillo, N/A and John C. Jackson, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and John P. McGeehin, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  105072 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  APPLICATIONS OF THE USGS USSEABED MARINE SEDIMENT DATABASE FOR REGIONAL-SCALE GIS MAPPING OF U.S. INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF REGIONS
  S. Jeffress Williams, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA and M.A. Arsenault, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA and L.J. Poppe, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA and B.J. Buczkowski, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA and J.A. Reid, USGS, Santa Cruz, CA
  107948 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  REDUCING THE CHARCOAL IN QUATERNARY POLLEN SAMPLES
  Vaughn M. Bryant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  110677 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  ORIGIN OF SOAPSTONE WITHIN THE WISSAHICKON FORMATION: ANYALSES OF NATIVE AMERICAN QUARRIES ALONG THE LOWER PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND
  Rachel J. Burks, Towson Univ, Towson, MD and Steven M. Lev, Towson Univ, Towson, MD and Wayne Clark, Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD
  111461 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  THE GEOARCHEOLOGICAL RECORD OF PALEOEARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, CENTRAL UNITED STATES
  Martitia P. Tuttle, Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, ME, N/A and Robert H. Lafferty, Mid-Continental Research Associates, Inc, Lowell, N/A
  114295 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  OXYGEN ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF SHELLFISH FROM CHANNEL ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MIDDENS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MIDDLE HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON HUMAN SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES
  John A. Robbins, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Torben C. Rick, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Kurt M. Ferguson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Robert T. Gregory, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
  114599 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DESERT PAVEMENT SURFACES OF THE EASTERN LIBYAN PLATEAU, EGYPT: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURFACE SURVEY
  Katherine A. Adelsberger, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and Jennifer R. Smith, Washington Univ in St Louis, St Louis, MO
  114810 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND PREHISTORIC POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, CANYON OF THE ANCIENTS NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHWEST COLORADO
  Schaun M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines, Arvada, CO and Kenneth E. Kolm, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Mark D. Varien, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO and John E. McCray, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  114833 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  HILLS TO RIVER: ARTIFACT RESOURCE PROCUREMENT AT LA PLAYA, MEXICO
  Brett T. McLaurin, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Joseph L. Kula, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Aaron C. Hirsch, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and James T. Watson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN and Sarahi Ochoa, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, N/A
  116442 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  ASSESSING SEALEVEL CHANGE WITH COUPLED 230TH/234U-ESR ANALYSES IN HERMATYPIC CORALS
  Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Steve J.T. Teng, Flushing, NY and Joyce A. Lundberg, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON and Joel I.B. Blickstein, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
  113516 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  DEVELOPING ESR DATING FOR CROCODYLIAN TEETH: STABILITY, INTERFERENCE SIGNAL RESOLUTION, AND APPLICATIONS TO GEOARCHAEOLOGY
  Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Hermain S. Khan, Flushing, NY and Maysun M. Hasan, Flushing, NY and Joel I.B. Blickstein, Flushing, NY and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Parth R. Chauhan, Indiana University, Gosport, IN and Rajeev Patnaik, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, N/A
  113526 (Technical Sessions)