T326 Geochemical and Geoarchaeological Analysis of Shell Middens: Climate, Ecology, and Culture

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  Non-Invasive Geoarchaeology of Middens
  Daniel F. Belknap, University of Maine, Orono, ME
  148482 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  Seasonal Climate Records Preserved In Limpet Shells (Patella vulgata) from Bronze Age, Neolithic, and Viking Shell Middens, Scotland, UK
  Donna Surge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and James H. Barrett, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, N/A and Nicky Milner, University of York, York, N/A and Steven Mithen, University of Reading, Reading, N/A
  145707 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  Sclerochronology of Hard Clams (Mercenaria spp.) as a Model for Season of Exploitation and Anthropogenic Change in Shell Middens from the Southeastern USA
  Douglas S. Jones, Florida Museum of Nat History, Gainesville, FL and Irvy R. Quitmyer, Florida Museum of Nat History, Gainesville, FL
  147874 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Midden Mollusks to Assess Site Formation Processes and Subsistence Strategies at the Sapelo Island Shell Rings
  Fred Andrus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Victor D. Thompson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  148822 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Compositions of Land Snail Shells from ~8ka B.P. Archeological Sites in Interior Algeria
  Meredith Faber, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Crayton J. Yapp, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and David Lubell, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
  147961 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  ESR Analyses with Barnacles: A New Method for Dating Shell Middens and Sealevel Changes
  Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Jane J.J. Gong, Glenwood Landing, NY and Joel I.B. Blickstein, RFK Sci Rsch Institute, Flushing, NY and Andree Blais-Stevens, Ottawa, ON and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Robert E. Nelson, Colby College, Waterville, ME
  149950 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  Reporting Marine Reservoir Ages in a Variable-Upwelling Environment
  Kevin B. Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Gregory W.L. Hodgins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, BP Lower 48, Houston, TX and Fred Andrus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  151521 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  High-Resolution Elemental Analysis In Mollusks as Proxy for Upwelling
  Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Fred Andrus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Gregory W.L. Hodgins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  149228 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  Mid-Holocene Climate Variability and Coastal Upwelling: Geochemical Evidence from Mytilus Californianus
  Kelsey A. Dyck, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Paul Koch, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Stephen A. Schellenberg, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Heather Ford, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  148297 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  Reconstructing Holocene Kelp Ecosystems through Stable Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Shell Material
  Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Michael H. Graham, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA and Jon M. Erlandson, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  152215 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  Life History Traits of the Bivalve Mollusk Saxidomus Gigantea from the Coast of British Columbia: Insights for Paleoclimate and Archaeological Applications
  Nadine Meier, University of Mainz, Mainz, N/A and Meghan Burchell, McMaster University, Hamilton, N/A and Bernd R. Schoene, University of Mainz, Mainz, N/A and David Maxwell, Statistical Research Inc, Burnaby, N/A
  147716 (Technical Sessions)