Geological Society of America

1:15 PM

ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION STRATIGRAPHY WITH THE HELP OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY-AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MARINE HOLOCENE SEQUENCE IN THE ANCIENT THEODOSIAN HARBOR (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)

M. Namik Yalçin, Istanbul University, Istanbul, N/A and Meltem Sezerer, Istanbul University, Istanbul, N/A and Charlotte L. Pearson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Oya Algan, Istanbul University, Istanbul, N/A and Peter Kuniholm, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

220284 (Technical Sessions)

1:30 PM

UNRAVELLING PALEOLITHIC HOMININ ACTIVITY AT DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT: ESR DATING TEETH AND MOLLUSCS IN THE WESTERN DESERT

Bonnie Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Daniel M.K. Kim, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY and Kelly K.L. Chen, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY and Maxine R. Kleindienst, University of Toronto, Mississauga, N/A and Jennifer R. Smith, Washington University at St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and Ada L. Huang, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY and C.S. Churcher, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Joel Blickstein, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY

227603 (Technical Sessions)

1:45 PM

NEW GEOARCHEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSIGHTS AT THE PRECERAMIC-AGE LOS MORTEROS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, NORTH COAST PERU

Alice R. Kelley, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Ana Cecilia Mauricio, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Daniel H. Sandweiss, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Joseph T. Kelley, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Daniel F. Belknap, University of Maine, Orono, ME

230609 (Technical Sessions)

2:00 PM

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF CULTURAL HORIZONS IN RANO RARAKU CRATER, SITE OF ANCIENT QUARRIES, EASTER ISLAND

Richard Dunn, Norwich University, Northfield, VT and Jo Anne Van Tilburg, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, N/A and Shelley Wachsmann, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

232671 (Technical Sessions)

2:15 PM

VANISHING CHARACTERS: CHARTING THE EROSION OF THE ROMAN FONT ON GRAVESTONES FROM NORTH WALES AND NORTH-EAST IRELAND

Andrea Freeman, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Robyn Lacy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

232143 (Technical Sessions)

2:30 PM

CORRELATION BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES USING SINGLE-GRAIN VOLCANIC MINERAL GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA

Lindsay McHenry, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

230562 (Technical Sessions)

3:00 PM

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) AND BULK CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF COPPER AND ASSOCIATED SILVER FROM MICHIGAN’S KEWEENAW PENINSULA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FORMATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS

Michelle Burke, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Mark Krekeler, Miami University Hamilton, Hamilton, OH