T171 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights II

Monday, 2 November 2015
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 324

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  BIOMARKER SIGNATURES OF FIRE AND GRASSLAND-FOREST TRANSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMININS AT OLDVUAI GORGE, TANZANIA
  Katherine H. Freeman, Penn State University, University Park, PA and Christine Doman, Penn State University, University Park, PA and Devon Colcord, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Simon Brassell, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Jackson Njau, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Ian G. Stanistreet, University of Liverpool, Liverpool and Kathy Schick, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Nick Toth, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  268839 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  THE RECORD OF SPRINGS AT DK ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
  Gail M. Ashley, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
  261902 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A PALEOSOL CATENA, THE ZINJ ARCHAEOLOGICAL LEVEL, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
  Steven Driese, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Gail M. Ashley, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
  257851 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  DETAILED STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS ACROSS THE PLEISTOCENE OLDUVAI BASIN, NORTHERN TANZANIA, AT THE OLDOWAN-ACHEULEAN TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION
  Lindsay McHenry, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Jackson K. Njau, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Ignacio de la Torre, University College London, London and Michael C. Pante, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  266610 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE WETLAND, A FRESHWATER RESOURCE FOR HOMININS IN THE EARS AT ~1.3 MA
  Kevin R. Garrett, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
  261505 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  PALEOECOLOGY OF FOSSIL MOLLUSCAN BIVALVES, BED III, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
  Claudia Johnson, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Jackson K Njau, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Dirk Van Damme, Ghent University, Gent and Kathy Schick, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Nick Toth, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  265570 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  NEW INVESTIGATIONS ON HOMININ PALEOLANDSCAPES, PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PALEOCLIMATES THROUGH SCIENTIFIC CORING AT OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
  Jackson K. Njau, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Jackson K. Njau, Gosport, IN and Ian G. Stanistreet, University of Liverpool, Liverpool and Lindsay McHenry, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Harald Stollhofen, North Bavarian Center of Earth Sciences, Erlangen, N/A and Nick Toth, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Kathy Schick, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  265277 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  NEW INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE STABLE ISOTOPE ECOLOGY OF THE MAMMAL COMMUNITY FROM ELANDSFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR C4 PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS AND HOMININ PALEOBIOLOGY IN THE CAPE FLORAL REGION DURING THE QUATERNARY
  David Patterson, The George Washington University, Washington, DC and David R. Braun, The George Washington University, Washington, DC and Sophie B. Lehmann, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Thalassa Matthews, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town and Naomi E. Levin, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Deano Stynder, University of Cape Town, Cape Town and Frances Forrest, The Graduate School and University Center/City University of New York, New York, NY and Laura Bishop, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool and Robyn Pickering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne and Dave Roberts, University of Free State, Bloemfontein
  264747 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  AUTHIGENIC MINERALS AS PALEOSALINITY INDICATOR FROM LAKE MAGADI, KENYA: BASED ON XRD ANALYSIS OF HSPDP-MAG CORE MATERIAL
  Nathan Rabideaux, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and Daniel M. Deocampo, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and Tim K. Lowenstein, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Robin W. Renaut, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and R. Bernhart Owen, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong and Veronica M. Muiruri, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong and Andrew Cohen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  268091 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF ISERNIA LA PINETA (MOLISE, ITALY)
  Alessandro Zanazzi, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT and Andrew Fletcher, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT and Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara and Claudio Berto, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara and Benedetto Sala, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara and Giuseppe Lembo, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara and Carlo Peretto, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara
  262580 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  STROMATOLITES SUGGEST TIMING, DURATION, AND CLIMATE DYNAMICS OF THE TERMINAL AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD AT CHOW BAHIR, ETHIOPIA
  Timothy D. Raub, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews and Mequanent Biazen, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa and Catherine H. De Kiewiet, University of St Andrews, St Andrews and Chow Bahir HSPDP Science Team, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, Germany, and U.S.A.
  270664 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  LIVING IN A SWAMPY PARADISE: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND MARSHES FROM THE AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  Catherine Beck, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY and Craig Feibel, Rutgers University Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ and Amanuel Beyin, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
  268792 (Technical Sessions)