T78 The Application of Soil Science in Archaeological Research During the 21st Century

Monday, 5 November 2018
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 135

URBAN ARCHAEOLOGY: NEXUS OF GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Paper number: T78-2
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:20 AM – 8:35 AM

Authors

Abstract

Large portions of the archaeological record in central California have been submerged by sea-level rise, and/or buried by alluvial and sand dune deposition, complicating site discovery efforts. This problem is compounded in dense urban areas where historic-era and modern activities such as artificial cutting and filling and stream channelization have been extensive. Successful site identification in these urban contexts requires a robust knowledge of environmental and landscape change over time, applied predictive modeling, and appropriate identification methods. Using case studies, we illustrate how cumulative findings from over a decade of cultural resources management studies are used to successfully identify buried archaeological sites and reconstruct latest Pleistocene and Holocene landscape evolution throughout the highly urbanized San Francisco Bay Area.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321171

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