255 Archaeological Geology

Oral Session
General Discipline Sessions
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 322AB

Presiding:
Patricia Fanning
1:30 PM
The Lewis Camp Mound: An example of a petrocalcic horizon in Jefferson County, Florida
Henry J. Kratt Jr, National Park Service; C. Lynn Coultas; Mike Russo, National Park Service
1:45 PM
Geochemical Analysis of Plaza Types of Several Ancient Lowland Maya Sites
Daniel Bair, Brigham Young University; Richard Terry, Brigham Young University
2:00 PM
Evidence for a Regional Human Behavioural Response to the Medieval Climatic Anomaly in Australia
Patricia C. Fanning, Macquarie University; Simon J. Holdaway, Univ of Auckland
2:15 PM
Geoarchaeology on the Edge: Submerged, near-Shore and off-Shore Landscapes of New York Harbor and Early Manhattan Island
Joseph Schuldenrein, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates; Michael J. Aiuvalasit, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates; Curtis Larsen, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates; Mark A. Smith, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates
2:30 PM
Investigation into ARCHAEOLOGICAL Prospecting Techniques
Douglas S. Lynne, University of Texas at El Paso; Jason R. Hildebrant, University of Texas at El Paso; Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso
2:45 PM
Geological Investigations of a Middle Kingdom Harbor: Wadi Gawasis, Egypt
Christopher J. Hein, Boston University; Duncan FitzGerald, Boston University; Kathryn A. Bard; Rodolfo Fattovich; Chiara Zazzaro
3:15 PM
ESR Analyses for Herbivore Teeth from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt: Constraining Pluvial Events in the Western Desert
Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College; Rebecca A. Long, RFK Science Research Institute; Maxine R. Kleindienst, University of Toronto; Charles S. Churcher, University of Toronto; Jennifer R. Smith, Washington University; Joel I.B. Blickstein, RFK Sci Rsch Institute; Anne R. Skinner, Williams College; Johanna Kieniewicz, Denison University; Katherine A. Adelsberger, Washington University in St. Louis