2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 5540 Soils, Sediments, and Geoarchaeology I is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM in Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group Geomorphology Specialty Group Organizer(s): Mike Benedetti - University Of North Carolina Wilmington Carlos E. Cordova - Oklahoma State University Chair(s): Mike Benedetti - University Of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract(s):   3:10 PM   Author(s): *Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach - George Mason University Timothy Beach - Georgetown University  Abstract Title: Proxies of Formation and Land Use in a Maya Wetland Field Complex 3:30 PM   Author(s): *Timothy Beach - Georgetown University Richard Terry - Brigham Young University Clifford Brown - Florida Atlantic University Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach - George Mason University  Abstract Title: Terra Preta in Maya Soils 3:50 PM   Author(s): *David B. Wahl - United States Geological Survey Francisco Estrada-Belli - Boston University  Abstract Title: Prehistoric Environment and Settlement in the Holmul Region of the Southern Maya Lowlands 4:10 PM   Author(s): *Carlos A. Rincon-Mautner, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Archaeological Research, Inc. Austin-Las Vegas Stanton A. Cook, Ph.D. - University of Oregon  Abstract Title: Interplay of Cultural Developments, Collapses and Erosion Cycles in the Mixtecan Highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur and Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. 4:30 PM   Author(s): Darrin Lowery - University of Delaware *Michael O'Neal - University of Delaware  Abstract Title: The Loess and Archaeological Record of the Late Pleistocene through Early Holocene, Northwestern Delmarva Peninsula, USA Session Description: This topic is broadly defined to include paleoenvironmental studies employing a wide variety of geomorphic, geochemical, botanical, and archaeological approaches.  Points of emphasis will include data recovery, dating, local and regional correlation, and interpretation of stratigraphic sequences in relation to humanized environments.  We envision several topical sessions and a final discussant session to review common themes presented by the participants.

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