2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 6240 Soils, Sediments, and Geoarchaeology IV is scheduled on Friday, 3/27/09, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM 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): Timothy Beach - Georgetown University Abstract(s):   10:10 AM   Author(s): *Paul Adderley - UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING  Abstract Title: Geoarchaeological Investigations of c. 4000 year old Settlement Sites in the Lake Chad basin, Northern Nigeria 10:30 AM   Author(s): *Valery J. Terwilliger - University of Kansas Tsige Gebru - University of Addis Ababa Nikki Strong - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Mohammed Umer - University of Addis Ababa Yongsong Huang - Brown University Zewdu Eshetu - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research  Abstract Title: Were There Relationships Between Environmental Changes and Human Societal Developments in Northern Ethiopia? 10:50 AM   Author(s): *Dorothy E. Freidel, PhD - Sonoma State University Deborah M Pearsall, PhD - University of Missouri-Columbia John G Jones, PhD - Washington State University Neil A Duncan, M.A. - University of Missouri-Columbia  Abstract Title: Paleoenvironmental evidence from estuarine sediment cores, coastal Ecuador 11:10 AM   Discussant: Vance Holliday   11:30 AM   Discussant: William E. Doolittle - University of Texas   Discussant(s): Vance Holliday William E. Doolittle - University of Texas 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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