Geoarchaeology

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Geoarchaeology," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster symposium focuses on geoarchaeological research. Posters may be specific to methodological or landscape archaeology approaches, or related to sediments, stratigraphy, or chronology. Students are encouraged to participate.

Other Keywords
Geoarchaeology • Landscape Archaeology • Environment and Climate  • Dating Techniques • Shell Midden • Mississippian • Formative • Bronze Age • Least Cost Paths • Paleoindian and Paleoamerican

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  • Assessing Continuity and Change in Paleoindian Landscape use through Time in Indiana: Implications for site Predictive Modeling (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward Herrmann. Mackenzie Cory.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The recent completion of the Indiana State Historic Preservation Office’s SHAARD database provides researchers with a comprehensive site archive that includes site locations, projectile point typologies, raw material types, and a marginal record of site details. We use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze the distribution of over six hundred Early, Middle, and...

  • A Concealed Landscape: Historic Processes of Landscape Change at Cahokia Mounds, IL (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Caitlin Rankin.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ongoing geoarchaeological research studying the relationship between urbanism and environmental change at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cahokia Mounds has begun to unravel a pre-contact landscape concealed by historic land-use practices. Archaeological excavations and sediment coring conducted to understand the environmental conditions during the construction and...

  • Early Agricultural Practices at La Playa, Sonora, Mexico (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachel Cajigas.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster presents results from geoarchaeological research on earthen irrigation canals at La Playa (SON F:10:3), in Sonora, Mexico. La Playa’s agricultural field system is associated with the Early Agricultural period (2100 B.C. – A.D. 50), which is characterized by the development of agriculture in the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. A combined dating...

  • Maine Midden Minder Network: Collaborating to Save a Cultural Resource (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alice R. Kelley. Bonnie Newsom. Arthur Spiess. Anne Spezia. Kate Pontbriand.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Maine’s coastline hosts over 2,000 Native American shell middens. Composed of clam and/or oyster shells, faunal remains, and artifacts, these sites record over four thousand years of cultural and paleoenvironmental information. However, virtually all of these rich archives are eroding in the face of climate change-induced sea level rise and altered weather patterns. The...

  • Paleoenvironment, Population, and the Origins of Resource Intensification on the Eastern Edge of the Colorado Plateau (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin P. Gilmore. Donald G. Sullivan. Maria Caffrey.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Site 5ME13127, a Formative-Era camp at the eastern edge of the Colorado Plateau, was excavated in 2018. Macrofloral and faunal analyses indicate small seeds and lagomorphs dominated subsistence by AD320-420, and the bow was adopted by AD560-650. Sediment cores from Kannah Creek fen on Grand Mesa (27km southeast) provide paleoenvironmental context for interpretations of...

  • Paleopollution and Environmental Consequences of Bronze Craft Production during the Shang Periods in Anyang, China (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Yi-Ling Lin. Yuling He.

    This is an abstract from the "Geoarchaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between bronze production and paleopollution during the middle and late Shang periods (1450-1045 BCE) in Anyang. Archaeologists have discovered several bronze workshops operating during these periods. These workshops were located among residential areas, and the long-term bronze production activity at Anyang could...