GA43A:
Combining Archaeology and Geosciences: The Challenges of Variable Time and Spatial Scales I

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Session Title - en français: Rallier l’archéologie et les géosciences : les défis des échelles variables dans le temps et l’espace

Session ID#: 5780

Session Description:
This session explores recent developments in geoarchaeology, the science bridging geosciences and archaeology. Geoarchaeology is a dynamic and innovative field that applies geoscientific concepts, tools and methods to archaeological research questions. Contributions from sedimentology, geochronology, geochemistry, geology, geography and geophysics at variable time and spatial scales are invited. New applications and promising research avenues in geoarchaeology are welcome.

Session Description - en français: Cette session explore les récentes avancées en géoarchéologie, la science qui fait le pont entre les géosciences et l’archéologie. La géoarchéologie innove en appliquant les concepts, techniques et méthodes des géosciences au service de la recherche archéologique. Les études archéologiques alliant sédimentologie, géochronologie, géochimie, géologie, géographie et/ou géophysique à toutes les échelles de temps et d’espace sont invitées. Les nouvelles applications et avenues de recherche en géoarchéologie sont les bienvenues.

OSPA Liaison:  Agathe Lisé-Pronovost, La Trobe University, The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
Chairs:  Agathe Lisé-Pronovost, La Trobe University, The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia and Adrian Burke, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Primary Convener:  Agathe Lisé-Pronovost, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Convener:  Adrian Burke, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Index Terms:

0498 General or miscellaneous [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1099 General or miscellaneous [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1199 General or miscellaneous [GEOCHRONOLOGY]
1599 General or miscellaneous [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • ES - Earth Surface Processes
  • GP - Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
  • VGP - Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

GA43A-01
Archaeomagnetism as Geoarchaeology: Using Mineral Magnetic and Palaeomagnetic Measurements to Understand Behaviour, Palaeoenvironmental Change, Occupation Intensity and Fire Use on Palaolithic Sites from South Africa, Australia and China. (Invited) (33368)
Andy IR Herries, La Trobe University, The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Bundoora (Melbourne), Australia
GA43A-02
Iron isotopes as a new tool for old metals tracing (35126)
Jean Milot1,2, Franck Poitrasson3, Sandrine Baron4, Marie-Pierre Coustures2 and Caroline Robion-Brunner4, (1)Université Toulouse III, Laboratoire Geosciences Environnement, Toulouse, France, (2)Université Toulouse II, Laboratoire Travaux et Recherches sur les Cultures les Espaces et les Sociétés, Toulouse, France, (3)CNRS, Laboratoire Geosciences Environnement, Paris Cedex 16, France, (4)CNRS, Laboratoire Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures les Espaces et les Sociétés, Toulouse, France
GA43A-03
Interpreting the Different Scales of Ceramic Paste Compositional Datasets: Archaeological Perspectives and Scales of Analysis. (Invited) (35342)
Yves Monette, University of Montreal, Anthropology, Montreal, QC, Canada
GA43A-04
Using Microfossils to Observe the Occupancy of Pre-Historic Peoples: the Value of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (35624)
Nicholas Riddick1, Andrea Krueger1, Francine M G McCarthy1 and Olena Volik2, (1)Brock Univ, St Catharines, ON, Canada, (2)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
GA43A-05
The Geochemical Provenance of Pre-Contact Copper Artifacts from the Gaspereau Lake Area, Nova Scotia: Analytical Approaches, Challenges and Interpretation (36235)
Jacob J Hanley1, Jessica Whattam1, Catherine Cottreau-Robins2, Christopher RM McFarlane3, W. Bruce Stewart4 and Mike Sanders4, (1)Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada, (2)Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada, (3)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (4)Cultural Resource Management Group Ltd., Halifax, NS, Canada
GA43A-06
Geoarchaeology of the ancient harbour bassin of Ostia, Rome, Italy (Invited) (35385)
Jean Philippe Goiran1, Ferréol Salomon2, Cecile Vittori1, Ilaria Mazzini3, Laura Sadori4, Jonatan Christiansen5 and Angelo Pellegrino6, (1)Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, UMR 5133, Lyon, France, (2)University of Southampton, Department of Archaeology, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IGAG, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Rome, Italy, (4)Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Roma, Italy, (5)Université de Lyon, UMR 5189 HISOMA, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, France, (6)Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, Roma, Italy
GA43A-07
Archaeology and Geomagnetism: Investigating the Earth's Magnetic Field in Italy during the Neolithic Period. New Data from the Portonovo Archaeological Site (Marche, Italy) (Invited) (33572)
Evdokia Tema1, Enzo Ferrara2, Pierre C Camps3, Cecilia Conati Barbaro4, Simone Spatafora2 and Thierry Poidras5, (1)Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Torino, Italy, (2)Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Torino, Italy, (3)CNRS &University Montpellier, Montpellier, France, (4)Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, Roma, Italy, (5)CNRS &University Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
GA43A-08
Geochemistry of Ancestral Mi’kmaw Ceramics from Southern Mainland Nova Scotia: Constraints on Pottery Pathways (33219)
J. Victor Owen1, John D. Greenough2, Megan Himmelman1 and Stephen Powell3, (1)Saint Mary's University, Geology, Halifax, NS, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kelowna , BC, BC, Canada, (3)Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
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