GeoArchaeology @ UNI - Chad Heinzel
Text = Geoarchaeology by Rapp and Hill 2nd edition
Presentations
Week 1 = Intro. to Geoarchaeology - OSA Geoarchaology in Iowa by Joe Artz , Lecture Week One , PLUS Minerals and Rocks
Week 2 = The Archaeological record of the upper Midwest (mainly IA)- Grant = Paleo , Autumn = Archaic , Michael = Woodland/Great Oasis , Tanner = Woodland/Mill Creek , Nick = Woodland - Glenwood , Morgan = Woodland/Oneota , Jennifer = Historic and Euro-American - Iowa OSA
Week 3 = Sediments
Week 4 = Anthropogenic landscapes - Creation of the archaeological record
Week 5 = Methods of discovery and spatial analyses
Week 6 = Estimating geologic and archaeologic time - Time (Chapter 5)
Week 7 = Paleoenvironmental reconstructions
Week 8 = Natural Resources into matieral cultures - In class only
Week 9 = Sourcing materials / Provenance - In class only
Week 10 = Spring Break
Week 11= Archaeological resource preservation and conservation - In class only
Week 12 = Agricultural origins of the Midcontinent - OSA/Crops of Ancient Iowa,
Week 13 = Iowa Caves and Rock shelters
Week 14 = Iowa Material Cultures - Lithics - OSA/ Archaeological Analysis
Week 15 = Iowa Material Cultures - Ceramics
Assistance
Links
Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) - History, Lithics, Sites,