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84-7 Leveraging time averaging to better understand long-term cultural and behavioral processes in archaeology
Session: Geoarchaeology of Sites to Landscapes: Current Research on Long-Term Water and Soil Management and Maladaptation, Part I
Presenting Author:
Charles Frederick
Author:
Frederick, Charles D.1
(1) Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, Dublin, TX, USA; Consulting Geoarchaeologist, The Geoarchaeology Laboratory, Dublin, Texas, USA,
Abstract:
Time averaging, the processes by which objects from different periods of time are mixed together, strongly conditions the manner in which ancient human remains present in stratigraphic context. Various processes contribute to time averaging, but sedimentation rate and pedoturbation are two primary factors observed in archaeological sites in alluvial depositional environments. Understanding how time averaging varies within a site or across a landscape presents a range of archaeological opportunities. This presentation discusses how we can employ this knowledge to better understand a variety of cultural and behavioral processes.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program. Vol. 57, No. 6, 2025