1st Call for Presentations

Organizers:

Dr. Claudia Brackett (California State University-Stanislaus and the University of the Pacific) and  Mr. Richard Lundin, RPA (Wondjina Research Institute) and sponsored by INNOV-X Systems

Below the surface of every landscape is chemical evidence of past human activity and, potentially, an historic site.   Recent advances in the use of  portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF), RAMAN technologies and the reduction in costs for laboratory analyses have made these technologies affordable for field studies that "complete the circle of understanding" of historic era terrestrial and marine sites through the integration of archaeochemistry, Archaeogeophysics, literature research, oral interviews and excavation.

We are looking for presentations from terrestrial and marine archaeologists who have used these new technologies for field and laboratory studies to gain insights into human behavior from the chemical "signatures" that have been left behind.  Presentations are encouraged that integrate archaeochemical studies with Combined Survey Format (CSF) archaeogeophysical studies, petrographic provenience studies of lithics, ceramics and metals from field studies, museum studies, and heritage studies. International presentations will be encouraged and it is hoped that many of the recent, excellent, presentations that have been made in other, international, forums will be presented.