ENDY Colloquium Schedule:

30 August 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Marvin Kay
• Topic: Toto, I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore
• Abstract: Archaeological evidence of tornadoes is expected in the Great Plains but is rarely, if ever, found. Tornado devastation of southwest Missouri on May 4, 2003, allows us to model tornado landscape impacts that might be observed archaeologically in grasslands, upland forests, and forest flood plain settings. Tornadoes also may have remodeled landscapes in ways favorable to predictable, cyclical patterns of land use. Tornado-prone landscapes may have been perceived as balancing immediate risks with long-term benefits.
• van der Leeuw, Sander and Charles L. Redman 2002. Placing Archaeology at the Center of Socio-Natural Studies. American Antiquity 67(4) pp.597-605.
• Van Buren, Mary 2001. The archaeology of El Nino events and other “natural” disasters. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 8(2)129-149.
• Website: www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/

13 September 2004:

• Speaker: Jan Dixon
• Topic: Library Resources

20 September 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Hansen
• Topic: The Greening of Pentagon Brownfields: Using Environmental Discourse to Redevelop Former Military Bases
• The Base Conversion Process and Developmental Variables [.pdf]
• Pentagon Brownfields and Green Redevelopment [.pdf]

27 September 2004

• Speaker: Dr. Van Brahana
• Topic: Blurred Boundaries--Consilience and the Evolving Frontiers of Environmental Dynamics

4 October 2004:

• Speaker: Christine J. Markussen and Dr. Kenneth L. Kvamme
• Topic: Using new technologies to map and understand the double ditch state historic site, North Dakota

11 October 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Ralph Davis
• Topic: Sediment and bacteria tracing in mantled karst of northwestern Arkansas

18 October 2004:

• No colloquium is scheduled. Please attend the Geoscience Colloquium at 3:30 p.m. on Friday in room 25 of Ozark Hall.

25 October 2004:

• Speaker: Barbara Pickup
• Topic: A 50-year record of shoreline change at Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park

1 November 2004:

• No colloquium this week.

8 November 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Tom Paradise
• Topic: The Science of Sandstone Architectural Deterioration: a decade of research in Petra, Jordan
• Petra: An Eroding Ancient City, Geotimes, June 2004

15 November 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Jason Tullis
• Topic: To Be Announced

22 November 2004:

• No colloquium this week.

29 November 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Paul Frost
• Topic: Stoichiometry of Predator Prey Interactions: Are You What You Eat?
• Location: 4 p.m. SCEN 604
• Refreshments: 3:30 p.m. SCEN 502

6 December 2004:

• Speaker: Dr. Gail M. Ashley
• Topic: The Pleistocene paleoclimatic framework of hominins in East Africa