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Ames, Christopher J.H. 1 , Carlos E. Cordova 2 , April Nowell 3 , and Michael Bisson 11Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada2Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA3Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CanadaHominin occupation, landscape evolution, and middle and late Pleistoceneenvironmental change in the north Azraq Basin in Jordan’s desert interior (31) Recentarchaeological excavation and geomorphic survey in the former bed of the North Azraqmarsh has identified a complex stratigraphic succession characterized by cyclicalaggradations of lake and/or marsh deposits indicative of wet periods, intercalated witherosional unconformities and wind-blown sediments suggestive of drier environments.Archaeological material embedded within this stratigraphic sequence typologically spansthe past 250,000 years, including Lower, Middle, Upper, and Epipaleolithic industries.Coupled with the evidence of upland lake terrace deposits and paleo-shorelines in thebasalt flows that flank the north Azraq basin, we hypothesize that the Azraq region andits inhabitants experienced dramatic environmental fluctuations since at least the middlePleistocene, corresponding to at least three distinct paleo-environments, includingperennial lakes we suspect occurred during parts of MIS 9, MIS 7, and MIS 5. We alsobelieve these fluctuations play a critical role in understanding the spatial distribution ofarchaeological material throughout the current Azraq landscape.Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay (Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary)Footprints in the Forest and Islands in a Sea of Grass: A Comparison of Blackfoot andKayapó Agroforestry Practices (15) The Americas contain a diverse array of past andpresent cultures in highly varied environments with a wide range of cultural beliefs andsubsistence practices. Included in this menagerie are hunter-gatherers as well asagricultural/horticultural groups, two economic systems often considered to be onopposite ends of a subsistence continuum. Acceptance of this continuum creates adichotomy between subsistence strategies based solely on the use of nature, and thosebased on control of nature. Through comparison of the evidence for domesticatedlandscapes in Amazonia and on the Northwestern Great Plains, this paper will show thatthis is, in fact, a false dichotomy. Furthermore, although the management and use of“wild” or semi-domesticated resources is often seen as a step on the road to agriculture,this domestication of landscape and resource management can, in fact, be a specificallychosen subsistence strategy in and of itself.Amundson, LJ Butch, Lisa Hein, and Doug Powell (Stantec Consulting Ltd.Saskatoon, Regina and Edmonton) Get it before it’s gone: A summary of image captureat St. Victor Petroglyph Historic Park in southern Saskatchewan (22) St. VictorPetroglyph Historic Park is the site of a large collection of precontact rock carvings on thehorizontal surface of an outcrop of the Ravenscrag sandstone. Situated on a prominent,north-facing cliff, the site has a commanding view of the glacial lake plain to the north.The glyphs include the hoof prints of bison, paw prints of grizzly bears, human hand andfoot prints, several human forms, bird prints, the representation of a turtle and geometricforms. The glyphs are subject to erosion by both chemical and mechanical processincluded a significant rock fall in 2001. Over the years several attempts to capture the