UH Hilo Geoarchaeology Publications
Journal Articles:
Mills, Peter R., Lundblad, Steven P., *Smith, Jacob G., McCoy, Patrick C., *Naleimaile, Sean P., 2008, Science and Sensitivity: A Geochemical Characterization of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex, Hawai`i Island, Hawai`i, American Antiquity, v. 74 (4), p. 743-758.
Lundblad, Steven P., Mills, Peter R., and Hon, Ken, 2008, Analyzing Archaeological Basalt Using Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF): Effects of Post-depositional Chemical Weathering and Sample Size on Analytical Precision, Archaeometry, v. 50 p. 1-11, doi: 10.111/j.1475-4754.2007.00345.x. Available on the Archeometry website here.
Reports:
Lundblad, Steven P., 2008, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Lithics Filed collection and Analysis (HAVO-00271) Final Report,20 p., prepared for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, National Park Service.
Lundblad, Steven P., 2007, Evaluation of Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (EDXRF) as a Rapid Screening Tool for Soil Arsenic on the Hamakua Coast, 28 p., report prepared for the Dept. of Health-HEER office, Hilo.
Mills, P., and Lundblad, S., 2006, Preliminary Field Report: The Geochemistry of the Ko`oko`olau Complex, Mauna Kea Adze Quarry (50-10-23-4136) TMK: 4-4-15:10, 97 p., report prepared for the Hawai`i Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) Commission, Honolulu.
Conference Abstracts:
Mills, Peter R., Steven P. Lundblad, Alan Carpenter, Julie Field, Michael W. Graves, Scott Kikiloi, Nancy. A. McMahon, Windy K. McElroy, Charles Ransom, and Pua Rossi, 2008, The Geochemistry of Lithic Artifacts from Nu‘alolo Kai, Kaua‘i, Abstracts 21st Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
Oxley, Mark, Michael W. Graves, Peter Mills, and Steve Lundblad, 2008, Production, Distribution, and Utilization of Hawaiian Basalt Tools: A Localized Geochemical Analysis of PololūValley, Abstracts 21st Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
Mills, Peter R., Steven P. Lundblad, Alan Carpenter, Paul Cleghorn, Kevin Dalton, *Arian Drake-Raue, Julie Field, Laura Gilda, Elizabeth Gordon, Michael W. Graves, Lisa Kahahane, Jennifer Kahn, S. *Kekuewa Kikiloi, Patrick V. Kirch, Windy K. McElroy, Nancy McMahon, Melanie Mintmier, Jadelyn Moniz-Nakamura, *Mark W. Oxley, Tim Rieth, *Jacob Smith and *Tanya Souza., 2008, What four years can do for a geochemical database: A review of EDXRF results from the UH Hilo Geoarchaeology Lab, Abstracts 21st Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Conference, The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
*Tait, James, Lundblad, Steve, Cutler, William, 2008, Optimizing XRF for Field Mapping of Soil Arsenic, The Environmental Institute Triad Investigations: New Approaches and Innovative Strategies, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Lundblad, Steven, Mills, Peter, *Smith, Jacob, 2008, Understanding Confounding Variables Associated with Non-Destructive EDXRF Analysis of Archaeological Basalt: Examples from Hawai`i, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Mills, Peter J., and Lundblad, Steven P., 2008, Using non-destructive Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) to discriminate between closely related basalts: a case study from Hawai`i Island, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Lundblad, Steven P., Mills, Peter R., and *Smith, Jacob, 2007, Geochemistry of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex and the Implications for Stone Tool Exchange in Hawai`i, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, Bellingham, WA.
Mills, P., and Lundblad, S.P., 2007, Using Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluroescence (EDXRF) to address stone tool exchange patterns in Hawai`I, Society for American Archeology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.
Mills, P., and Lundblad, S., 2006, EDXRF analysis of basalt from Kahalu’u Rockshelter, Hawai’i Island, Abstracts 19th Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Conference, The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
Mills, Peter R., Hon, Ken, Lundblad, Steven, McCoy, Patrick, and *Naleimaile, Sean, 2005, Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) and the Mauna Kea Project: An Update, Abstracts 18th Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Conference, The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology and Kaua’i Museum.
Undergraduate Student Presentations for GEOL 495 Senior Seminar:
Jacob Smith, Geochemistry of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex, 2008
Rachel Hunt, 2008, Soil Arsenic in Hawaii
Sarah Jones, 2007, Evaluation of Honokane Achaeological Artifacts
Jenelle Peacock, 2005, Preliminary analysis of archeologic artifacts from Kahalu`u rockshelter, Kona District, Hawai`i
Serena Williamson, 2004, Source Rock Geochemistry using EDXRF, Ka`awali`i Gulch, Hamakua Coast
* = student co-authors