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Purtill co-authors multidisciplinary article that examines woodhenge earth oven

Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill co-authored a multidisciplinary article, "Feasting at a World Center Shrine: Paleoethnobotanical and Micromorphological Investigations of a Woodhenge Earth Oven.”

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Homecoming 2023 shaping up to be an exciting time

Homecoming 2023, slated for Oct. 20 to 23, marks the 60th anniversary of the Department of Geology, the 20th anniversary of the 1970s Reunion Jazz...

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Guest lecturer to reveal the ‘Secret Life of Speleothems (Caves)’

Western Illinois University Geology Professor Leslie Melim will present a public lecture, "The Secret Life of Speleothems (Caves): It’s Dead . . . but was...

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Geology to celebrate 60 years at SUNY Fredonia during Homecoming

Alumni and emeritus faculty from across the 60-year history of the Department of Geology (now Geology and Environmental Sciences) will converge at SUNY Fredonia over...

Sarah Wisinski (center) assists Randy Blood with removal of a segment of core from a hollow drill bit. There to assist are (from left): Hayden Backus, Dr. Thomas Hegna and Audrianna Sutton.

Student field trip yields Devonian-aged rock that could explain mass extinction event 

Science students on a field trip initiated by SUNY Fredonia alumnus Randy Blood literally had a direct hand in gathering samples of Devonian-aged rock that...

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SUNY Fredonia Stratigraphy class to experience field work with peers

Students enrolled in GEO 400: Stratigraphy will go on a joint field trip to two sites near Rochester, NY, with students in a stratigraphy class...

Alumnus Joli Springborn using a Konica-Minolta CR-400 colorimeter to precisely determine the color of geological specimens.

Fredonia research to be presented at annual GSA meeting

The student poster, “Surviving on Dry Land: Geoarchaeological Evidence for a Potential Native American Occupation during the 4.2 KA Drought in Western New York,” created...

Dr. Matthew Purtill

Purtill writes paper on sampling bias published in international archaeology journal

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill recently had a paper published on the potential impacts of sampling bias in archaeological practice.

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Geologist has article published in archaeology journal

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill is lead author on a co-authored article, "Archaeological Investigations of Fulton County, Indiana: Summary Results...

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Hegna co-authors journal article revealing internal anatomy of extinct arthropod

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna is one of five authors of an article in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica.