The Archaeology of Human-Environmental Dynamics on the North American Atlantic Coast

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Leslie Reeder-Myers John A. Turck

The Archaeology of Human-Environmental Dynamics on the North American Atlantic Coast

Leslie Reeder-Myers, John A. Turck, Torben C. Rick

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University Press of Florida
30 November 2019

Archaeology; Social & cultural anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography

Series: Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology

Using archaeology as a tool for understanding long-term ecological and climatic change, this volume synthesizes current knowledge about the ways Native Americans interacted with their environments along the Atlantic Coast of North America over the past 10,000 years.

Leading scholars discuss how the region's indigenous peoples grappled with significant changes to shorelines and estuaries, from sea level rise to shifting plant and animal distributions to European settlement and urbanization. Together, they provide a valuable perspective spanning millennia on the diverse marine and nearshore ecosystems of the entire Eastern Seaboard—the icy waters of Newfoundland and the Gulf of Maine, the Middle Atlantic regions of the New York Bight and the Chesapeake Bay, and the warm shallows of the St. Johns River and the Florida Keys. This broad comparative outlook brings together populations and areas previously studied in isolation.

Today, the Atlantic Coast is home to tens of millions of people who inhabit ecosystems that are in dramatic decline. The research in this volume not only illuminates the past, but also provides important tools for managing coastal environments into an uncertain future.

A volume in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson

Edited by: Leslie Reeder-Myers, John A. Turck, Torben C. Rick
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780813066134
ISBN 10: 0813066131
Series: Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Conceptualizing the Archaeology of North America's Atlantic Seacoast and Estuaries 2. Sea Ice, Seals, and Settlement: On Climate and Culture in Newfoundland and Labrador 3. Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations to the Northern Gulf of Maine and Southern Scotian Shelf 4. Prehistoric Maritime Cultural Landscapes in the New York Bight 5. Sea Level Rise and Sustainability in Chesapeake Bay Coastal Archaeology 6. Coastal Adaptations in North and South Carolina 7. Human-Environmental Dynamics of the Georgia Coast 8. Gathering for Nine Millennia along the Atlantic Coast and St. Johns River of Northeast Florida 9. Island Chain Coastlines: A History of Human Adaptation in the Florida Keys 10. Making the Atlantic Coast a Smaller Place and a Stepping Stone to Larger List of Contributors

Leslie Reeder-Myers is assistant professor of anthropology at Temple University. John A. Turck is an archaeologist for the National Park Service at Valley Forge National Historical Park. Torben C. Rick, curator of North American Archaeology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, is coeditor of Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective.