Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf [electronic resource] : A Global Review /
Evans, Amanda M.editor.
Flatman, Joseph C.editor.
Flemming, Nicholas C.editor.
Climate change, sea-level rise; these processes are a source of debate and concern in modern society due to their potential impacts on coastal populations. For archaeologists, climate change and sea-level rise have had a visible impact in the past, when thousands of prehistoric settlements on the continental shelf were inundated by the sea level rising as ice caps melted.   It has only been in the last forty years that we have begun to understand the ways in which climate change and sea-level rise have influenced the archaeological record of prehistoric societies. Archaeological sites on the world's continental shelves have previously been inaccessible to researchers, but advances in remote sensing and diving technologies have enabled exploration of these former terrestrial landscapes submerged by sea-level rise related to the last glacial maximum.   This edited volume presents multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf around the world. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline. Case studies represent central themes of landscape change, climate change and societal development, using new technologies for mapping, monitoring, and managing these sites.
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""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf: The State of the Science in 2013""; ""Introduction""; ""Prehistory on the Continental Shelf""; ""Methodologies for the Continental Shelf""; ""Global Significance of Continental Shelf Prehistory""; ""Future Directions, Opportunities, and Challenges""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Submerged Archaeological Landscapes and the Recording of PreContact History: Examples from Atlantic Canada""; ""Introduction""
""Early Holocene Paleolandscape Evolution""""Assessing Archaeological Potential""; ""Evidence of Precontact Human Presence on Submerged Landscapes""; ""Preservation""; ""People, Their Landscape, Their History, and Submergence""; ""The Magdalen Plateau Hunting Ground""; ""The Storied Minas Basin""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Remote Sensing, Target Identification, and Testing for Submerged Prehistoric Sites in Florida: Process and Protocol in Underwater CRM Projects.""; ""Introduction""
""Modeling for Sites: Cultural Histories, Local Geologic Details, Sea-Level Rise History""""Georeferencing Historic Charts to Understand Past Coastline and Channel Configurations""; ""Geoarchaeological Uses of Acoustic Dataâ€?Target Identification""; ""Testing: Coring, Dredging, and Sediment Analysis""; ""Site Preservation Potentials and Signatures: How to Know That You Have a Site After You Have Been Digging Around and Have Seemingly Meaningless Samples?""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4""
""Prehistoric Site Discovery on the Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States of America""""Introduction""; ""Field Techniques""; ""Findings""; ""Geologic Setting""; ""Archaeological Deposits""; ""Sea-Level Curve""; ""Paleogeography of the Sabine River Valley, 10,000 BP to 8,000 BP""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5""; ""New Evidence for a Possible Paleolithic Occupation of the Eastern North American Continental Shelf at the Last Glacial Maximum""; ""Introduction""; ""Use-Wear Evaluation of the Cinmar Biface""
""Identification of the Source of the Rhyolite Used to Make the Cinmar Biface""""The Mastodon, Carbon Fourteen Dates, and Environment""; ""Rhyolite Artifact Weathering and Patination in Coastal Plain Environments""; ""Questions of Association""; ""Lateral Transport""; ""Prehistoric Coincident""; ""Fraud""; ""Chesapeake Bay Bifaces""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Gateway to the Americas: Underwater Archeological Survey in Beringia and the North Pacific""; ""Introduction""; ""Archaeology of Early Beringia""; ""Migration Routes""; ""Potential for Underwater Archaeological Sites""
""Topography of the Bering Land Bridge""
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Climate change, sea-level rise; these processes are a source of debate and concern in modern society due to their potential impacts on coastal populations. For archaeologists, climate change and sea-level rise have had a visible impact in the past, when thousands of prehistoric settlements on the continental shelf were inundated by the sea level rising as ice caps melted.   It has only been in the last forty years that we have begun to understand the ways in which climate change and sea-level rise have influenced the archaeological record of prehistoric societies. Archaeological sites on the world's continental shelves have previously been inaccessible to researchers, but advances in remote sensing and diving technologies have enabled exploration of these former terrestrial landscapes submerged by sea-level rise related to the last glacial maximum.   This edited volume presents multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf around the world. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline. Case studies represent central themes of landscape change, climate change and societal development, using new technologies for mapping, monitoring, and managing these sites.
Archaeology.
Archaeology.