Coastal Geoarchaeology (Other Keyword)
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Deglaciation following the last glacial maximum caused dramatic coastline changes around the world. Locating and analyzing archaeological evidence of human settlement requires an understanding of the relative sea level (RSL) history and related changes to the landscape. On the Northwest Coast of North America RSL was affected by local glacial and tectonic conditions, and current research demonstrates that sea level histories are locally contingent and vary widely. This paper presents a refined...
Use of Faunal Analysis to Examine Seismic Disturbance at 45WH10 in Birch Bay, Washington (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Faunal analysis and taphonomic observations of marine invertebrates in a legacy collection from 45WH10 in Birch Bay, Washington, demonstrated a shift in taxonomic abundance that we hypothesize may be indicative of seismic activity such as an earthquake-induced tsunami. Samples from three units showed a significant shift in the abundance of Nucella...