Liquid Landscapes: Recent Developments in Submerged Landscape Archaeology

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Liquid Landscapes: Recent Developments in Submerged Landscape Archaeology" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The study of submerged landscapes has accelerated in popularity necessitated by a need for practitioners in cultural resource management (CRM), increasing student interest, and expanding opportunities for study at colleges and universities globally. The increased interest in the topic has led to methodological advancement and refinement and has promoted the study of inundated archaeological sites in multiple geographic regions and cultural time periods. Additionally, the increasing study of submerged landscapes has brought attention to missing, or absent, datasets that can only be located through underwater prospection. This session will showcase data from current submerged landscape projects to bring together varying perspectives on the study of these sites from myriad geological and environmental settings around the world. Posters will variably highlight methodological advancement, evolving theoretical frameworks, contributions to regional culture histories, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, descendant community involvement, industry applications, and future directions of the discipline.