Submerged Paleolandscape Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Submerged Paleolandscape Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Changing sea levels have drastically changed the shape and amount of land available for habitation throughout human history. Using modern marine technologies, portions of these formerly exposed landscapes can be identified on or buried below the modern seafloor and data gathered to illustrate what life would have been like in these areas. This session will include papers that present the basis for and results of recent exploration along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico to map and illustrate these landscapes. These papers will summarize the results of predictive modeling, geophysical survey, geotechnical testing, and geoarchaeological analyses conducted offshore of the relict Sabine River Valley, on the Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf. These papers will also address challenges associated with presenting submerged paleolandscapes research to various audiences, and highlight opportunities to engage the next generation of explorers and archaeologists in this research.