Approaches to Submerged and Coastal Landscapes

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Approaches to Submerged and Coastal Landscapes," at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The study of submerged and coastal landscapes encompasses a broad range of cultural, geographical, geological and imagined spaces. Defining what makes any landscape is an inherently complex and difficult undertaking, especially in those spaces where the landscape has changed and we are attempting to reconstruct and communicate as many elements of the past as possible. Archaeological approaches to landscapes are all unique in their perspectives, research designs, and theoretical considerations, it is important to put these studies in conversation with one another to contribute to broader understandings of submerged and coastal landscapes. This session invites presentations that illustrate the unique elements for each landscape that maritime archaeologists examine and focus on innovative methods and theories to avoid overgeneralized interpretations of these cultural landscapes.