The Search for the First Americans on Oregon’s Submerged Landforms: New Methods and Upcoming Research

Summary

Until recently, the search for Pleistocene-aged sites along Oregon’s coast has been mostly limited to subaerial landforms. In 2017 however, the search for early sites will reach past the subaerial and to Oregon’s outer continental shelf. These search efforts will be guided by using a GIS-based model that predicts the foraging potential of reconstructed late Pleistocene-aged coastal landscapes. We review our modeling methodology and how ecological aspects of Oregon’s coastal landscapes may have changed from the LGM to 12,000 cal BP. We also discuss upcoming fieldwork activities and research goals in the study of Oregon’s ancient submerged terrestrial landscapes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 17266