Paleoecological Continuity and Change Over Time in South Florida
Author(s): Paige Hawthorne; Margo Schwadron; Alexandra Parsons; Carla Hadden; Tanya Peres
Year: 2018
Summary
Florida National Parks preserve millions of acres of wetlands, subtropical estuaries and prehistoric waterways interconnecting thousands of tree islands, middens and shell work islands, comprising one of the largest and most complex prehistoric maritime landscapes worldwide. Recursive human and natural dynamics shaped these landscapes over deep time, but they are now beginning to be impacted by rising sea level and climate change. What can we learn from changes on the landscape and human and animal adaptations? Looking at various data sets as proxies for paleo-ecological and past environmental change from Canaveral National Seashore, Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, we provide several case studies that illustrate differences in sustainability, resilience and changes in resources over time.
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Paleoecological Continuity and Change Over Time in South Florida. Paige Hawthorne, Margo Schwadron, Alexandra Parsons, Carla Hadden, Tanya Peres. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444924)
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Keywords
General
Environment and Climate
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Zooarchaeology
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southeast United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.735; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -73.389; max lat: 39.572 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 22702