Look what just Washed up on the Jersey Shore: Climate Change and its impacts on submerged sites in New Jersey

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Middle Atlantic Regional Transect Approach to Climate Change Impacts on Archaeological Resources" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Beginning in 2013, the office of the New Jersey State Archaeologist began receiving requests to identify artifacts found along the Atlantic shoreline and the Delaware Bay. While finding artifacts along beaches is not new, the substantial increase both in number and locations of finds can only be attributed to the results of climate change. The frequency and intensity in which these storms occur has contributed to the disturbance and destruction of submerged archaeological sites along the continental shelf. Although without context, these finds provide significant data on potential site locations, site chronology, and potential site preservation. This presentation will document the locations of these finds, identify their chronology, and examine areas of archaeological concern regarding continued climate change and its impact on archaeological sites.

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• The Middle Atlantic Regional Transect Approach to Climate Change Impacts on Archaeological Resources

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Abstract Id(s): 24176