Insights into Paleoenvironment and Cultural Resilience on the Ancient Georgia Coast and Implications for Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Author(s): Katharine Napora; Victor Thompson; Alexander Cherkinsky; Robert Horan; Craig Jacobs
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
We discuss key insights into over 5,000 years of environmental change on the Georgia Coast derived from tree-ring analyses of a deposit of ancient bald cypress from the mouth of the Altamaha River, including changes in coastal forests through time. Human-environment interactions, such as the resilience of estuarine-based societies and ecosystems during periods of major instability, are illuminated via this annual data source. We consider some of the implications for twenty-first-century coastal management and sustainability in light of this information.
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Insights into Paleoenvironment and Cultural Resilience on the Ancient Georgia Coast and Implications for Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century. Katharine Napora, Victor Thompson, Alexander Cherkinsky, Robert Horan, Craig Jacobs. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467658)
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Keywords
General
Archaic
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Coastal Archaeology
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Dating Techniques: Dendrochronology
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Environment and Climate
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): 33159