Evidence of Mid-Holocene Environmental Change at the Submerged Archaeological Site, Manasota Key Offshore, Florida

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Liquid Landscapes: Recent Developments in Submerged Landscape Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) site is submerged under the gulf of Mexico off the shore of Manasota Key, Florida. This site, which was occupied over 7,000 years ago, provides a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of early Holocene environmental change on hunter-gatherers, particularly relating to sea-level rise. This poster presents preliminary results for an extensive palynological analysis including fossil pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs at MKO. First, the resulting paleoenvironmental reconstruction provides critical information for interpreting archaeological evidence for cultural change in the context of environmental change. Then, we explore various methods for interpreting archaeological and paleoenvironmental data from the same site. In conclusion, this work at MKO provides both invaluable archaeological and paleoenvironmental data in conjunction with recommendations for future paleoenvironmental research at submerged archaeological sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Liquid Landscapes: Recent Developments in Submerged Landscape Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37575.0