The Paleo Suwannee Project: Offshore Research in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The goal of the project is to find and map a portion of the submerged Paleo-Suwannee River in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The main goals of our research are to find the Suwannee River channel offshore and map any archaeological sites encountered, and produce geological (sedimentological) and habitat (species and landscape) maps of the area at multiple scales. We will use this information to evaluate submerged sites of cultural heritage, and natural resources, to inform management and foster responsible stewardship. In line with the “collect once and use many times” spirit that guides most seafloor mapping efforts, our second objective ties into other priorities outside of archaeological science, since we aim to document the sediments and biota to inform management, sustainable use, and conservation of marine resources in this area. In the process, we are testing new and innovative remote sensing approaches.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37673.0