Vegetation Survey Methods at Inland Shell Mound Sites

Summary

This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Reconnaissance and initial phase fieldwork for the Gulf Resilience COPE Research HUB began in 2022 and continued in Summer 2023. Experimental investigations into potential variations in vegetative vigor, abundance, diversity, and density at a local archaeological site in the Atchafalaya Basin is underway. New and old techniques are employed to determine the floral signature under heavy, old growth canopy, to identify any correlations with cultural features, and to potentially mark culturally modified landscapes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• *SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39491.0