All That Glitters (for Now): Multi-method Approaches to Informing the Archaeological Response to Sea-Level Rise on the Golden Isles of Georgia

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.

The immense and unprecedented challenge posed by sea-level rise will require archaeologists to combine efforts and expertise in multiple disciplines and realms of practice. Whether from the perspective of salvage, mitigation, preservation, or triage, cultural heritage professionals are engaging with myriad data to develop contextually situated responses to the encroaching tides. Here, we describe recent archaeological investigations on the Georgia Coast that seek to inform contemporary responses to sea level rise. Engaging with settlement records and paleoenvironmental data, we present analyses that will inform discussions on how archaeologists can, and should, consider localized, historically situated environmental impacts, coastal geomorphology, and the history of archaeological investigations as components in our collective response to climate change.

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): 38836.0