Building a Case for Resilience: A Call to Action

Summary

This is an abstract from the "*SE Hope for the Future: A Message of Resiliency from Archaeological Sites in South Florida" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

South Florida contains a vast record of over 10,000 years of human occupation. The archaeological timeline of the area has the capability to demonstrate human adaptation to rapid climate change in the past during the transition from the Younger Dryas to the Holocene. As archaeologists, we have a professional imperative to highlight the long human history in South Florida and use it to address modern climate change. With each site threatened and then destroyed by development, climate change, or other causes, we lose our ability to share that narrative and inspire hope for modern Floridians. This paper will assess work completed in the area, why the threats from climate change cannot be ignored by archaeologists, and how we must engage in climate action to prepare for a better future.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• *SE Hope for the Future: A Message of Resiliency from Archaeological Sites in South Florida   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38791.0