Communicating the Results of Submerged Paleolandscapes Research

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Exploration-Forward Archaeology Through Community-Driven Research", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

As part of a NOAA OER grant funded project, the authors of this paper acquired geophysical and geotechnical data over multiple submerged and buried paleolandscape features in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The project resulted in the acquisition of over 1,200-line kilometers of sub-bottom data (including both chirp sub-bottom and parametric sub-bottom) and 39 sediment cores. Throughout the project, the authors provided Mission Logs and Expedition Updates to the general public, academic talks at various conferences, developed university opportunities for lab analyses, and presented a 4-day short course for students and professionals. This paper will present several of the challenges encountered by the project team in communicating the project’s methods and results to a diversity of audiences. Using examples from the project’s collected data, the authors will summarize some of the challenges and provide recommendations for communicating submerged paleolandscapes research results to different audiences.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• Exploration-Forward Archaeology Through Community-Driven Research

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