Interconnected Approaches and Submerged Landscapes - Setting the Scene Through The Lens of Theory

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Approaches to Submerged and Coastal Landscapes", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

It is easy to forget the fact that the ability to access submerged sites has come relatively recently within the field of archaeology. Because of this, we often find ourselves seeking to drive the field forward through the development of new methods and technologies. While it will always be imperative that maritime archaeologists constantly seek to refine our methods, it is equally important to step back and consider our work within the larger context. Whether we are discussing paleoclimate modeling for prehistoric landscapes or the connected infrasturcture of inland waterways, the questions of how we interpret and apply our datasets run alongside our questions of past cultures and traditions. This paper will serve as an overview and introduction to this larger session on the many approaches we take to the wide variety of submerged landscapes and how we may build our theoretical understaning of these complex environments.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• Approaches to Submerged and Coastal Landscapes

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