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The Archaeology of Human-Environmental Dynamics on the North American Atlantic Coast (Hardcover)
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The Archaeology of Human-Environmental Dynamics on the North American Atlantic Coast (Hardcover)
Series: Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology
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Using archaeology as a tool for understanding long-term ecological
and climatic change, this volume synthesizes current knowledge
about the ways Native Americans interacted with their environments
along the Atlantic Coast of North America over the past 10,000
years. Leading scholars discuss how the region's indigenous peoples
grappled with significant changes to shorelines and estuaries, from
sea level rise to shifting plant and animal distributions to
European settlement and urbanization. Together, they provide a
valuable perspective spanning millennia on the diverse marine and
nearshore ecosystems of the entire Eastern Seaboard-the icy waters
of Newfoundland and the Gulf of Maine, the Middle Atlantic regions
of the New York Bight and the Chesapeake Bay, and the warm shallows
of the St. Johns River and the Florida Keys. This broad comparative
outlook brings together populations and areas previously studied in
isolation. Today, the Atlantic Coast is home to tens of millions of
people who inhabit ecosystems that are in dramatic decline. The
research in this volume not only illuminates the past, but also
provides important tools for managing coastal environments into an
uncertain future. A volume in the series Society and Ecology in
Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson
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