The archaeology of human-environmental dynamics on the North American Atlantic coast /

The archaeology of human-environmental dynamics on the North American Atlantic coast /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Society and ecology in island and coastal archaeology Society and ecology in island and coastal archaeology.
Subject:	Indians of North America -- Atlantic States -- Antiquities. Indians of North America -- Atlantic States -- History. Indians of North America -- Atlantic Coast (North America) -- Antiquities. Indians of North America -- Atlantic Coast (North America) -- History. Human ecology -- Atlantic Coast (North America) -- History. Coastal archaeology -- Atlantic Coast (North America) Coast changes -- Atlantic Coast (North America) -- History. Environmental archaeology -- Atlantic Coast (North America) Climatic changes -- Atlantic Coast (North America) Human ecology. Environmental archaeology. Coastal archaeology. Coast changes. Climatic changes. Antiquities. Indians of North America. Indians of North America -- Antiquities. Atlantic Coast (North America) -- Antiquities. North America -- Atlantic Coast. United States -- Atlantic States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12872391

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Other authors / contributors:	Reeder-Myers, Leslie A., editor. Turck, John A., editor. Rick, Torben C., editor. Thompson, Victor D., writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9780813057262 0813057264 9780813066134 0813066131
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This edited volume brings together leading scholars focused on the Native American peoples who called the Atlantic coast home for thousands of years. Each chapter will address an individual region of the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from the Canadian Maritime Provinces to the Florida Keys.
Other form:	Print version: Archaeology of human-environmental dynamics on the North American Atlantic coast. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2019] 9780813066134

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Summary:	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
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780813057262 0813057264 9780813066134 0813066131