Authors

Alanna L. Lecher, Lynn University
Natasha Vokhshoori, St. Lawrence University
April Watson, Lynn University

New Approaches to Using Old Artifacts: Advances in Oceanography-Archeology Research

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2024

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10632

Abstract

Collaborations between archeologists and aquatic scientists are driving forward a whole new subdiscipline of methods to document and understand environmental change. Climate change, food webs, El Niño La Niña oscillations, and alterations to biotic factors such as salinity and stream flow have all been studied via aquatic archeological material. Much of this research is conducted on shell middens, the archeological materials they contain, and substrates they are deposited in. This article provides a primer on the formation of shell middens, procedures of midden archeological excavation, and the recent advances in aquatic environmental change research from analyzing archeological material collected from middens.

Publication

Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin

Publisher

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Comments

Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.

Recommended Citation

Lecher, A. L., Vokhshoori, N., & Watson, A. (2024). New approaches to using old artifacts: advances in oceanography-archeology research. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10632