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This book presents an overview of the exciting new developments in underwater research in North America, ranging from new approaches for discovering submerged sites to an assessment of how these findings challenge the understanding of the North American past.
List of contents
Introduction-Submerged prehistory in the Americas: Methods, approaches and results 1. Submerged prehistory and anthropological archaeology: Do underwater studies contribute to theory? 2. "The early days" - underwater prehistoric archaeology in the USA and Canada 3. Crossing the waterline: Integrating terrestrial and submerged site investigations in the Aucilla River, Florida 4. Combining underwater and terrestrial research approaches in the Great Basin Desert, Walker Lake, Nevada 5. The magnificent seven: Marine submerged precontact sites found by systematic geoarchaeology in the Americas 6. Micro-regional approaches for submerged site archaeology 7. The archaeology of submerged prehistoric sites on the North Pacific Coast of North America 8. Coastally-adapted: A developing model for coastal Paleoindian sites on the North American eastern continental shelf 9. Global experience in locating submerged prehistoric sites and their relevance to research on the American continental shelves
About the author
John O'Shea is Curator of Great Lakes Archaeology in the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan, USA. He received his PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology from Cambridge University, UK. In addition to underwater research, he has directed major field projects in Hungary, Romania, and North America.
Summary
This book presents an overview of the exciting new developments in underwater research in North America, ranging from new approaches for discovering submerged sites to an assessment of how these findings challenge the understanding of the North American past.
