Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Archaeology of the Southeastern Atlantic Slope

2018 ◽  
pp. 299-308
Author(s):  
David G. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Early Archaic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Impact Hypothesis

In recent decades, great progress has been made in perennial topics and questions in the Southeast such as the existence and nature of Pre-Clovis and Clovis occupations; the role of sea level rise and fall and its affects on prehistoric peoples; the need for effective prospecting for possible inundated sites; the studies of the nature of the Younger Dryas climatic reversal and its affects on climate, environment, and humans, including the proposed cosmic impact hypothesis; and the expansion of more sophisticated methodologies for analysing Early Archaic, notched-point attributes to reveal the social dimensions of these widespread early Holocene societies.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Albert C. Goodyear ◽  
Christopher R. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Impact Hypothesis

This chapter reviews the significant features of early prehistoric occupations of the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain. Along with the Pleistocene age archaeological sites, salient aspects of the geology, including sea level positions, are presented. Possible Pre-Clovis sites dating from pre-LGM to late Pleistocene times are considered. Clovis is seen to have a Coastal Plain settlement focus that includes the now-drowned shelf. The dramatic onset of the Younger Dryas and its potential effects on people, including the “Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis,” are reviewed.

Knowing Sea-Level Rise: Interpretive Practices of Uncertainty in Tuvalu

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Mariko Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interpretive Practices

Abstract Drawing upon empirical observations, daily experiences of sea-level rise, and the role of religious beliefs that form decision making among migrant families, I examine the ways in which the local individuals and communities in Tuvalu have dealt with a virtual and fluctuating scenario for which they did not use scientific knowledge to control their environment. Instead, they reacted negatively to future anxiety constructed as a predicted scenario while continuing to contend with the immediate demands of community. I demonstrate the social practices that incorporate the intangible sea-level rise, as calculated through scientific measures, into tangible and substantive material for evaluating changes.

THE ROLE OF SEA-LEVEL RISE AND STORMS IN FORMATION AND RESILIENCE OF FLORIDA BAY ISLANDS, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Lynn Wingard ◽  
◽  
Miriam C. Jones ◽  
Sarah E. Bergstresser ◽  
Bethany L. Stackhouse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
National Park ◽  
Florida Bay ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
Bay Islands

A radiocarbon chronology of Holocene climate change and sea-level rise at the Delmarva Peninsula, US Mid-Atlantic Coast

The Holocene ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 095968362110482
Author(s):  
Kelvin W Ramsey ◽  
Jaime L. Tomlinson ◽  
C. Robin Mattheus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Delmarva Peninsula ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Cool Climate ◽  
And Sea Level

Radiocarbon dates from 176 sites along the Delmarva Peninsula record the timing of deposition and sea-level rise, and non-marine wetland deposition. The dates provide confirmation of the boundaries of the Holocene subepochs (e.g. “early-middle-late” of Walker et al.) in the mid-Atlantic of eastern North America. These data record initial sea-level rise in the early Holocene, followed by a high rate of rise at the transition to the middle Holocene at 8.2 ka, and a leveling off and decrease in the late-Holocene. The dates, coupled to local and regional climate (pollen) records and fluvial activity, allow regional subdivision of the Holocene into six depositional and climate phases. Phase A (>10 ka) is the end of periglacial activity and transition of cold/cool climate to a warmer early Holocene. Phase B (10.2–8.2 ka) records rise of sea level in the region, a transition to Pinus-dominated forest, and decreased non-marine deposition on the uplands. Phase C (8.2–5.6 ka) shows rapid rates of sea-level rise, expansion of estuaries, and a decrease in non-marine deposition with cool and dry climate. Phase D (5.6–4.2 ka) is a time of high rates of sea-level rise, expanding estuaries, and dry and cool climate; the Atlantic shoreline transgressed rapidly and there was little to no deposition on the uplands. Phase E (4.2–1.1 ka) is a time of lowering sea-level rise rates, Atlantic shorelines nearing their present position, and marine shoal deposition; widespread non-marine deposition resumed with a wetter and warmer climate. Phase F (1.1 ka-present) incorporates the Medieval Climate Anomaly and European settlement on the Delmarva Peninsula. Chronology of depositional phases and coastal changes related to sea-level rise is useful for archeological studies of human occupation in relation to climate change in eastern North America, and provides an important dataset for future regional and global sea-level reconstructions.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Hutchison ◽  
Catriona Mackenzie ◽  
Marina Oshana
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Feminist Philosophy ◽  
Relational Autonomy ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Philosophical Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Scant Attention

This introduction distinguishes ways the social dimensions of moral responsibility have been investigated in recent philosophical literature: some theories highlight the interpersonal dimensions of moral responsibility practices; some explicate the interlocutive properties of morally reactive exchanges; while others seek to explain the role of the social environment in scaffolding agency. Despite the rise of social approaches, philosophers have paid scant attention to the implications of inequalities of power for theorizing about moral responsibility. The remainder of the introduction articulates a set of problems posed by contexts of structural injustice for theories of moral responsibility and highlights the relevance of recent work in feminist philosophy on relational autonomy and social epistemology for understanding and addressing these problems. The introduction notes the overlaps and differences between the concepts of autonomy and moral responsibility and offers preliminary reflections on how debates about relational autonomy might bear on social theories of moral responsibility.

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