Dissertation Research: Human-Environmental Relationships in Coastal Plain Georgia Based in High-Resolution Paleoenvironmental Records from Three Peat Deposits

本论文的研究将评估在全新世美国大西洋沿岸的沿海平原的人/环境关系。 放射性碳和热释光测年技术将用于在感兴趣的区域取样的泥炭沉积物和下伏砂。 结合花粉分析和对邻近地区考古数据的检查，研究人员希望能够为三个研究地点的植被变化和人类住区提供准确的日期。这项研究将有助于我们的沿海平原的环境，生态和农业历史的理解，并在这样做，它有望提供人类的反应和修改的“自然”环境的证据，在干旱时期。

This dissertation research will evaluate human/environmental relationships on the coastal plain of the Atlantic coast of the United States during the Holocene. Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating techniques will be used on peat deposits and underlying sands sampled in the regions of interest. In conjunction with pollen analysis and the examination of archaeological data from neighboring areas, the investigators hope to produce accurate dates for vegetation change and human settlements in three research sites. The study will contribute to our understanding of the environmental, ecological, and agricultural history of the Coastal Plain, and in so doing, it promises to provide evidence of human responses to and modification of the `natural` environment during the Archaic period.