Hello again,
Working with a new email system and sent that last email without a subject. I apologize.
See below, and please contact either me or Christian for additional details or questions.

Regards,
Diane Wallman

Diane Wallman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

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Dear Colleagues,

We are developing a symposium for SAA-Orlando in 2016, and would like to invite you to share this with colleagues or students you think might be able to contribute to this specific theme. Thanks so much!



Diane Wallman and Christian Wells





The Environmental Legacies of Colonialism in the Circum-Caribbean



The arrival and settlement of Europeans in the Caribbean and adjacent coastlines led to unprecedented demographic and environmental transformation. The voluntary and forced migration of peoples from Europe, Africa and Asia, and the simultaneous introduction of new forms of production, along with exotic biota and diseases, contributed to the emergence of novel social, economic and ecological systems. Through analysis of soils, plants, animals, and other proxies archaeologists are uniquely situated to investigate the localized manifestations of these processes. Yet, while environmental research on prehistoric sites in the Caribbean has burgeoned in recent years, the direct archaeological examination of the ecological effects of European colonial expansion is still a developing field. This session responds by considering environmental archaeological research on the period after Europeans began to settle the circum-Caribbean, with an emphasis on understanding how this historical process has differently structured current socio-ecological landscapes. We also seek to identify the implications of these changes for contemporary communities, especially as plantation agriculture has largely given way to new forms of colonialism, including mass tourism.

Diane Wallman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL