Thank you for the invitation. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend. My
ability to travel is limited. Have a great symposium!

David Parkhill 

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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