Monday, January 11, 2021, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EST

Anthony J. Martin, Professor of Practice, Department of Environmental Sciences

“Tracking the Golden Isles: What Traces Tells us about the Natural and Human Histories of the Georgia Coast”

The Georgia coast is world-famous for both its natural and human histories. Still, the evidence for these histories isn’t always obvious to casual visitors. In this lively presentation based on his new book, Tracking the Golden Isles, Anthony (Tony) Martin will teach us how to detect and understand the clues to these histories via ichnology, the study of traces. In his talk you will learn how trace fossils enabled geologists to find ancient barrier islands, how modern traces tell stories of animals’ everyday lives, and how human traces – ranging from Native American shell rings, to the effects of invasive species, to the consequences of climate change – have affected the Georgia coast.