PlaceMattersSP & Florida Talks - Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida

PlaceMattersSP & Florida Talks

Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida

Uzi Baram, Professor Emeritus at New College of Florida

Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6 PM

New weather patterns, larger storms, and rising sea levels are challenging communities and transforming conventional thinking. Archaeologists document the shifting seascape’s destruction of archaeological and historical sites and offer long-term perspectives on human adaptation and maladaptation to environmental changes. This presentation is global in scope and includes Floridian archaeological perspectives.

After 25 years of teaching at New College of Florida and creating its Public Archaeology Lab, Uzi Baram continues to engage in community-based archaeology and heritage interpretation through his consulting firm UBHeritage. For over twenty years Dr. Baram has partnered with community organizations and engaged a wide range of individuals and groups in using archaeology as heritage to animate the past and to offer positive possibilities for the future.

PlaceMattersSP is presented by Preserve the ‘Burg and USF's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, and the February program is funded in partnership with Florida Humanities as part of their Florida Talks program. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities.