Bio

Alyssa V. Pietraszek is a Research Specialist II in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on the connection between humans and coastal environments, integrating marine geology and archaeology to reconstruct past landscapes and environmental changes. Under the supervision of Dr. Jessi Halligan, her current work focuses on submerged palaeolandscapes in the Gulf region, refining methodologies for detecting and analyzing these landscapes to improve pre-Contact archaeological surveys. With over a decade of archaeological experience, she has served as a geoarchaeologist and area supervisor on multiple projects in Israel. Her research has been published in leading journals, including Nature Human Behavior and Quaternary International.