Continental Shelf Underwater Archaeology: Some Alternatives for Paleoindian Migration and Settlement Scenarios Dr. Michael K. Faught Panamerican Consultants, Inc. Abstract: It is interesting to envision and test different ideas for fluted point colonization and settlement these days because from a Southeastern perspective Clovis Paleoindian sites don't clearly accumulate from Northeast Asia, whether folks are moving fast or slow. The continental shelves of the late Pleistocene landscape are extensive around the Gulf of Mexico and along the eastern seaboard and they were exposed from well before Paleoindian times through the early Holocene. This puts a huge portion of early human activities underwater and unknown. Several areas will be shown that beg for research in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Eastern Seaboard. There are a growing number of early sites that are known underwater, including increasing evidence for fluted point Paleoindians. Whether Paleoindian sites underwater turn out to be older than those onshore, indicating migration and settlement proceeding up river channels from the coastline remains to be seen in future projects. One thing is clear, underwater prehistoric archaeology is one frontier of modern Paleoindian studies. Dr. Michael K. Faught Michael K. Faught is a Senior Archaeologist with Panamerican Consultants, Inc, a well-respected CRM firm that conducts underwater archaeological projects. He earned his graduate and undergraduate degrees at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Vance Haynes chaired the MA and PhD committees. He has worked on and directed terrestrial projects in the Southwest and Panama and numerous underwater projects in Florida, including several years investigating underwater prehistoric sites along the PaleoAucilla channel in Northwest Florida. Faught has published several book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles http://home.comcast.net/~mfaught/. His first book is surely forthcoming.