Jayur Madhusudan Mehta

Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Ph.D. is an associate professor of anthropology at Florida State University, specializing in the archaeological study of human-environment relationships, both in the past and in the present. Mehta earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from Tulane University (2015) and his M.A. (2007) from the University of Alabama. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina (2004) and is an avid Tarheel! Mehta is also a Registered Professional Archaeologist and he has led excavations in both the United States and Mexico. He is currently leading studies into mediating coastal hazards for Indigenous communities along the Gulf South and restoring the health of fisheries through paleo-environmental reconstruction of ancient fisheries and ecosystems. He is also studying coastal marsh ecology and anthropogenic biodiversity at two National Estuarine Research Reserves, one in Apalachicola, Florida and another in Grand Bay, Mississippi. In addition, he has a long-term project studying household archaeology at Evergreen, a former sugar plantation in Louisiana.

You can learn more about his research by watching two documentaries in which his work is featured:

The Adams Bay Project

Keepers of the Mound

Press

1. Mehta's research on endangered coastal historical resources

2. Mehta discussing Florida archaeology on the WFSU podcast, "Speaking Of"

3. Mehta discussing cultural considerations in coastal restoration on the NoleEdge podcast 

4. Mehta's research on coastal hazards and Indigenous perspectives in cultural resource management

5. Mehta's research on submerged landscapes along the Gulf Coast