Theme:
Theories and methods in archaeological sciences
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
The Archaeology of Climate Change in the Past and Present
Content:
The archaeology of climate change is still a desideratum in current scientific and political debates on this hot topic. Our data is showing that climate change presents an array of challenges for archaeology and heritage – from loss from erosion, fires, sea level rise, to disconnection due to migration and loss of contact of affiliated communities, and damage deriving from conflict and other social changes. This session brings together viewpoints from the local to global scale, projects completed and in progress, to share the current scope and state of the heritage and climate research asking key questions such as where are we in connecting the past to efforts to address climate change? Where do we stand in engaging heritage and archaeology with climate policy, adaptation planning, community engagement, and to climate and migration solutions? This session is the second part of an EAA-SAA collaboration with the first session at the SAA in Washington DC in April 2018. It is also connected with the newly established EAA Community on Climate Change and Heritage (CCH) and invites speakers to discuss ways to translate fundamental archaeological research into actionable science to inform decision making as well as monitor climate change as it relates to archaeology and heritage from in situ preservation to modelling, sustainable mitigation strategies and systems for site evaluation as well as trans-disciplinary examples of engaging with climate change from research design to outreach in museums and the public domain.
Keywords:
Climate Change, Heritage, Sustainability,
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Main organiser:
Dr Peter F Biehl (United States) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Carrie Hritz (United States) 2
Dr. Vibeke Vandrup Martens (Norway) 3
Dr. Marcy Rockman (United States) 4
Affiliations:
1. University at Buffalo, SUNY
2. University of Maryland
3. NIKU - Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
4. National Park Service
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