What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us: The Intersection of Archaeology and Public Awareness of Climate Change Impacts

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

Other Keywords
Climate • CRM • Archive • Recovery • Cultural Resources • Louisiana • disaster • Disasters • 21st Century • Hazard Mitigation

Geographic Keywords
North America • Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Nuevo Leon (State / Territory)

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  • Incorporationg Disaster Risk Reduction into Planning for Cultural Resource Preservation (2018)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alessandra G Jerolleman.

    Climate change is exacerbating the risk to cultural resources and historic structures across the United States.  These resources are located within a wide array of communities, all of which have differing approaches to planning for disasters.  In some communities the approach has been to seek exemptions to all disaster risk reduction requirements, out of fear that the historic character of a resource will be compromised.  However, this approach is unsustainable, as the changing nature of the...

  • Linking Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, and Cultural Resource Management for Development (2018)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ilan Kelman. Anne Garland.

    Climate change has taken over a large part of the disasters and development agenda. In examining the theory behind climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction (DRR), and development, it is apparent that climate change offers little new. Climate change is one factor amongst many influencing hazards, to be considered when improving development and reducing vulnerabilities. This conclusion is reinforced by seeing that actions on the ground to deal with...

  • Protecting the Past From the Future: The Effects of Climate Change on Archaeological Sites in Louisiana's Coastal Zone (2018)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth L. Davoli.

    Archaeological sites around the world are threatened by the effects of climate change.  Oceans are encroaching inland due to sea level rise, with daily tides and waves imperiling coastal archaeological sites.  Inland torrential rains can lead to flooding and higher temperatures can lead to droughts that kill off vegetation, both of which can expose middens and other subsurface features to erosion.  This paper will focus on Louisiana’s coastal zone; current impacts to archaeological sites from...

  • South Carolina Archaeological Archive Flood Recovery Project (2018)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Meg Gaillard.

    Following the 2015 flood event that affected the Carolinas from October 1-5, 2015, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Heritage Trust Program archaeologists, along with volunteers, student and professional archaeologists worked to recover artifacts, photographs, and documents located in a facility next to Gills Creek in Columbia, SC. The entirety of the archive was inundated with flood water. Learn about the disaster recovery methods used and lessons learned from this catastrophic...