*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
While public debate continues unabated regarding human-induced climate change, archaeologists have long since accepted this reality and have managed impacts to our collective cultural patrimony through a variety of research and mitigation strategies. In the past decade the numbers of students and scholars whose work focuses on climate change impacts to cultural resources has only increased; as the impacts of climate change become more prominent and intense, the need for additional scholarship and coordinated, collaborative action has become more apparent. Posters herein highlight the work of students and scholars who are leading a new wave of climate change research and pioneering novel approaches to studying and mitigating the effects of an intensifying climate on the material record of humanity.
Other Keywords
Lithic Analysis •
Cultural Heritage and Preservation •
Geoarchaeology •
Survey •
Photogrammetry •
Cultural Resource Management •
Experimental Archaeology •
Climate Change •
Gis •
Human Behavioral Ecology
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All That Glitters (for Now): Multi-method Approaches to Informing the Archaeological Response to Sea-Level Rise on the Golden Isles of Georgia (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The immense and unprecedented challenge posed by sea-level rise will require archaeologists to combine efforts and expertise in multiple disciplines and realms of practice. Whether from the perspective of salvage, mitigation, preservation, or triage, cultural heritage...
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Digital Archaeology at Sites 16VN3504 and 16VN3508 in Western Louisiana: Digital Preservation in the Face of Climate Change (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Digital archaeology provides opportunities to help safeguard and disseminate archaeological knowledge in the context of climate change. As environmental shifts intensify, archaeological sites are increasingly at risk, necessitating urgent measures to protect their...
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Exploring Kisatchie's Deep Past: Findings from Site 16VN3416 (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster presents the findings and analysis of artifacts from a 2 × 2 m excavation unit at site 16VN3416 in the Calcasieu Ranger District of Kisatchie National Forest. A large number of diagnostic lithic artifacts were recovered from this unit, spanning the millennia...
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Postmolds in the Forest: A Preliminary Report on Site 16VN3504 (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Data recovery excavations were conducted in the summer of 2023 at two sites in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, as part of hurricane recovery efforts in the Calcasieu Ranger District of Kisatchie National Forest. This poster presents preliminary results from 16VN3504, a...
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Vegetation Survey Methods at Inland Shell Mound Sites (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Reconnaissance and initial phase fieldwork for the Gulf Resilience COPE Research HUB began in 2022 and continued in Summer 2023. Experimental investigations into potential variations in vegetative vigor, abundance, diversity, and density at a local archaeological site...
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“What Is Past Is Prologue”: Climate Change, Predictive Models, Data Challenges, and Protecting Virginia’s Archaeological Resources (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "*SE The New Normal: Approaches to Studying, Documenting, and Mitigating Climate Change Impacts to Archaeological Sites" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Like many other areas, Virginia is becoming increasingly impacted by the effects of climate change. Over the past several years, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources has taken efforts to model these impacts to identify vulnerable areas for cultural resources...