Our Sites at Risk: Climate Related Threats to NPS Administered Archeological Sites

Summary

Over the past 15 years NPS archeological sites from Texas to Maine have faced devastating impacts from hurricanes and other climate related events. During this time, Hurricanes such as Isabel, Ivan, Katrina, Sandy and most recently Harvey and Irma have caused extensive damage to NPS archeological sites. Although not subjected to direct impacts from these recent hurricanes, National Capital Region (NCR) parks have been heavily damaged by their collateral impacts, typically in the form of flooding along the Potomac Valley. It is simply a matter of time before a major hurricane strikes right at the heart of the Nation’s Capital, threatening sensitive archeological resources.

Over the past three years the National Capital Region, has been gathering data and developing an assessment of park cultural resource vulnerabilities due to climate related threats to our parks. This brief presentation will discuss those threats and highlight how some NCR parks are addressing those threats.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 22109