Climate Change in Coastal Ecuador
Author(s): Sara Ayers-Rigsby; Victoria Dominguez; Valentina Martinez
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Recent Innovations in Ecuadorian Archaeology" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Climate change is negatively impacting cultural heritage and archaeological sites worldwide. The site of Balsamaragua, which signifies 2,500 years of human occupation on the coast, is rapidly deteriorating, having lost 10 m of shoreline since 2009. Increased awareness and documentation at the site can help us glean valuable information about the past before it is lost forever. This paper will explore the fascinating history of this archaeological site and what is lost to climate change. This paper will also discuss work by the Florida Public Archaeology Network to engage the public in documenting loss of coastal sites in Florida and how this model might be able to help document site loss in coastal Ecuador.
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Climate Change in Coastal Ecuador. Sara Ayers-Rigsby, Victoria Dominguez, Valentina Martinez. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 466811)
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Geographic Keywords
South America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.691; min lat: -56.945 ; max long: -31.113; max lat: 18.48 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 32565