Archaeological Research Trends in Nunatsiavut

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Current Research and Challenges in Arctic and Subarctic Cultural Heritage Studies" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeological research in Nunatsiavut has benefitted from past large-scale survey, testing, and excavation efforts that have served as the foundational bodies of work and knowledge upon which subsequent projects have been built. These wide-ranging projects opened up innumerable new avenues of inquiry and for decades served as the framework that subsequent research expanded from or refined. However, recent trends in archaeological research in Nunatsiavut are cause for concern, especially in light of increasing development, visitor activities, and climate change pressures. We explore the possible causes for this shift, and highlight critical areas of research in a plea for renewed interest in fieldwork in the region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Current Research and Challenges in Arctic and Subarctic Cultural Heritage Studies   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39417.0