Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic
Abstract
The cold, wet climate of the Arctic has led to the extraordinary preservation of archaeological sites and materials that offer important contributions to the understanding of our common cultural and ecological history. This potential, however, is quickly disappearing due to climate-related variables, including the intensification of permafrost thaw and coastal erosion, which are damaging and destroying a wide range of cultural and environmental archives around the Arctic. In providing an overview of the most important effects of climate change in this region and on archaeological sites, the authors propose the next generation of research and response strategies, and suggest how to capitalise on existing successful connections among research communities and between researchers and the public.
Citation
Hollesen , J , Callanan , M , Dawson , T , Fenger-Nielsen , R , Friesen , T M , Jensen , A M , Markham , A , Martens , V V , Pitulko , V V & Rockman , M 2018 , ' Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic ' , Antiquity , vol. 92 , no. 363 , pp. 573-586 . https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.8
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Antiquity
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0003-598XType
Journal article
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Copyright: © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2018 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hollesen and Fenger-Nielsen thank VELUX FONDEN (33813) and the Danish National Research Foundation (CENPERM DNRF100) for financial support, as well as colleagues at the National Museum of Denmark and Greenland National Museum. Callanan thanks the Norwegian Research Council (Miljø 2015) for post-doctoral funding. Dawson thanks Historic Environment Scotland. Markham thanks the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the Barr Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Martens thanks The Research Council of Norway for funding project 212900. Pitulko thanks the Russian Science Foundation for supporting project 16-18-10265-RNF.Collections
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