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Building a Foundation to Unify the Language of Climate Change in Historical Archaeology


Abstract Archaeologists use the same terms with vastly different meanings, resulting in ineffective communication. Time is of the essence when working with heritage at risk, and standardized language facilitates effective conversations and actions to describe, interpret, and communicate aspects of archaeology in the time of climate change. A panel at the 2022 Society for Historical Archaeology conference was sponsored by the Heritage at Risk Committee to delineate the meaning of the oft-used but rarely defined terms “site,” “resource,” “significance,” “risk,” “triage,” “data,” “audience,” and “sustainability.” The purpose of this article is to take a step toward disciplinary unification to facilitate future dialogue and action through modeling, monitoring, and mitigating heritage at risk.
Authors Lindsey E. Cochran ORCID , Sarah Miller ORCID , Heather Wholey , Ramie A. Gougeon , Meg Gaillard ORCID , Emily Jane Murray ORCID , K. A. Parker , Steven Filoromo ORCID , Allyson Ropp ORCID , Carole L. Nash ORCID , Karen Y. Smith ORCID , Sara Ayers-Rigsby ORCID , William B. Lees , David G. Anderson ORCID , Lori Lee , McKenna L. Litynski University of Wyoming , Nicole Grinnan
Journal Info Springer Science+Business Media | Historical Archaeology , vol: 57 , iss: 2 , pages: 473 - 488
Publication Date 8/14/2023
ISSN 0440-9213
TypeKeyword Image article
Open Access closed Closed Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-023-00416-0
KeywordsKeyword Image Cultural Sustainability (Score: 0.504319)