Archaeological Contributions to Climate Change Research
The Archaeological Record as a Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Archive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2295346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel H Sandwei (0000-0002-9984-8831, Graduate School), Alice R Kelley (0000-0002-8977-1033, Climate Change Institute, and) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 371-391 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145941 |
| OpenAlex | W2118857636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
| References cited | 75 |
Recent decades have seen a resurgence of interest in human ecodynamics-the relationship among climate, environment, and culture. Most published research concentrates on the potential causal role of climate and environment in culture change. We approach the issue from the other side: The archaeological record often incorporates important, sometimes unique, proxy records of climate, of environment, and of change in both. We detail four case studies, from South America, Southwest Asia, North America, and the Shetland Islands. In each case, the paleoclimatic and/or paleoenvironmental data resulted from multidisciplinary archaeological projects whose major objective was to understand past human behavior. Nevertheless, in each case, the projects generated important information about the natural world in the past. Often, these data play a role in modeling future climatic and environmental change of potential significance to humans. We note a growing use of archaeological proxy data by climate scientists and predict an increase in this trend on the basis of recent history
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Climate change · Environmental change · Geography · Natural (archaeology · Paleoclimatology · Proxy (statistics · Shetland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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Diversified subsistence patterns and their influencing factors revealed by ancestral paleodiet during the first millenium BC in Northwest Yunnan, China
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Early to Mid-Holocene Aridity in Central Chile and the Southern Westerlies
Questioning Collapse
Environmental Archaeology
Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch
An ~15,000-Year Record of El Niño-Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador
Variability in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Through a Glacial-Interglacial Cycle
Late Glacial Stage and Holocene Tropical Ice Core Records from Huascarán, Peru
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Holocene climate variability
Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization
Early Maritime Economy and El Niño Events at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru
A 1500-Year Record of Tropical Precipitation in Ice Cores from the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru
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El Niño variability off Peru during the last 20,000 years
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The Holocene record of lake levels of Mansell Pond, central Maine, USA
Mid-to late-Holocene coastal dune event stratigraphy for the north coast of Northern Ireland
Holocene landscape change on the Santa Delta, Peru
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The management of arable land from prehistory to the present
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Growth increment and stable isotope analysis of marine bivalves
Vertical accretion of flood deposits and deeply stratified archaeological site formation in Central Maine, USA
The birth of El Niño
Geoarchaeology at Gilman Falls
Sand-drift and Soil Formation Along an Exposed North Atlantic Coastline
Environment and Archeology
Environmental Change at Ostra Base Camp, a Peruvian Pre-ceramic Site
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Cultural Responses to Environmental Catastrophes
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| Unique citing works | 71 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 70 |