Alice R Kelley
Biographic Data
| ID | 631727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice R Kelley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice R |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelley |
| SIGNATURE | KELLEY A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8977-1033 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science
Climate change is threatening an uncalculated number of archaeological sites globally, totaling perhaps hundreds of thousands of culturally and paleoenvironmentally significant resources. As with all archaeological sites, they provide evidence of humanity’s past and help us understand our place in the present world. Coastal sites, clustered at the water’s edge, are already experiencing some of the most dramatic damage due to anthropogenic climate…
Ground-Penetrating Radar as a Cultural Resource Management Tool for Assessment of Eroding Shell Middens
With an increasing rate of sea level rise inherently linked to climate change, numerous coastal archaeological resources are under threat. In Maine, virtually all 2000+ coastal aboriginal shell middens are eroding. Given limited time and resources, an efficient method for making informed cultural resource management decisions is critical. Herein, we describe a six-step protocol for a minimally invasive and cost-effective ground-penetrating radar …
Little Ice Age catastrophic storms and the destruction of a Shetland Island community
Holistic geoarchaeology in the Penobscot Valley, Maine, USA
Late glacial and Holocene history of the Penobscot River in the Penobscot Lowland, Maine
When the Laurentide ice sheet retreated rapidly (~150 m/a) across the Penobscot Lowland between ~16 and ~15 ka, the area was isostatically depressed and became inundated by the sea. Silt and clay were deposited, but no significant moraines or deltas were formed. The Penobscot River was reborn at ~14 ka when ice retreated onto land in the upper reaches of the river’s East Branch. As isostatic rebound exceeded sea level rise from melting ice, the r…
Archaeological Contributions to Climate Change Research
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…
GPR identification of an early monument at los Morteros in the Peruvian coastal desert
Los Morteros (8°39'54"S, 78°42 '00"W) is located in coastal, northern Peru, one of the six original centers of world civilization. The site consists of a large, sand-covered, isolated prominence situated on a Mid-Holocene shoreline, ∽5 km from the present coast. Preceramic archaeological deposits (4040±75 to 4656±60 14 C yr BP or ∽3600–5500 cal yr BP) cap this feature, which has been identified by prior researchers as a sand-draped, bedrock-cored…
Geoarchaeology at Gilman Falls
Interdisciplinary investigations at the Milford Reservoir, central Maine, resulted in excavation and analysis of a Middle Archaic quarry and manufacturing site at Gilman Falls, dated to between 7300 and 6300 yr B.P. Lithological analysis indicates that the majority of the artifacts came from very local outcrops, providing low‐grade metamorphic rocks. Native Americans used a specialized technique to reduce the granofels and other rocks to long rod…
Living with the Coast of Maine
Archaeological Contributions to Climate Change Research
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…
Little Ice Age catastrophic storms and the destruction of a Shetland Island community
Geoarchaeology at Gilman Falls
Interdisciplinary investigations at the Milford Reservoir, central Maine, resulted in excavation and analysis of a Middle Archaic quarry and manufacturing site at Gilman Falls, dated to between 7300 and 6300 yr B.P. Lithological analysis indicates that the majority of the artifacts came from very local outcrops, providing low‐grade metamorphic rocks. Native Americans used a specialized technique to reduce the granofels and other rocks to long rod…
Holistic geoarchaeology in the Penobscot Valley, Maine, USA
Living with the Coast of Maine
Geoarchaeology at Gilman Falls
Interdisciplinary investigations at the Milford Reservoir, central Maine, resulted in excavation and analysis of a Middle Archaic quarry and manufacturing site at Gilman Falls, dated to between 7300 and 6300 yr B.P. Lithological analysis indicates that the majority of the artifacts came from very local outcrops, providing low‐grade metamorphic rocks. Native Americans used a specialized technique to reduce the granofels and other rocks to long rod…
GPR identification of an early monument at los Morteros in the Peruvian coastal desert
Los Morteros (8°39'54"S, 78°42 '00"W) is located in coastal, northern Peru, one of the six original centers of world civilization. The site consists of a large, sand-covered, isolated prominence situated on a Mid-Holocene shoreline, ∽5 km from the present coast. Preceramic archaeological deposits (4040±75 to 4656±60 14 C yr BP or ∽3600–5500 cal yr BP) cap this feature, which has been identified by prior researchers as a sand-draped, bedrock-cored…
Archaeological Contributions to Climate Change Research
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…
Late glacial and Holocene history of the Penobscot River in the Penobscot Lowland, Maine
When the Laurentide ice sheet retreated rapidly (~150 m/a) across the Penobscot Lowland between ~16 and ~15 ka, the area was isostatically depressed and became inundated by the sea. Silt and clay were deposited, but no significant moraines or deltas were formed. The Penobscot River was reborn at ~14 ka when ice retreated onto land in the upper reaches of the river’s East Branch. As isostatic rebound exceeded sea level rise from melting ice, the r…
Little Ice Age catastrophic storms and the destruction of a Shetland Island community
Holistic geoarchaeology in the Penobscot Valley, Maine, USA
Ground-Penetrating Radar as a Cultural Resource Management Tool for Assessment of Eroding Shell Middens
With an increasing rate of sea level rise inherently linked to climate change, numerous coastal archaeological resources are under threat. In Maine, virtually all 2000+ coastal aboriginal shell middens are eroding. Given limited time and resources, an efficient method for making informed cultural resource management decisions is critical. Herein, we describe a six-step protocol for a minimally invasive and cost-effective ground-penetrating radar …
Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science
Climate change is threatening an uncalculated number of archaeological sites globally, totaling perhaps hundreds of thousands of culturally and paleoenvironmentally significant resources. As with all archaeological sites, they provide evidence of humanity’s past and help us understand our place in the present world. Coastal sites, clustered at the water’s edge, are already experiencing some of the most dramatic damage due to anthropogenic climate…
Geography (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Geology (6 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Holocene (4 works) · Bedrock (3 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Geoarchaeology (3 works) · Geological formations and processes (3 works)