Archaeologies of Climate Change: Perceptions and Prospects

Britton, Kate; Hillerdal, Charlotta

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“…Most of the studies reported on proactive adaptation planning which is focusing on a decision‐making process that can reduce climate change impacts before the impacts are further observed (in the future). Specifically, the studies emphasized the need for increased research on climate change risks and impacts to ICH (Blanchette et al, 2021; Britton & Hillerdal, 2019; Flyen et al, 2020; Hollesen et al, 2018), monitoring of climate stressors on ICH (Holmgaard et al, 2019; Pearson et al, 2010), integration of community perceptions and knowledge in development of proactive adaptation actions (Bertulli et al, 2013; Britton & Hillerdal, 2019; Jensen, 2020; Tran et al, 2021), and the need for the development of approaches and methods to deal with irreversible loss of Arctic heritage (Jensen, 2020). Other studies called for designing and implementing targeted policy mechanisms, laws and regulations for climate change adaptation and protection of polar heritage (B. W. Barr, 2017; S. Barr, 2019; Pearson et al, 2010; Viikari, 2009), including transparent prioritization decision‐making processes for diverse ICH (B. W. Barr, 2017; Jensen, 2020).…”

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Climate change impacts on immovable cultural heritage in polar regions: A systematic bibliometric review

Nicu

Fatorić

2023

WIREs Climate Change

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Over the past decade, research on the impacts of climate change on immovable cultural heritage (ICH) in the polar regions (Arctic and Antarctica) has slowly increased. This article offers a systematic review and synthesis of the publications about climate change impacts on the diverse ICH and climate change adaptation in the polar regions. Gray literature was not included in the study. Arctic countries like Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Russia, and their associated research organizations, are under-represented in this literature when compared with the USA, Canada, Denmark, and Norway. More than half of the analyzed literature is published in the last 3 years (2019, 2020, and 2021) with a focus on coastal erosion and ICH degradation (cryospheric hazards). ICH is at risk from biological degradation, coastal erosion, debris flow, and thaw slumping. Nearly half of the studies report on the need for climate change adaptation planning and implementation for ICH. This study shows that advances in research on climate change impacts and adaptation responses are needed to improve decision-and policy-maker capacity to support effective adaptation policies and to contribute to the achievement of SDGs in polar regions. The polar regions' vulnerable landscapes and ICH sites can be used to communicate a larger message about the climate change challenges and adaptation measures.

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Climate change impacts on immovable cultural heritage in polar regions: A systematic bibliometric review

Nicu

Fatorić

2023

WIREs Climate Change

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“…There is, therefore, an urgent need for new techniques to capture vast swathes of the landscape quickly, remotely and relatively inexpensively, especially given the danger posed to cultural sites by accelerated coastal erosion and rising sea levels (Britton & Hillerdal, 2019). Here, the use of remote sensing is suitable for this purpose given its proven ability to expediently survey large areas of inaccessible terrain without the immediate need for costly ground surveys (Cerra et al, 2016;Linares-Matás & Lim, 2021;Parcak, 2009).…”

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“…Remote sensing may also be used to help document and assess erosion risk to known cultural sites using visual inspection and automated analytical processes. Landscape change is a source of considerable cultural anxiety in the Y-K Delta (Britton & Hillerdal, 2019;Cusack-McVeigh, 2017), and such studies help Yup'ik community members visualize the impact and scope of significant erosion events near traditional places associated with Yuuyaraq along the Bering Sea. For instance, the following automated change detection process was which is has been shown to be more effective in grassland archaeological landscape contexts under certain conditions (Bennett et al, 2012).…”

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Nuna Nalluyuituq (The Land Remembers): Remembering landscapes and refining methodologies through community‐based remote sensing in the Yukon‐Kuskokwim Delta, Southwest Alaska

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Gleason

Jones

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Archaeological Prospection

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The following article outlines a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to remote sensing in Southwest Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta that combines ethnographic inquiry and remote sensing to monitor, detect and preserve cultural resources for Alaskan Native communities. Because distinctive vegetation differences are readily visible on cultural sites during the summer months, the analysis of multispectral imagery obtained from remote sensing is particularly useful. In turn, we demonstrate the efficacy of this protocol on pre-contact settlement sites along the Ayakulik River system on Kodiak Island using a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) raster of the study area. Here, support vector machine (SVM) supervised classification was highly effective at identifying spectral patterns associated with anthropogenic activity while ethnographic data helped rule out false-positive cases. In addition, we provide the results of a 2019 archaeological prospection survey carried out in conjunction with the ongoing Nunalleq Project in Quinhagak, Alaska, to further highlight the value of ethnographic data collection, ethnobotanical surveys and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based spectroscopy alongside SVM supervised classification. Finally, we propose three suggestions for future research on Yup'ik landscapes in the Y-K Delta regarding citizen science, language preservation and the use of collaborative online maps for community-based decision making.

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“…In an era of unprecedented climate change, however, such changes pose an immediate, existential threat to the Alaskan Native Yup'ik people (pl. Yupiit) who have called this landscape home for the past 1500 years [2][3][4][5][6]. In particular, the reduction of permafrost levels and sea-ice along the Bering Sea coast, when combined with increased frequency and intensity of coastal storms, has led to the rapid degradation of coastlines and waterways [1,7].…”

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UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Managing Alaskan Native Heritage Landscapes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Lim

Gleason

Williams³

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Remote Sensing

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The Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta is home to the Alaskan Native Yup’ik people who have inhabited this remote, subarctic tundra for over 1500 years. Today, their ancestral lifeways and cultural landscapes are at risk from severe climate change-related threats. In turn, we propose that remote sensing technologies, particularly with sensors mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, are uniquely suited for protecting Yup’ik landscape heritage. Based on collaborative, community-based fieldwork in Quinhagak, AK, we present evidence that cultural sites—ranging from historic fishing camps to pre-contact winter villages—exhibit predictably atypical vegetation patterns based on the local ecological biome. Furthermore, these vegetation patterns can be recorded and statistically quantified through the analysis of multispectral imagery obtained from UAV-mounted sensors with three different false color composite rasters and vegetation indices depending on biome type. Finally, we suggest how the Yupiit can combine these methodologies/workflows with local knowledge to monitor the broader heritage landscape in the face of climate change.

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Archaeologies of Climate Change: Perceptions and Prospects

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Cited by 6 publications

References 100 publications

Climate change impacts on immovable cultural heritage in polar regions: A systematic bibliometric review

Climate change impacts on immovable cultural heritage in polar regions: A systematic bibliometric review

Nuna Nalluyuituq (The Land Remembers): Remembering landscapes and refining methodologies through community‐based remote sensing in the Yukon‐Kuskokwim Delta, Southwest Alaska

UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Managing Alaskan Native Heritage Landscapes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

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