The resilience concept in Archaeology; a critical consideration

Rashidian, Elnaz

doi:10.20935/al362

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“…The benefit of coding variables has been demonstrated by statistical analyses of the SESHAT database to gain new insights, for example assessment of climate change impacts on past societies by Peter Peregrine [132,133]. However, establishing methods for measuring different aspects of resilience/sustainability is a significant challenge [19,116] and it is unclear what archaeological evidence can be used to reflect core processes of societies [17]. This would necessitate archaeological projects designed specifically around this outcome.…”

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“…Many of these papers are in Cluster 5 of Figure 2, are highly-cited (both internally and externally) and include key authors with multiple publications. Important to note that here the adaptive cycle and panarchy concepts are introduced, which have remained extensively used in archaeology [19]; this has remained the case despite critiques stating it is a non-scientific narrative device [116]. The first archaeological uses of resilience theory (in this dataset) were also published in the mid-2000s, with Redman as the primary author [14,15].…”

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Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Jacobson¹

2022

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Archaeology is often argued to provide a unique long-term perspective on humans that can be utilised for effective policy-making, for example in discussions of resilience and sustainability. However, the specific archaeological evidence for resilient/sustainable systems is rarely explored, with these terms used simply to describe a community that survived a particular shock. In this study, a set of 74 case studies of papers discussing archaeological evidence for resilience/sustainability are identified and analysed using bibliometric methods. Variables from the papers are also quantified to assess patterns and provide a review of current knowledge. A great variety of scales of analysis, case study locations, stressors, resilient/sustainable characteristics, and archaeological evidence types are present. Climate change was the most cited stressor (n=40) and strategies relating to natural resources were common across case studies, especially subsistence adaptations (n=35), other solutions to subsistence deficiencies (n=23), and water management (n=23). Resilient/sustainable characteristics were often in direct contrast to one-another, suggesting the combination of factors is more important than each factor taken individually. Further quantification of well-defined variables within a formally-produced framework is required to extract greater value from archaeological case studies of resilience/sustainability.

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Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Jacobson¹

2022

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“…The benefit of coding variables has been demonstrated by statistical analyses of the SESHAT database to gain new insights, for example assessment of climate change impacts on past societies by Peter Peregrine [137,138]. However, establishing methods for measuring different aspects of resilience/sustainability is a significant challenge [19,122] and it is unclear what archaeological evidence can be used to reflect core processes of societies [17]. This would necessitate archaeological projects designed specifically around this outcome.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many of these papers are in Cluster 5 of Figure 2, are highly-cited (both internally and externally) and include key authors with multiple publications. Important to note that here, the adaptive cycle and panarchy concepts are introduced, which have remained extensively used in archaeology [19]; this has remained the case despite critiques stating it is a non-scientific narrative device [122]. The first archaeological uses of resilience theory (in this dataset) were also published in the mid-2000s, with Redman as the primary author [14,15].…”

Section: Citation Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Jacobson

2022

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Archaeology is often argued to provide a unique long-term perspective on humans that can be utilised for effective policy-making, for example, in discussions of resilience and sustainability. However, the specific archaeological evidence for resilient/sustainable systems is rarely explored, with these terms often used simply to describe a community that survived a particular shock. In this study, a set of 74 case studies of papers discussing archaeological evidence for resilience/sustainability are identified and analysed using bibliometric methods. Variables from the papers are also quantified to assess patterns and provide a review of current knowledge. A great variety of scales of analysis, case study locations, stressors, resilient/sustainable characteristics, and archaeological evidence types are present. Climate change was the most cited stressor (n = 40) and strategies relating to natural resources were common across case studies, especially subsistence adaptations (n = 35), other solutions to subsistence deficiencies (n = 23), and water management (n = 23). Resilient/sustainable characteristics were often in direct contrast to one-another, suggesting the combination of factors is more important than each factor taken individually. Further quantification of well-defined variables within a formally-produced framework is required to extract greater value from archaeological case studies of resilience/sustainability.

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“…In addition to new guidelines, a heightened state of awareness and preparedness appears necessary. Although I am somewhat critical of the term 'resilience' and how it is used within archaeology (see Brewer & Riede 2018;Resta et al 2019;Rashidian 2021), it does appear apparent that the cultural heritage sector needs to strengthen its resilience towards sudden and destructive events such as these.…”

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Landslides vs Archaeology

Larsson

2021

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Landslides are one of the few types of natural hazards that have affected Sweden regularly in the recent past. We can expect that this geological phenomenon will only increase in frequency in the near future given the ongoing processes of anthropogenic climate change, and this likelihood motivates some historical retrospection. This paper explores how landslides have impacted archaeological sites in Västra Götaland, the country’s most landslide-prone region, from the mid-twentieth century onwards, and how, in turn, archaeologists have had to respond to these disasters. The 1957 Göta, 1973 Fröland, 1977 Tuve and 2006 Småröd landslides are highlighted in particular, as is the landslide-impacted site Hjälpesten. Connections are made to other different but related archaeologies of hazard and disaster, providing insights into the impact that climate change has had and will have on the discipline. While the paper showcases a set of local case studies, it is further argued that its findings have relevance for other areas as well, calling for the attention of the cultural heritage sector.

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The resilience concept in Archaeology; a critical consideration

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Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Landslides vs Archaeology

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