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

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 archaeolog...

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Published inHistorical archaeology Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 473 - 488
Main Authors Cochran, Lindsey E., Miller, Sarah E., Wholey, Heather, Gougeon, Ramie A, Gaillard, Meg, Murray, Emily Jane, Parker, Katherine, Filoromo, Steven, Ropp, Allyson, Nash, Carole, Smith, Karen Y., Ayers-Rigsby, Sara, Lees, William, Anderson, David G., Lee, Lori, Litynski, McKenna, Grinnan, Nicole
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Archaeology
Climate change
Communication
Cultural heritage
Historical archaeology
Meaning
Original Article
Social Sciences
Triage
climate crisis
heritage
environmental science
emergency management
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0440-9213
2328-1103
DOI:10.1007/s41636-023-00416-0