Wetland archaeology and the impact of climate change
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Wetland archaeological sites offer excellent but vulnerable preservation conditions. This article presents examples of threats to such sites that may be enhanced, or diminished, by climate change, discusses methods for predicting and quantifying impacts, and examines what heritage managers can do to mitigate their effects. The consequences of climate change for wetland archaeological sites are likely to be severe and widespread but hard to predict and with significant local variation. At the same time, wetlands are increasingly acknowledged for their ability to sequester carbon and to mitigate climate change, prompting an increased focus on their protection that may also benefit wetland archaeology.
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Drainage ditches are usually understood archaeologically as threatening wetland archaeology through desiccation and other changes to burial environments.
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- Authors
- Matthiesen, H., Brunning, R., Carmichael, B., & Hollesen, J.
- Affiliations
- National Museum of Denmark (DK)
- South West Heritage Trust (GB)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Matthiesen, Henning
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Antiquity Publications
- Published
- 2022-11-02
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 390
- Pages
- 1412-1426
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W4308132334
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 28.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Ministry of Culture Research Portal (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Conservation › Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Archaeology and Natural History
- Keywords
- wetland archaeology, climate change impacts, archaeological site conservation, heritage management, carbon sequestration, wetlands, climate change mitigation, vulnerability assessment
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