From ancient sites in Eastern Europe and North America to the Philippines, Australia’s oldest Indigenous rock art and “drowning islands” in the Pacific, climate change is impacting important archaeological sites around the world.
From ancient sites in Eastern Europe and North America to the Philippines, Australia’s oldest Indigenous rock art and “drowning islands” in the Pacific, climate change is impacting important archaeological sites around the world.
The ramifications of these rapidly emerging challenges will be discussed at a Flinders University symposium this week.
The ‘Archaeology, History, Indigenous and Heritage responses to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and agendas for climate research and adaptation’ on Tuesday 16th November 2021 will cover important questions about questions of sustainability and adaptability of significant historical and ancient locations around the world.
Event organiser, Flinders Lecturer in Archaeology Dr Ania Kotarba, says the IPCC 6th Assessment Report on the physical basis of climate change “forcefully forecasts how climate extremes and natural disasters will increasingly be part of our daily and seasonal lives”.
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