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The Archaeology of Plastic Pollution

July 8, 2022
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Kimberly J. Wooten, Archaeologist, Cultural Studies Office, California Department of Transportation July 1st marks the beginning of Plastic Free July, a month focused on encouraging the public to actively participate…

Virginia’s Inland Waters Heritage Risk Assessment and Survey

February 15, 2022
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by Elizabeth A. Moore (Virginia Department of Historic Resources) Location: Multiple Rivers in Virginia Problem: Virginia has 64 rivers, river branches, major creeks, and runs totaling 2,452 linear miles and…

Heritage in the Eye of the Storm—Hurricanes, Coastal Erosion, Sea Level Rise and the State of Coastal & Maritime Archaeology in the North Carolina Coastal Plain

October 25, 2021
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Allyson Ropp Historic Preservation Archaeological Specialist, NC Office of State Archaeology Take a second to imagine the colony of North Carolina in 1738 and being in a small town on…

Watching California Burn

October 5, 2021
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Kimberly J. Wooten, Archaeologist, Cultural Studies Office, California Department of Transportation There’s enough wind outside that it’s rattling the dried leaves on the century old grapevine that wraps up to…

The South Carolina Archaeological Archive Flood Recovery Project

September 3, 2021
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by Meg Gaillard Archaeologist South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Heritage Trust Program Nearly six years ago, a catastrophic flood event affected the Carolinas from October 1 – 5, 2015.…

THE FUTURE OF OUR PAST: Marine wind effects on Makli

June 21, 2021
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written by Zahida Quadri Editor Sindh Antiquities, Directorate of Antiquities and Archaeology- Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Department Government of Sindh, Pakistan For many of you the World heritage site…

Shell Middens: Heritage at Risk on the Maine Coast

May 5, 2021
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Alice Kelley, University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences akelley@maine.edu middenminders@maine.edu Over 2,000 shell middens (or shell heaps or mounds) on dot the 3500 mile long mainland and…

“But underwater archaeology is already underwater…”

March 25, 2021
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“But underwater archaeology is already underwater…” Considering Climate Change Impacts on Underwater Archaeological Heritage By: Nicole Grinnan, M.A., RPA, Florida Public Archaeology Network Very frequently, I talk to public audiences…

Implications of Global Change to Local Archaeology

May 8, 2020
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By Lindsey Cochran, Ph.D. University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology Emotionally disheartening article ahead. Beware. Scientists continue to improve models that predict both the mechanism and result of climate changes,…

The Balance Sheet Will Define our Legacy

January 7, 2020
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William B. Lees, PhD, RPA Executive Director, Florida Public Archaeology Network (fpan.us) King tides in Miami and St. Augustine, Category 5 Hurricane Michael on the Gulf Coast, and almost daily…