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Ice Patch Archaeology in Global Perspective: Archaeological Discoveries from Alpine Ice Patches Worldwide and Their Relationship with Paleoclimates

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In recent years, in association with global climate change, researchers have found significant quantities of preserved archaeological material melting from kinetically-stable alpine and subalpine ‘ice patches’ all around the world. This paper synthesizes the findings and the methodologies of ice patch archaeology worldwide thus far in an effort to provide researchers with a broadened perspective on artifact collection and interpretation. In addition, I test the hypothesis that increased quantities of alpine ice in prehistory should correlate with decreased human use of these areas, and vice versa. I analyze the relationship between the frequencies of regional artifact dates over time, the nature of these artifacts, and glacial advances and retreats. Ultimately, I conclude that fundamental differences among these assemblages and their correlation (or lack thereof) with prehistoric alpine ice extents stem from the intention and the activity of the people who deposited the artifacts.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks must first go to Bob Kelly, for being a mentor in the truest sense of the word. Thanks also to Craig Lee for being such a gracious wealth of information on all things frozen. To the ice patch researchers all over the world who answered my (sometimes obvious) questions, sent me papers, and helped me with translations—this could not possibly have come together without you. To Todd Surovell and Bryan Shuman, I offer thanks for putting up with my ignorance about complex statistics and glacial ice, respectively. Thanks also to the two anonymous reviewers of this paper, whose comments proved extremely helpful.

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Reckin, R. Ice Patch Archaeology in Global Perspective: Archaeological Discoveries from Alpine Ice Patches Worldwide and Their Relationship with Paleoclimates. J World Prehist 26, 323–385 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-013-9068-3

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