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Climate Change and the Consequences of Underrepresentation in the Archaeological Record

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Recent studies have demonstrated that a significant number of cultural-heritage resources will soon be affected by rising sea levels and climatic disasters. However, efforts to model the impacts of climate change provide limited, if any, considerations of structural inequality that affects resource detection and communities in the past. This article explores the relationship among legacies of historical marginalization, cultural-heritage resources, and archaeological practice in the context of climate-change discourse. The effects of this erasure are not limited to the past, but have significant and lasting implications for descendant communities in the present.

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Estudios recientes han demostrado que un número significativo de recursos del patrimonio cultural pronto se verán afectados por el aumento del nivel del mar y los desastres climáticos. Sin embargo, los esfuerzos para modelar los impactos del cambio climático brindan consideraciones limitadas, si las hay, de la desigualdad estructural que afecta la detección de recursos y comunidades en el pasado. Este artículo explora la relación entre los legados de la marginación histórica, los recursos del patrimonio cultural y la práctica arqueológica en el contexto del discurso sobre el cambio climático. Los efectos de esta supresión no se limitan al pasado, sino que tienen implicaciones significativas y duraderas para las comunidades de descendientes en el presente.

Résumé

Des études récentes ont démontré qu'un nombre significatif de ressources du patrimoine culturel seront prochainement affectées par la montée du niveau des mers et les désastres climatiques. Cependant, les efforts pour modéliser les impacts du changement climatique ne fournissent s'il en est que des considérations limitées portant sur une inégalité structurelle affectant la détection de ressources et les communautés par le passé. Cet article s'intéresse à la relation entre les transmissions de la marginalisation historique, les ressources de l'héritage culturel et la pratique archéologique dans le contexte du discours sur le changement climatique. Les effets de cet effacement ne se limitent pas au passé mais ont des implications significatives et durables pour les communautés descendantes du temps présent.

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Parker, K.G., Schaefer, J.L., Ogden, B.M. et al. Climate Change and the Consequences of Underrepresentation in the Archaeological Record. Hist Arch 57, 550–565 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-023-00422-2

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