Listen "70% of All Archaeology is Done in the Burning Library: Archaeology and Climate Change Part IV"
Episode Synopsis
This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Matt Betts, the Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History and the former head of the Canadian Archaeology Association’s Climate Change Committee to talk about some of the climate threats to the terrestrial and underwater archaeological record. Matt discusses the analytical challenges and inequalities introduced by climate change’s effects on the archaeological record, and calls for a renewed commitment to culture history. Show NotesPlace-Making in the Pretty Harbour: https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776627779/place-making-in-the-pretty-harbour/HMS Terror: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/HMS-Terror-Hardback/p/18506https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/burning-libraries-the-race-to-save-canadas-coastal-archaeological-sites-before-theyre-washed-away/Hit piece:“Did Clovis Hunters Kill All the Mammoths?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBG6PLQhQ0E“Butchering a Bison With Clovis Tools and Points” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsrkFjPiKMCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)
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