Climate-conscious archaeology: contextualizing drought and history in the Chesapeake
John Henshaw,
Martin Gallivan,
Kaleigh Pollak
Abstract:This paper adopts a climate-conscious approach to archaeology, integrating environmental scientists’ definitions of extended droughts and megadroughts into the analysis of historical processes in the Chesapeake region of North America. We explore the relationship between drought conditions and historical processes through three case studies: Ancestral Monacans’ migration, the settlement dynamics in the Middle Potomac, and the emergence of the Powhatan chiefdom. Employing the Palmer Modified Drought Index as a … Show more
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