Making Better Use of Monitoring Data

Abstract

This paper presents archaeological observations and results of palaeoecological and geo-chemical analyses of archaeological deposits from two rural sites in

Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic

“…Recent studies of organic archaeological deposits in northern Norway indicate that a predicted air temperature increase of 3°C during the twenty-first century could accelerate the overall decay rate by ~50 per cent (Hollesen e t al . 2016b; Martens et al . 2016).…”

“…This will be highly dependent, however, on the timing of precipitation, the frequency of dry periods and on evaporation rates (Hollesen et al . 2016b).…”

Editorial

“…Malim & Panter, 2012), and monitoring has rightly become one of the key issues (e.g. Bøe Sollund & Holm-Olsen, 2013;Corfield, 2012;Hollesen et al 2016;Sidell, 2012;Williams, 2012). In this context, I am particularly pleased that we have helped to publish papers from the last two Preservation of Archaeological Remains In-Situ (PARIS) conferences (Gregory & Matthiesen 2012, 14:1-4;and Leuzinger, Sidell & Williams, 2016: 18:1-3).…”