Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

Update: 2016-01-17

Description

In the third episode of the Climate History Podcast, Dr. Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Dr. Thomas McGovern (CUNY) and Dr. George Hambrecht (University of Maryland) about archaeology in the Arctic and Subarctic. Topics include: the perils of doing fieldwork in the Far North; the struggles of the Norse in Greenland and Iceland at the onset of the Little Ice Age; the threat of climate change to the archaeological record of northern peoples; and the possibilities (and challenges) of interdisciplinary approaches to Arctic research.

Comments

Top Podcasts

The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20 The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20 The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024

In Channel

A Millennium of Climate Change in Europe: From Medieval Warming to Today's Climate Crisis

2021-12-1139:12

Climate Histories and Futures in the Indian Ocean World

2021-07-1742:56

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Record of Past Climate Change

2021-05-1601:00:20

Little Ice Age Lessons: How to Better Understand the Societal Impacts of Climate Change

2021-03-2401:08:33

Making Climate Policy: What's Working, and Where We Should Go Now

2020-12-1738:04

Pandemics, Empires, and the Lessons of History

2020-11-2947:19

Pandemics and Climate Change: What History Tells Us About Today's Greatest Challenges

2020-08-2501:11:25

Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems

2020-06-2248:07

Climate Change in the Ancient World: Volcanoes, Rebellions, and Lessons from the Distant Past

2020-04-3047:21

COVID and Climate Change: Reflections on the Pandemic, the Past, and the Future

2020-03-3132:04

Tree Stories: What the Rings in Trees Reveal About Climate Change

2020-03-0445:47

Beyond Academia: Climate Change Storytelling and Activism in a Warming World

2019-12-1842:02

The Environmental History and Future of the Bering Strait

2019-10-2234:52

The Past, Present, and Future Significance of Climate Changes Over the Past 2,000 Years

2019-09-2657:14

The Frigid Golden Age: How the Dutch Republic Thrived as Earth's Climate Changed

2018-06-1555:08

Capitalism, Communism, and Indigenous Communities in a Changing Arctic

2017-04-0534:42

Geoengineering, the History of Climate Science, and Airplane Crashes

2017-03-0846:55

The Little Ice Age and the Colonization of America; Climate Scholarship in the Age of Trump

2017-01-3135:27

Has Humanity Pushed Earth into a New Geological Epoch: The "Anthropocene?"

2016-10-0142:08

Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

2016-01-1748:22

00:00

Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

#box-pro-ellipsis-17323469049775{-webkit-line-clamp:2;}Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

Dagomar Degroot

Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North