For decades, not digging an archaeological site was considered a best practice for preserving it. Climate change, however, is changing this calculus -

Sharing forward a useful new publication on the range of climate impacts on archaeology and what they mean for heritage management- #climateheritage

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/climate-change-and-the-loss-of-archaeological-sites-and-landscapes-a-global-perspective/3D44BAC0D4676FEEFDDA14905BEA779E

Climate change and the loss of archaeological sites and landscapes: a global perspective | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Climate change and the loss of archaeological sites and landscapes: a global perspective - Volume 96 Issue 390

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@marcyrockman This is interesting, but the reduction of descendant communities to "local stakeholders" is...troubling, particularly if we're talking about non-European contexts (which, in fairness, may be outside the author's sphere of professional practice).