Through the analysis of the past, archaeology can con-tribute to the increase of local knowledge for disaster reduction, and to the understanding of vulnerabilities in the present. In this article, we evaluate human response to catastrophic flooding in Tibes (Ponce) and...

I remember the 1998 TAG conference on which this 2015 TAG session was based, and the ensuing debates. The discussion about whether environmental archaeologists were overly concerned with nature over culture, and of churning out data but not engaging with theoretical app...

Archaeobotany, here taken as the study of archaeological plant macrofossil remains, is a mature and widely practised area of study within archaeology. However, plants are rarely seen as active participants in past societies. Recent critical evaluations of the field of a...

The increased human impact on the environment and climate after the retreat of the Last Glacial has strengthened its importance in the region of Västernorrland where Mesolithic sites are evident. This study focuses on a multiproxy analysis, where archaeological and natu...

Archaeologists are under pressure to demonstrate that their work has impact beyond the discipline. This has prompted some archaeologists — and in particular environmental archaeologists and palaeoecologists — to argue that an understanding of past environmental changes ...

This thesis focuses on dwelling sites with hearths dating from the period 600-1900 AD, located in the coniferous forest areas of Northern Sweden. The term dwelling sites with hearths refers to sites where stone-lined hearths occur. These hearths are of a type that becam...

Se presenta una reflexión acerca de la participación de los arqueólogos en el Sistema de Evaluación de ImpactoAmbiental (SEIA), a partir de la promulgación de la Ley 19.300 sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente. Se discuten las dificultades y potencialidades de este ...