Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost
17th-century whaler graves on Spitsbergen threatened by melting permafrost. Deterioration of the permafrost due to climate change could endanger the conservation status of 17th-century whaler clothing in an old burial ground on Ytre Norskøya, off the coast of the island of Spitsbergen (Norway). In 1...
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crunivgroningpr:10.21827/pa.30.119-126 2024-06-09T07:48:56+00:00 Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost Loonen, Maarten Bosscher, Femke Vastenhoud, Han Zanting, Lotte van Bodegom, Rosanne Steenhuisen, Frits Dresscher, Sarah Rooke, Wouter de Vries, Koos 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.21827/pa.30.119-126 https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/download/36003/33469 unknown University of Groningen Press Paleo-aktueel issue 30, page 119-126 ISSN 1572-6622 journal-article 2019 crunivgroningpr https://doi.org/10.21827/pa.30.119-126 2024-05-15T13:31:59Z 17th-century whaler graves on Spitsbergen threatened by melting permafrost. Deterioration of the permafrost due to climate change could endanger the conservation status of 17th-century whaler clothing in an old burial ground on Ytre Norskøya, off the coast of the island of Spitsbergen (Norway). In 1980, during the Smeerenberg project, a unique collection of woollen and silk clothing was excavated, but more recent excavations of eroding graves on Spitsbergen did not find much clothing. Permafrost thaw may have accelerated the break-down of fabrics. An expedition was undertaken to investigate the permafrost and the surface conditions of the graves in the entire burial ground. The soil conditions were scanned using three geophysical techniques, the burial ground was mapped with a drone, and the graves were measured and described by archaeologists. In this paper, we describe our methods and show the first results. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Spitsbergen University of Groningen Press Norway Ytre Norskøya ENVELOPE(11.633,11.633,79.867,79.867) Paleo-aktueel 30 119 126 |
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17th-century whaler graves on Spitsbergen threatened by melting permafrost. Deterioration of the permafrost due to climate change could endanger the conservation status of 17th-century whaler clothing in an old burial ground on Ytre Norskøya, off the coast of the island of Spitsbergen (Norway). In 1980, during the Smeerenberg project, a unique collection of woollen and silk clothing was excavated, but more recent excavations of eroding graves on Spitsbergen did not find much clothing. Permafrost thaw may have accelerated the break-down of fabrics. An expedition was undertaken to investigate the permafrost and the surface conditions of the graves in the entire burial ground. The soil conditions were scanned using three geophysical techniques, the burial ground was mapped with a drone, and the graves were measured and described by archaeologists. In this paper, we describe our methods and show the first results. |
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Loonen, Maarten Bosscher, Femke Vastenhoud, Han Zanting, Lotte van Bodegom, Rosanne Steenhuisen, Frits Dresscher, Sarah Rooke, Wouter de Vries, Koos Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost |
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