Parkaeology and climate change: Assessing the vulnerability of archaeological resources at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska

• Main Authors: Rankin, Caitlin, Mog, Christy, Jones, Shawn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 2017
• Subjects: climate change archaeology; vulnerability assessments; climate change impacts; cultural resource managment; ice patch archaeology; Glacial Lake; Pillar; glacier; Ice Patch Archaeology; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.23662; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/276364

The United States National Park Service (NPS) recognizes that cultural resources are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts because such resources are fixed on the landscape, cannot be replaced, and, if lost, lost permanently. To reduce the threat of climate change on cultural resources,...