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Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review.
- Source :
- Sustainability (2071-1050); Dec2022, Vol. 14 Issue 24, p16591, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Archaeology is often argued to provide a unique long-term perspective on humans that can be utilised for effective policy-making, for example, in discussions of resilience and sustainability. However, the specific archaeological evidence for resilient/sustainable systems is rarely explored, with these terms often used simply to describe a community that survived a particular shock. In this study, a set of 74 case studies of papers discussing archaeological evidence for resilience/sustainability are identified and analysed using bibliometric methods. Variables from the papers are also quantified to assess patterns and provide a review of current knowledge. A great variety of scales of analysis, case study locations, stressors, resilient/sustainable characteristics, and archaeological evidence types are present. Climate change was the most cited stressor (n = 40) and strategies relating to natural resources were common across case studies, especially subsistence adaptations (n = 35), other solutions to subsistence deficiencies (n = 23), and water management (n = 23). Resilient/sustainable characteristics were often in direct contrast to one-another, suggesting the combination of factors is more important than each factor taken individually. Further quantification of well-defined variables within a formally-produced framework is required to extract greater value from archaeological case studies of resilience/sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 24
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sustainability (2071-1050)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161004875
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416591