Event Details
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019
SAAA Lecture: Global Climate Change and Impacts to Local Communities
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Solarium, Flagler College
Description: Archaeologists Unite! Global Climate Change and Impacts to Local Communities
Presented by Sarah Miller, Director of Northeast/East Central Regions, Florida Public Archaeology Network.
Sarah will present a talk on global efforts to address heritage at risk and the ongoing work by archaeologists in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, France, Greenland, the Caribbean, as well as national efforts by archaeologists working in the United States.
Learn about the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) and other organizations dedicated to working with the public to identify and monitor sites at risk from sea level rise and increased threats from weather. Ms. Miller’s presentation will include findings from her recent field trip around Scotland led by Tom Dawson and Joanna Hambly of St. Andrews University, sponsored by the Scotland Universities Insight Institute. Dawson and Hambly will be in St. Augustine for a 'Keeping History Above Water” conference in May and will be giving a presentation at the SAAA meeting on May 7th.
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FPAN is co-hosting this event.
