Abstract
This paper proposes a new framework for calculating vulnerability indices within archaeological resource management on a landscape-scale. Current approaches consider archaeological sites in isolation from their context within the historic landscape. The new framework advocated in this article assesses the vulnerability of landscape character areas, as defined through historic landscape characterization. This framework uses a two-step vulnerability index: the first assesses the vulnerability of archaeological sites and landscape features; the second uses the results of the first vulnerability index, as well as spatial data on the landscape character areas and the threat in question to calculate the vulnerability of each landscape character area. The framework is applied to a brief case study in coastal North Wales, UK.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology |
| Early online date | 10 Jun 2019 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jun 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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- archaeology
- climate change
- historic landscape characterization
- landscape
- vulnerability