Professor to highlight loss of archaeological 'libraries'
March 28, 2017
Archaeologist Thomas McGovern will give a free talk, "Burning Libraries: Climate Threats
to Heritage and the Archaeological Record," at noon Thursday, April 6, in 402 Bunnell.The seminar will explore how worldwide sea-level rise, spreading wildfires and rising soil temperatures are rapidly destroying archaeological sites on a huge scale, especially in the Arctic. McGovern will also talk about the need to organize a large-scale response to preserve these sites.
The seminar is part of the College of Liberal Arts Department of Anthropology's colloquium series. The College of Natural Science and Mathematics' ÐÓ°Épro Quaternary Center brought McGovern to Fairbanks.
While here, McGovern also will discuss why the . The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. April 5 in the West Valley High School Performing Arts Center.
McGovern is a professor with the anthropology department at Hunter College, the City University of New York. He has excavated archaeological sites in Greenland for 40 years.
CONTACTS: Kathy Toohey, UAF anthropology department, kltoohey2@alaska.edu, 907-474-7009; Nancy Bigelow, ÐÓ°Épro Quaternary Center, nhbigelow@alaska.edu