Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Sustainability In-Person
Presented by Allen Dart
The deep time perspective that archaeology, geology, and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and societal development is often ignored when societies today make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. Studies of ancient peoples and natural events can help modern society deal with problems of environmental and social change, overpopulation, and sustainability. This presentation looks at the long-term effects of exposure to natural chemical hazards, ancient and modern agricultural techniques, and biological and geological records of past climate and natural disasters, to show the value of research in subject areas that are “beyond history.”
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 for federal and state governments, private companies, and nonprofit organizations. He is the executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology, history, and cultures. Dart has received the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award, the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology, and other honors for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
This event is part of our Environmental Justice and BIPOC Communities Series:
- June 17th: Art as Resistance with Jihan Gearon and Ed Kabotie
- June 18th: Movie and Discussion: Necessity - Oil, Water & Climate Resistance
- June 20th: Arizona Water Use from Prehistory to the Present
- July 16th: Movie and Discussion: Downwind
- July 22nd: Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Sustainability
- August 29th: Caretakers of the Land: A Story of Farming and Community in San Xavier
This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities (AH) and the Arizona State Library, Records & Archives.
This project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Este programa cuenta con el apoyo de la Biblioteca Estatal de Arizona, Archivos y Registros Públicos, una división de la Secretaria de Estado, con fondos federales del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas.
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- Date:
- Monday, July 22, 2024
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Arizona Time (change)
- Location:
- Downtown Library Community Room (Capacity 41)
- Library:
- Downtown Library
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors
- Categories:
- Lectures and Presentations STEM