CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO Y ARQUEOLOGÍA: LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE UN PARADIGMA

Abstract

The impact of climate change on human societies has been a topic that matters in sciences due to its political, economic, cultural and environmental significance. Climate change, on the one hand, represents a political, educational, cultural and economic challenge, understanding it as one of many challenges facing humanity; on the other, it also is a reciprocal process in which, both, the earth and humans actively participate on. The relationship established between culture and environment has been the basis for theoretical approaches and also has conformed a well-defined field of study in no few disciplines. In archaeology, apparently climate change is a new trend; however, in this paper, I demonstrate that it has been a research topic at the centre of archaeological agenda, at least, since the late nineteenth century. I conclude that archaeology of climate change is a potential hub of convergence between different disciplines, in order to build theoretical bridges between themes and approaches that could take archaeology on the core of contemporary debates about this important topic.