2024/2025
Climate, Crops, and Crisis?
Climate, Crops, and Crisis?
Examining Agricultural Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in Prehistory
Natural Sciences
Principal investigators
Rosie (Rosemary Rhiannon) Bishop
Associate Professor
University of Stavanger (UiS)
Year at CAS
HCG 2026/2027
Research Area
Archaeology
Abstract
How resilient were prehistoric farmers to climate deterioration? The project at CAS will provide an innovative, interdisciplinary dialogue to determine the best methods for identifying agricultural adaptation, resilience and vulnerability to climate change in the archaeological record. We will focus specifically on two case-study areas - Northern Scotland and Southern Norway - with similar climatic but contrasting cultural and agricultural histories, during the 4th to 1st millennium BC. A considerable quantity of data is available from different disciplines for the study area, and by integrating this data, we can now provide a sophisticated understanding of human-climate interactions in the past. The results will provide time-depth for understanding human adaptations to climate, with resonance beyond archaeology.
Fellows
Anne Elisabeth Bjune
Professor
University of Bergen (UiB)
University of Bergen
Year at CAS
Research Area
Biology
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Climate research
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Natural Sciences
Ingrid Mainland
Professor
University of the Highlands and Islands
Year at CAS
Research Area
Archaeology
Astrid Johanne Nyland
Professor
University of Stavanger (UiS)
Year at CAS
Research Area
Archaeology
Steinar Solheim
Associate Professor
University of Oslo (UiO)
Year at CAS
Research Area
Archaeology