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Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

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  • Matthew J. Jacobson

    (German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Podbielskialle 69-71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
    Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK)

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Archaeology is often argued to provide a unique long-term perspective on humans that can be utilised for effective policy-making, for example, in discussions of resilience and sustainability. However, the specific archaeological evidence for resilient/sustainable systems is rarely explored, with these terms often used simply to describe a community that survived a particular shock. In this study, a set of 74 case studies of papers discussing archaeological evidence for resilience/sustainability are identified and analysed using bibliometric methods. Variables from the papers are also quantified to assess patterns and provide a review of current knowledge. A great variety of scales of analysis, case study locations, stressors, resilient/sustainable characteristics, and archaeological evidence types are present. Climate change was the most cited stressor ( n = 40) and strategies relating to natural resources were common across case studies, especially subsistence adaptations ( n = 35), other solutions to subsistence deficiencies ( n = 23), and water management ( n = 23). Resilient/sustainable characteristics were often in direct contrast to one-another, suggesting the combination of factors is more important than each factor taken individually. Further quantification of well-defined variables within a formally-produced framework is required to extract greater value from archaeological case studies of resilience/sustainability.

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  • Matthew J. Jacobson, 2022. "Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-24, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16591-:d:1000095
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