Impacts of climate change on archaeological heritage, with a case study from Malta (original) (raw)

In book: in N.C. Vella, A.J. Frendo & H.C.R. Vella (eds), The Lure of the Antique. Essays on Malta and Mediterranean Archaeology in Honour of Anthony Bonanno, ISBN 978-90-429-3617-1.Publisher: Peeters Publishers, 2018

Abstract

PREAMBLE In 1991, Prof. Anthony Bonanno and the current author wrote a paper entitled, “The deterioration of cultural property by airborne pollutants: A case study of a Mediterranean Island”.1 This paper was presented at the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello, Italy, as part of the Round Table on Airborne Particles: Their Negative Effects on the Cultural Heritage and its Environment. In the twenty-first century, earlier concerns on air pollution effects on cultural heritage have widened to encompass the effects of global climate change on cultural heritage. “Climate Change and Cultural Heritage” was the theme of a number of doctoral courses held in the Ravello Centre between 2009 and 2013. Within this series of courses, in 2013 the present author was invited to give a lecture on adaptation strategies for archaeological sites in connection with climate change. The current paper, which celebrates Prof. Bonanno’s lifetime academic achievements, is based on the contextual information gathered in preparation for that lecture, and includes the expected effects on a local case study, the Megalithic Temples of Malta. The paper on adaptation has been published by the Ravello European University Centre in a book entitled, Cultural Heritage from Pollution to Climate Change to Global Change.

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