Diminishing Horizons Paul Flintoft, Kristina Krawiec and John Schofield
Event details
The 21st century has witnessed an increase in the pace of global warming linked to greenhouse gas concentrations, which has led to rising temperatures, higher sea levels and more extreme weather events (droughts and floods). These conditions have detrimentally affected buried waterlogged archaeological deposits, artefacts and palaeoenvironmental proxies (remnants of past environments).
To understand and respond to this threat to buried urban archaeological deposits, new dynamic heritage management systems to hold such data are needed. Archaeologists Paul Flintoft, Kristina Krawiec and John Schofield will highlight the work of the City of York Deposit Model Project and the MICROPLASS project, which aim to address these issues with an integrated, updatable deposit model and Historic Environment Record (HER) system. These models are designed to help the City of York manage its fragile archaeological resource and raise public awareness.
This event is presented by York Archaeology, a self-funded educational Charity and a leading professional archaeological organisation operating throughout the UK.
Image credit: York Archaeology
About the speakers
Paul Flintoft has worked as a professional archaeologist for over 20 years. He has worked as a project manager for commercial archaeology practices and a university enterprise, offering specialist advice and consultation to developers, community groups and local and national government regarding the historic environment and heritage. He has a strong interest in the conservation of paleoenvironmental remains, archaeological archiving, identifying new techniques for freeze-drying environmental remains, and exploring the potential for modern contaminations in archaeological sediments and environmental remains.
Kristina Krawiec is Head of Geoarchaeology at York Archaeology and has directed a wide range of research and commercial projects mainly focused on the use and exploitation of wetlands in prehistory.
Professor John Schofield, Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management, University of York, is a highly experienced archaeologist and heritage professional with a strong international reputation. Prior to his appointment to the University of York in 2010 and following a PhD in prehistoric archaeology, John spent 21 years with English Heritage in heritage protection and policy. Through its Characterisation Team, he led English Heritage’s research and policy development on recent military heritage and other aspects of the contemporary built environment. During his time at the University of York, John was Head of Department from 2012 to 2018 and Executive Editor for the leading Archaeology journal World Archaeology from 2014 to 2018.
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