25th July 2007, 01:06 PM
Dr. Pete said 'So has the weather event never actually occurred before or in fact is it say a natural 200 or 1000 year event?
How as a discipline can we help?'
There are numerous examples of where environmental archaeological investigations has shown flodding episodes or even dryer periods within well preserved deposits. It could be useful to study the likelyhood of any well preserved deposits on flood plains and investigate any past weather events. Coupled with dendrochronology and the other climatic records (tree rings, ice cores, lake cores etc) this might show the extent that an area may flood or may not and perhaps also inform the planning process.
'I wanna be a punk rocker but my mammy will ne let me'
Campbell
How as a discipline can we help?'
There are numerous examples of where environmental archaeological investigations has shown flodding episodes or even dryer periods within well preserved deposits. It could be useful to study the likelyhood of any well preserved deposits on flood plains and investigate any past weather events. Coupled with dendrochronology and the other climatic records (tree rings, ice cores, lake cores etc) this might show the extent that an area may flood or may not and perhaps also inform the planning process.
'I wanna be a punk rocker but my mammy will ne let me'
Campbell