Download - FYS 158: Sustainability - Caravallo / Bogdan
Sustainability Peter Cavallaro & Mikaela BogdanFYS Archaeology of SustainabilityMendoza
Introduction
• Past civilizations thought they were being sustainable• Many of those past civilizations failed• Now we’re facing the same
predicament• We need to find ways to be more
sustainable
Easter Island• Deforestation• Shifting cultivation methods of agriculture• Overpopulation• Overexploitation of resources
Ancient Mayan Civilization
• Took labor from agriculture to erect buildings to their gods.• Used technology for only one purpose• Didn’t question assumptions or
premises
Montana• Acute environmental impact from mine waste,
weed control, lack of forest management• Climate change (hotter, drier) agriculture relies on
runoff irrigation from ice caps• Devotion to logging, mines, agriculture, and
little/no gov’t regulation
What Doesn’t Work• Alternative energy
sources• Relying on only a
few, nonrenewable, polluting resources
• Going along with assumptions and premises
What Works
• Water Conservation• Agriculture• Domestic• Commercial
• Selective harvesting/patchwork clear cutting
• Recycling • Alternative energy
sources
What has Archaeology Taught Us About Being Sustainable?• “Confines of a normal
problem solving do not always lead to the best answers and might even blind us to the consequences of our actions.” (Archaeology matters)
• We need to be regularly questioning assumptions and premises and not just accept them as fact. (Archaeology Matters)
• We can’t use certain resources and technology for only one purpose (Archaeology Matters)
How Can We Become More Sustainable?
• Thinking Long-term
• Using conservation methods that work
• Utilizing archaeological research to discover methods of sustainability
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