Did Climate Change Affect the Hudson Valley, AD 800-1300?

Buffer(This is the first in series of posts about the environmental context of human ecosystems and archaeological sites, ca. AD 800-1700). Following the lead of geologists, paleontologists, and climatologists, in recent years archaeologists have been paying more attention to the Medieval Warm Period.  Ancient histories and proxy climate records such as tree rings, ancient changes […]

Tags: Albany, Archaeology, Brian Fagan, Cahokia, cultural resource management, Geoarchaeology, Hudson Valley, Hudson-Mohawk, Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period, Mohawk Valley, Robert E. Funk, settlement patterns