HERC scholars and friends participate in fieldwork across the North Atlantic and Caribbean regions
New CUNY Field Station in the Caribbean – Barbuda Archaeological Research Center (BARC)
The BARC Field Station under construction
Since 2005, CUNY students and researchers have been engaged in science, education, and community outreach on the island of Barbuda in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. NSF -funded projects led by Dr. Sophia Perdikaris (Brooklyn College and Graduate Center CUNY) with Paleo-environmental coordination by Dr. Allison Bain (Université Laval), and hosted by Dr. Reg Murphy of the Antigua/Barbuda Parks Department, with cooperation from the Barbuda School System, and the Barbuda Council have proved exceptionally productive in archaeology, paleoecology, marine biology, ethnography, climate history, and international trans-disciplinary investigation of long term island ecodynamics.
In January 2011 collaboration between CUNY and Barbuda produced a three structure, five acre CUNY BARC Field Research Station in the historic center of Codrington Village which will greatly enhance our abilities to deliver science and education and will represent a major resource for the new CUNY Human Ecodynamics Research Center.
Study Sheds Light on Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
The glacier Gígjökull flows out of the summit crater—floods and ash fall have transformed the area, infilling the lake in front of the glacier and carving new gorges. Photo: Andy Dugmore
Our own Andy Dugmore was recently featured in The Polar Field Services Newsletter. Dugmore used the recent eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland as an opportunity to research the impact of volcanic eruptions on the landscape, environment, and local economy. This information is also useful to our understanding of prehistoric eruptions and their potential impacts. Dugmore is the principal investigator for RAPID: Environmental and Social Impacts of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull Eruption, a pilot project supported by the National Science Foundation.
New Journal
Caribbean Connections is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, academic online publication. The journal is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the history of the Caribbean and its peoples and therefore invites submissions from a variety of disciplines. These include, but are not limited to, anthropology, archaeology, biology, conservation, environmental studies, and geology. Specifically, the journal’s focus includes archaeological inquiry, ethnographic studies, historical analyses, human/climate interactions, human ecodynamics, and discussions of cultural heritage. More details on this journal are available here.
