| 项目编号: | 1437573
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| 项目名称: | RAPID: Mitigation of Threatened Cultural Resources at the Shaktoolik Airport Site |
| 作者: | Christyann Darwent
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| 承担单位: | University of California-Davis
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| 批准年: | 2013
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| 开始日期: | 2014-06-15
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| 结束日期: | 2015-05-31
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| 资助金额: | USD24734
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Polar
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| 英文关键词: | site
; shaktoolik airport heritage site
; particular site
; site testing
; airport site
; rapid grant fund
; shaktoolik site
; regional cultural heritage
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| 英文摘要: | This RAPID grant funds mapping and small-scale testing of imminently threatened archaeological resources at the Shaktoolik Airport heritage site (NOB-072) in northwestern Alaska. The research team visited this site in 2013 and noted a large concentration of more than 25 late Thule (ca.
The intellectual merit of this RAPID is high. Given the number and density of dwellings, this site is unique to the Thule period in Alaskan prehistory. The potential for a ceremonial house increases the uniqueness of the site, as such features are rare in northern Alaska. In addition, this particular site spans the prehistoric to historical period, which was a time of considerable cultural, economic, and social transformation including massive epidemics commensurate with the end of the Little Ice Age and collapse of the northern caribou population in the mid-1800s (i.e., Yup'ik territories were contracting and Inupiaq territories expanding). Shaktoolik site was the nexus of early trading among Inupiat, Yupiit, Athbaskans, Russians and Americans and has the potential to shed light on the role this early historic period and its shifting economic and social alliances played in the Inupiat expansion.
Because the Airport site is located on the outskirts of the Native village of Shaktoolik it offers an excellent opportunity for local community involvement in the research, and thus the broader impacts for this project is also high. PI Darwent has developed a robust plan for the inclusion of community members in the research, including training and directly employing local youth in the site testing. In addition, the exploration and mitigation through mapping and testing of the site will assist the scientists and community members in gaining a deeper understanding of local and regional cultural heritage, and has the potential to safe guard important information for future generations, community members and scientists alike. In addition, the research offers training to UCD graduate students and potential for future dissertation projects. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/96624
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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| Recommended Citation: | |
Christyann Darwent. RAPID: Mitigation of Threatened Cultural Resources at the Shaktoolik Airport Site. 2013-01-01.
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