Western Aleutians Archaeological Paleobiological Project

这项研究的目的是提供关于阿留申群岛西部最初占领时间的信息，帮助确定生活在Buldir和Attu上的群体的同时代，并通过记录文物中准确的年代风格变化提供更清晰的文化年表。这项研究还包括从曾经居住在阿留申群岛西部的阿图阿人那里收集人种学和历史信息。考古数据与最后幸存的阿图安人口述历史的信息相结合，将揭示居住在阿留申群岛西部的最后一些猎人/采集者的生活方式。

The purpose of this research is to provide information of the timing of initial occupations of the western Aleutian Islands, help identify the contemporaneity of groups living on Buldir and Attu, and provide a clearer cultural chronology by documenting well dated stylistic change in artifacts. The research also includes gathering ethnographic and historical information from the remaining Attuans who once inhabited the western Aleutians. Archaeological data combined with information from oral histories of the last surviving Attuans will shed light on the lifeways of some of the last hunters/gathers to inhabit the western Aleutians.