Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Development for Archaeological, Ecological, and Geomorphological Reconnaissance on the Peninsula

OPP-9630072 MASCHNER最近在下阿拉斯加半岛和尤尼马克岛的研究表明，这一地区对于我们理解阿留申社会的发展以及人类对该地区气候变化和景观演变的适应至关重要。解决这些问题的广泛区域方法有赖于大规模系统的考古调查。由于在这一偏远地区进行调查的费用，将使用和测试卫星图像、航空摄影、地理信息系统和统计建模，并结合实地控制。如果成功，这种方法将极大地促进考古遗址的发现，并增进我们对北太平洋地区区域生态和人类适应的了解。

ABSTRACT OPP-9630072 MASCHNER Recent research in the lower Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island has demonstrated that this area is critical to our understanding of the development of Aleut society and human adaptation to climate change and landscape evolution in the region. A broad regional approach to these problems depends on large-scale systematic archaeological survey. Because of the expense of doing survey in this remote region, satellite images, aerial photography, a Geographic Information System and statistical modeling, combined with field controls, will be employed and tested. If successful, this method will greatly facilitate the discovery of archaeological sites and enhance our understanding of regional ecology and human adaptation in the North Pacific region.