Western Arctic Whale Hunting Societies: Whale Biometrics and Environments

这个拟议的研究项目将在阿拉斯加北部巴罗岛和圣劳伦斯岛之间的爱斯基摩人村庄遗址上调查接触前和接触后的须鲸骨。骨元素将被确定为物种和大小，以重建主要物种的相对丰度，它们的年龄和死亡时的大小，以及它们被人类使用的方式。动物考古组合的死亡概况分析对于理解人类捕食者和被捕食物种之间的关系具有重要意义。此外，由于弓头鲸和灰鲸的分布依赖于冰和季节，鲸鱼的丰度或稀缺将与长期的气候重建有关。将与先前分析过的来自加拿大北部的骨骼组合进行比较。

ABSTRACT OPP-9634834 McCartney/Dixon/Savelle This proposed research project will investigate baleen whale bones on precontact and contact Eskimo village sites between Barrow and Saint Lawrence Island in northern Alaska. Bone elements will be identified to species and size for purposes of reconstructing the relative abundance of major species, their ages and sizes at death, and the ways they were used by humans. The analysis of mortality profiles in zooarchaeological assemblages is important for understanding the relationships between human predators and prey species. Further, because the distribution of bowheads and gray whales is ice and season dependent, whale abundance or scarcity will be related to long-term climatic reconstructions. Comparisons will be made with previously analyzed bone assemblages from northern Canada.