Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Effect of Cultural Perception on Archaeological Site Location Pattening: A Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska Case Study

文化感知对考古遗址位置模式的影响：阿拉斯加的育空-Kuksokwim三角洲地区。本项目将调查生存和非生存因素对阿拉斯加育空-Kuksokwim三角洲19世纪末至世纪初Cup'ik遗址选择的作用。 这个项目不同于过去的狩猎采集地点的位置研究，包括考古和口述历史数据。 生存效率和基于牺牲的行为模型更有效地测试了生存和生存外的因素，如冲突，宗教，政治和个人偏好。 一个整体的文化感知被利用，而不仅仅是一个强烈的唯物主义的考古记录，这增强和改善模型测试和进一步的模型开发。 变量测量和定义因素参与选址将编码从现有的口述历史和现场报告收集的印第安事务局，并从一个区域卫星图像为基础的地理信息系统开发的这项研究。 多元统计将确定因素和考古遗址之间的关系或缺乏关系。 这一过程将导致了解哪些方面的网站位置是重要的杯'iks c。1900. 它将定义特定于时间和地点的景观的文化感知。 对于整个考古学来说，该项目将提高我们解释和预测狩猎采集者遗址位置选择过程和整个时间和空间的遗址位置模式的能力。

The Effect of Cultural Perception on Archaeological Site Location Patterning: The Yukon-Kuksokwim Delta Region of Alaska.This project will investigate the role of subsistence and extra-subsistence factors on late 19th century-early 20th century Cup'ik site selection on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska. This project differs from past hunter-gatherer site location studies by including both archaeological and oral historical data. Subsistence efficiency and landscape-based behavioral models are more effectively tested with subsistence and extra-subsistence factors like conflict, religion, politics, and personal preference. A total cultural perception is utilized rather than just a strongly materialist archaeological record, which enhances and improves model testing and further model development. Variables measuring and defining factors involved in site location selection will be coded from existing oral histories and site reports collected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and from a regional satellite image based GIS developed for this study. Multivariate statistics will identify relationships or lack thereof between factors and archaeological sites. This process will result in an understanding of what aspects of site location were important to Cup'iks c. 1900. It will define a cultural perception of the landscape specific to the time and place. For archaeology as a whole, the project will increase our ability to explain and predict hunter-gatherer site location selection processes and site location patterns throughout time and space.