Archeology of Alaska Glaciers and Snowfields

一项跨学科的试点研究将开发一个地理信息系统（GIS）模型，通过对人种学、历史、生物和地质数据进行分层，以确定具有高度保存和发现潜力的地区的重要考古发现：阿拉斯加Wrangell-St的冰冻地区；伊莱亚斯公园和自然保护区。Wrangell-St。伊莱亚斯公园和自然保护区有一些正在消退的冰川，这些冰川在历史上经常被早期的人们用来运输和狩猎。考古调查将实地测试使用地理信息系统确定的地点，提供数据以改进模型，并为将来更全面地使用卫星图像获得必要的信息，以确定最有可能包含考古遗迹的冰原的独特视觉和红外特征。

OPP-0097753An interdisciplinary pilot study will develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) model by layering ethnographic, historic, biological, and geologic data to identify significant archaeological finds in areas holding high potential for preservation and discovery: frozen areas in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias Park and Preserve. The Wrangell-St. Elias Park and Preserve contains receding glaciers that historically were used on a regular basis by early people for transportation and hunting. The archaeological survey will field-test locales identified using GIS, provide data to refine the model, and obtain information essential for future, more comprehensive use of satellite imagery to identify distinctive visual and infrared signatures of ice fields most likely to contain archaeological remains.