Collaborative Research: The Central Aleutians Archaeological and Paleobiological Project

拟议的项目是阿拉斯加阿留申群岛中部跨学科考古学、古生物学和古环境研究的国际伙伴关系。该研究的目标是通过探索以下问题来理解全新世期间自然和人类系统的耦合：A)人类文化和行为如何受到全新世气候、生物和地质变化的影响；B)人类文化如何利用和塑造生物环境。”他们提出，为了了解当代阿留申群岛发生的大范围变化，如全球变暖、海洋哺乳动物和鱼类数量减少以及由此产生的经济影响，有必要对全新世的人类与环境的长期相互作用进行全面的研究。此外，pi还提议与阿达克学生一起开展创新的实践科学教育项目“阿达克发现”。

The proposed project is an international partnership of interdisciplinary archaeology, paleobiology and paleoenvironment research in the Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The proposed goals of the research are to understand coupled natural and human systems during the Holocene by exploring questions of "A) how human cultures and behavior have been shaped by Holocene climatic, biotic and geologic change; and B) how human cultures have used and shaped biotic environments." The PIs propose that in order to understand the broad scope changes occurring in the contemporary Aleutian archipelago, e.g., global warming, decline in sea mammal and fish populations, and resultant economic impacts, it is necessary to have comprehensive research on long-term human-environment interactions that the proposed research on the Holocene can provide. In addition, the PIs are proposing an innovative hands-on science education project with Adak students, "Adak Discovery."