SGER: Reconnaissance of Archaeological Sites at Point Hope: Prehistory and History of the Tikigaq Polity

这是一笔小额的探索性研究赠款，用于支持对阿拉斯加西北部霍普点史前/历史聚落的实地勘察。该项目旨在收集三个遗址(Ipiutak、Qimiarzuq和Tikigaq)的信息，这些信息将用于规划未来对Tikigaq政体历史的大规模调查。人们对后者的早期历史知之甚少，它在公元第二个千年期间成为阿拉斯加西北部最大和最重要的政治实体之一。从2005年8月下旬开始，侦察将需要PI、合作者(欧文·梅森饰)和来自Point Hope的一名学生助理在实地工作12-14天。一个主要的目标是识别包含完整地层的中层沉积物，这将是未来挖掘的重点。在这三个地点收集的沉积物样本将被送往联合调查组(Scott Elias)和地质考古学家(Paul Goldberg)，分别对昆虫遗骸和土壤微形态进行初步分析。国际和平协会提议与当地社区及其代表--Point Hope原住民村进行独特的合作，实地勘察将与Point Hope的现有居民进行，并将在参与者之间建立对未来更大的项目至关重要的工作关系。该项目将允许研究团队前往霍普点，并亲自与当地社区进行咨询，这是在北极进行研究的关键一步。

This is a Small Grant for Exploratory Research to support a field reconnaissance of prehistoric/historic settlements at Point Hope in northwest Alaska. The project is designed to collect information on three sites (Ipiutak, Qimiarzuq, and Tikigaq) which will be used to plan a future large-scale investigation of the history of the Tikigaq polity. Relatively little is known of the earlier history of the latter, which became one of the largest and most important political entities in northwest Alaska during the Second Millennium AD. The reconnaissance will entail 12-14 days in the field for the PI, collaborator (Owen Mason), and a student assistant from Point Hope, beginning in late August 2005. A primary objective is the identification of midden deposits containing intact stratigraphy that would be the focus of the future excavation. Sediment samples collected at the three sites would be sent to the co-PI (Scott Elias) and a geoarchaeologist (Paul Goldberg) for preliminary analyses of insect remains and soil micromorphology, respectively. The PI is proposing a unique collaboration with the local community and their representatives - Native Village of Point Hope, the field reconnaissance will be conducted with current residents of Point Hope, and would build a working relationship among the participants that is essential to the larger future project. This project will allow the research team to go to Point Hope and consult with the local community in person, a critical step doing research in the Arctic.