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

这是一个探索性研究的小额赠款，用于支持阿拉斯加西北部霍普角的史前/历史定居点的实地勘察。该项目旨在收集三个地点（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。相对而言，后者的早期历史所知甚少，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，PI、合作者（Owen Mason）和一名来自Point Hope的学生助理将在现场进行12-14天的侦察。一个主要目标是识别含有完整地层的垃圾堆沉积物，这将是未来挖掘的重点。在这三个地点收集的沉积物样品将分别送交共同主要研究者（Scott Elias）和一名地质考古学家（Paul Goldberg），对昆虫遗骸和土壤微形态进行初步分析。PI正在提议与当地社区及其代表-Point Hope的原住民村庄进行独特的合作，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工作关系，这对更大的未来项目至关重要。 该项目将使研究团队能够前往Point Hope并亲自与当地社区协商，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.