IPY: Human Response to Climate Change at Cape Espenberg AD 800-1400

埃斯彭贝格角人类对气候变化的反应公元800-1400一项为期三年的跨学科研究计划将在位于阿拉斯加苏厄德半岛北海岸的埃斯彭贝格角进行，重点是公元800-1400年间人类住区的历史和对气候变化的反应。在此期间，大白令海峡地区发生了一次重大的文化转型，这是伊努皮亚特人或因纽特人在环极地世界大部分地区发展和随后扩散的基础。埃斯彭贝格角的海滩脊包含了公元800年至1400年的一系列职业，并提供了Kotzebue Sound地区丰富的古气候数据。该研究计划将需要一个国际研究团队(美国、加拿大和俄罗斯)和来自当地阿拉斯加原住民社区的学生参与者对埃斯彭贝格角海滩山脊上的旧定居点进行测绘、采样和有限的挖掘。在第一年(2009年)，高级人员将收集古环境数据，并在选定的海滩脊上挖掘几个特征。在第二至第三年(2010-2011年)，高级人员将与学生参与者合作，扩大对旧房子和其他特色的挖掘。将收集更多的古环境数据，并将完成埃斯彭贝格角定居点的全面地图(在2007年的一次侦察期间开始)。将在有关埃斯彭贝格角人类住区过渡和随后发展的问题的框架内收集和分析考古和古气候数据。这些结果将为伊诺皮亚特起源的代表性地区和关键时期提供环境和文化变化的高分辨率记录，并将帮助研究人员解决有关阿拉斯加西北部讲伊诺皮亚克语的民族在人口流动、冲突和竞争以及重大气候变化期间的文化创新的背景下出现的根本问题。项目成果将通过外联和教育努力传达给当地社区和公众。除了来自阿拉斯加西北部社区的学生参与外，本科生和研究生将接受大量培训和经验，博士后研究将得到支持。该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。

HUMAN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT CAPE ESPENBERG AD 800-1400A three-year interdisciplinary research program will be undertaken at Cape Espenberg, located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula (Alaska), with a focus on the history of human settlement and response to climate change between AD 800 and 1400. During this interval, a major cultural transition took place in the greater Bering Strait region that underlay the development and subsequent dispersal of the Iñupiat or Inuit peoples across much of the circumpolar world. The beach ridges of Cape Espenberg contain a sequence of occupations between AD 800 and 1400 and offer a wealth of paleoclimate data for the Kotzebue Sound region. The research program will entail mapping, sampling, and limited excavation of former settlements on the beach ridges of Cape Espenberg by an international team of researchers (American, Canadian, and Russian) and student participants from local Alaska native communities. During Year 1 (2009), senior personnel will collect paleoenvironmental data and excavate several features on selected beach ridges. During Years 2-3 (2010-2011), senior personnel will work with student participants to expand the excavation of former houses and other features. Additional paleoenvironmental data will be gathered, and a comprehensive map of the Cape Espenberg settlements (initiated during a 2007 reconnaissance) will be completed. The collection and analysis of archaeological and paleoclimatic data will be pursued within the framework of questions concerning the transition and subsequent development of human settlement at Cape Espenberg. The results should provide a high-resolution record of environmental and cultural change for a representative place and critical time period for Iñupiat origins, and they will help researchers address fundamental questions about the emergence of the Iñupiaq-speaking peoples of northwest Alaska in the context of population movements, conflict & competition, and cultural innovation during an interval of major climate change. The project results will be communicated to local communities and the general public through outreach and education efforts. In addition to student participation from Northwest Alaskan communities, undergraduate and graduate students will receive substantial training and experience and post-doctoral research will be supported.This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).