RAPID:Emergency Excavation of Eroding Ipiutak Structure at Nuvuk, Point Barrow, Alaska

Nuvuk是美国最北端的考古遗址，位于阿拉斯加州巴罗角的尖端。它受到海岸迅速侵蚀的威胁。今年夏天，美国国家科学基金会资助的Nuvuk考古项目的最后一个实地季节在当前的侵蚀面遇到了额外的Ipiutak材料，包括部分盒子炉和邻近的生活表面，这是希望角以北的第一个这样的特征。文物包括一个伊皮塔克尖，一个喷气机和象牙复合的labret，装饰象牙碎片，以及各种各样的石器。动物群材料包括大量的鱼骨，这在伊皮塔克非常罕见。现场考虑不允许挖掘整个特征，它将被第一场秋季风暴侵蚀掉。这笔小型RAPID拨款将提供必要的资源，以便在秋季风暴季节到来及其潜在损失之前尽快进行挖掘，以记录该结构并恢复其中包含的考古数据。

Nuvuk, the northernmost archaeological site in the United States, is located at the tip of Point Barrow, Alaska. It is endangered by rapid coastal erosion. This summer, the final field season of the NSF-funded Nuvuk Archaeology project encountered additional Ipiutak material in the current erosion face, including part of a box hearth and adjacent living surface, the first such feature north of Point Hope. Artifacts included an Ipiutak point, a jet and ivory composite labret, decorated ivory fragments, and a wide variety of lithics. Faunal material included large amounts of fishbone, which is quite rare at Ipiutak. Field considerations did not permit excavation of the entire feature, and it will be eroded away by the first fall storm. This small RAPID award will provide the resources needed to conduct an excavation as soon as possible to record the structure and recover the archaeological data it contains prior to the arrival of the fall storm season and its potential loss.