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

RAPID：阿拉斯加巴罗角努武克受侵蚀的 Ipiutak 结构的紧急挖掘

• 批准号: 1151964
• 负责人: Anne Jensen
• 金额: $ 0.69万
• 依托单位: Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1151964&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Emergency; Excavation; Eroding; Ipiutak

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.

努武克是美国最北端的考古遗址，位于阿拉斯加州的巴罗角尖端。它受到快速海岸侵蚀的威胁。今年夏天，NSF资助的Nuvuk考古项目的最后一个野外季节在目前的侵蚀面遇到了更多的Ipiutak材料，包括一个盒子炉床的一部分和相邻的生活表面，这是Point Hope以北的第一个这样的特征。人工制品包括一个Ipiutak点，一个喷气机和象牙复合labret，装饰象牙碎片，以及各种各样的石制品。动物标本包括大量的鱼骨，这在伊皮乌塔克相当罕见。现场的考虑不允许挖掘整个功能，它将被侵蚀的第一个秋天的风暴。这个小型RAPID奖项将提供尽快进行挖掘所需的资源，以记录该结构并在秋季风暴季节到来及其潜在损失之前恢复其中包含的考古数据。