RAPID: Salvage and Processing of Samples from Utqiagvik, Barrow, Alaska

Utqia&Amp；Vik遗址是巴罗现代社区发展的源头。它在几个时期进行了考古调查(福特1959：67-73，霍尔1990：8-30)，最终完成了多年的Utkiavik项目(Dekin 1990，Hall and Fullerton 1990)。尽管有广泛的发掘历史，但整个遗址只有9个C14年代。当主要藏品被归还给北坡行政区时，许多考古样本被重新发现，这些样本被保存在德金的故乡宾厄姆顿大学。宾厄姆顿希望将这些样品退还给NSB或将其处置。目前，巴罗的伊努皮亚特遗产中心(IHC)文物存储设施，即存储原始文物的地方，以及这个以前未知的样本的自然储存库，没有足够的存储空间来接受和适当地存储发现的样本。这一快速项目将提供资金，用于购买冷冻箱，以隔离储存需要在处理前保持冷冻状态的样品。这些样品包括有机物品、可能含有人工制品的不确定性质的散装样品，以及作为C14样品保留的物品，包括原木和草。此外，该项目将包括对有机样品的处理和分析，以及对散装样品中可能发现的任何人工制品的准备和适当管理。

The site of Utqiaġvik is the source from which the modern community of Barrow developed. It has been subject to archaeological investigations at several periods (Ford 1959:67-73, Hall 1990:8-30), culminating in the multi-year Utkiavik Project (Dekin 1990, Hall and Fullerton 1990. Despite this extensive excavation history, there are only nine C14 dates from the entire site. A number of archaeological samples that had been retained at Binghamton University, Dekin's home institution, when the main collection was returned to the North Slope Borough have recently been rediscovered. Binghamton wishes to return these samples to NSB or dispose of them. Currently, the Inupiat Heritage Center (IHC) Artifact Storage Facility in Barrow, where the original artifacts are stored and the natural repository of this previously unknown sample collection, does not have enough storage space to accept and properly store the discovered samples. This RAPID project will provide the funds to purchase a freezer for segregated storage of the samples that need to remain frozen until processed. The samples include organic items, bulk samples of indeterminate nature that may contain artifacts, and items retained as C14 samples, included logs and grass. In addition, the project will include the processing and analysis of organic samples and the preparation and proper curation of any artifacts that may be found in the bulk samples.