Doctoral Dissertation Research: Investigating Community Resilience across Repeated Volcanic Events in Katmai, Alaska

这个考古项目探索了阿拉斯加半岛火山活跃的卡特迈地区的占领历史。在1912年Novarupta火山大规模喷发后被遗弃的两个村庄进行考古研究，将量化人类、自然、社会、经济和建筑资本的投资如何影响社区。在一个考古记录中火山爆发的速度似乎远远超过文化变化的地区，预计在反复的火山事件中持续的社区投资将揭示当地和区域减轻灾害的战略。确定有助于恢复的社区特征有可能为围绕当前和未来的灾害进行规划提供信息。随着气候变化和海平面上升继续改变北极和亚北极地区的生活方式、影响资源获取并破坏文化遗产，了解这些过去的相互作用至关重要。整体社区首都框架将应用于阿拉斯加半岛的两个多组成部分的村庄。Katmai村和Savonoski位于一个主要火山震中两侧不同的环境地带，直到1912年才被大约60厘米厚的火山灰掩埋。遗址的考古特征将通过磁强计识别和绘制，而有针对性的挖掘将恢复放射性碳样本和诊断文物，以产生绝对的年表。对岩石和陶瓷文物的分析，包括x射线荧光和中子活化，将有助于重建区域交换网络。由于Katmai村和Savonoski对今天生活在阿拉斯加半岛的Alutiit/Sugpiat社区仍然具有重要意义，因此项目参与者将共同设计一个教育课程和体验项目，让当地K-12学生和文化承载者参与对其历史和遗产的考古研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This archaeological project explores the occupation history of the volcanically active Katmai region of the Alaska Peninsula. Archaeological research at two villages abandoned after the massive Novarupta eruption of 1912 will quantify how investments in human, natural, social, economic and built capital affected communities. In a region where the rate of volcanic eruptions in the archaeological record appears to far outpace cultural change, persistent community investments across repeated volcanic events are anticipated to reveal both local and regional strategies for mitigating disaster. Identifying community characteristics that contribute to resiliency has potential to inform planning around current and future hazards. Understanding these past interactions is critical, as climate change and rising sea levels continue to alter lifeways, affect resource access and destroy cultural heritage across the Arctic and Subarctic.The holistic community capitals framework will be applied to two multicomponent village sites on the Alaska Peninsula. Katmai Village and Savonoski, situated in different environmental zones on either side of a major volcanic epicenter, were occupied until 1912 when they were buried by approximately 60 cm of volcanic ash. Archaeological features at the sites will be identified and mapped using magnetometry, while targeted excavations will recover radiocarbon samples and diagnostic artifacts to produce absolute chronologies. Analysis of lithic and ceramic artifacts, including X-ray fluorescence and neutron activation, will contribute to reconstruction of regional exchange networks. Because Katmai Village and Savonoski continue to hold significant meaning for Alutiit/Sugpiat communities living on the Alaska Peninsula today, project participants will co-design an educational curriculum and experiential program that engages local K-12 students and culture bearers with the archaeological study of their history and heritage.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.