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年大规模诺瓦鲁普塔火山爆发后被遗弃的两个村庄进行的考古研究将量化对人力、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，在反复发生的火山事件中持续的社区投资预计将揭示当地和区域减灾战略。确定有助于恢复力的社区特征有可能为当前和未来灾害的规划提供信息。了解这些过去的相互作用是至关重要的，因为气候变化和海平面上升继续改变生活方式，影响资源的获取和破坏整个北极和亚北极地区的文化遗产。整体社区资本框架将适用于阿拉斯加半岛的两个多成分的村庄网站。Katmai村和Savonoski位于一个主要火山震中两侧的不同环境区，直到1912年被大约60厘米的火山灰掩埋。将使用磁力测量法确定和绘制遗址的考古特征，而有针对性的挖掘将回收放射性碳样本和诊断文物，以产生绝对的年表。对石器和陶瓷制品的分析，包括X射线荧光和中子活化，将有助于重建区域交换网络。因为卡特迈村和萨沃诺斯基仍然对今天生活在阿拉斯加半岛的萨格皮亚特社区具有重要意义，项目参与者将共同设计一个教育课程和体验计划，让当地的K-该奖项反映了NSF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。

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.