Historical Ecological Research on the Resources and Land Use of the Kuril Islands

为了更好地了解千岛群岛中北部和中部的生存方式、技术、社会组织以及迁移和占领时间，本研究的方向是恢复更大的动物材料样本、石器和陶瓷文物以及放射性碳样本。该研究还有助于理解气候、海冰、陆地生态和人类之间的反馈关系；在不同时空尺度上估算人类对灾难性事件的脆弱性及其生态后果；并评估文化变量在影响社区生存和影响环境变化方面的作用。为了实现这些目标，正在对以下方面进行生态综合研究：人类住区和遗弃的考古和历史记录；火山爆发、地震和海啸的地质证据；过去植被的古生态证据；以及过去温度、海冰和风暴的气候证据。

This research was oriented towards recovering larger samples of faunal materials, lithic and ceramic artifacts, and radiocarbon samples in order to provide a better understanding of the subsistence practices, technology, social organization, and timing of migration and occupation of the north-central and central Kuril Islands.This research also has greatly contributed on understanding the feedbacks among climate, sea ice, terrestrial ecology, and humans ; estimating the degree of human vulnerability to catastrophic events and their ecological consequences at different spatial and temporal scales ; and assessing the role of cultural variables both in influencing community survival and affecting environmental changes. These objectives are being tackled through an ecologically integrated study of : archaeological and historic records of human settlement and abandonment ; geologic evidence of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis ; paleoecological evidence of past vegetation ; and climatological evidence of past temperature, sea ice, and storminess.