Landscape and Environment in the Organization of Aleut Society: Behavioral Responses to Catastrophic and Gradual Change in Coastal Regions

阿留申人社会组织中的景观与环境：沿海地区灾难性变化的行为反应阿拉斯加半岛下游是地球上最具活力的景观之一。最近的研究表明，在过去的6000年里，史前阿留申人的定居记录几乎是连续不断的。村庄、家庭、经济和物质文化组织的区域变化反映了动态演变的景观、气候变化和文化变化之间的关系。这项关于沿海生态系统灾难性变化与人类对这些变化的反应之间关系的历时和共时考古研究包括对阿拉斯加半岛下游莫尔佐沃伊湾/莫尔佐沃伊湖地区选定村庄的挖掘计划。这些数据将被用来检验一些关于灾难性环境变化与海洋经济结构、社会组织和区域互动之间关系的假设

MaschnerOPP-9814086Landscape and Environment in the Organization of Aleut Society: Behavioral Responses to Catastrophic Change in Coastal RegionsThe lower Alaska Peninsula is one of the most dynamic landscapes on earth. Recent research has resulted in a nearly continuous record of prehistoric Aleut settlement spanning the last 6000 years. Regional changes in the organization of villages, households, economy, and material culture reflect relationships between a dynamic and evolving landscape, climate change, and culture change. This diachronic and synchronic archaeological research on the relationship between catastrophic changes in coastal ecosystems and human responses to those changes includes an excavation program for selected villages on the Morzhovoi Bay/Morzhovoi Lake area of the lower Alaska Peninsula. The data will be used to test a number of hypotheses about the relationships between catastrophic environmental changes on the one hand, and the structure of marine-based economies, social organization, and regional interaction