Completing Archeological Research at On Your Knees Cave, SE Alaska

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的詹姆斯·狄克逊博士提出的研究计划是完成对位于阿拉斯加东南部威尔士亲王岛的考古研究结果的分析和发表。拟议的项目包括对剩余问题进行实地核查、完成数据分析、说明、说明、解释和介绍/发表研究结果。这个特殊的项目一直是发展科学和当地阿拉斯加原住民社区之间伙伴关系的典范。这种关系对于提取和检验迄今为止在阿拉斯加或加拿大发现的最古老的人类遗骸尤为重要。拟议完成的最终分析和研究结果的出版将使人们更深入地了解北美西北海岸的早期文化发展和古生态。

0331608DixonThe proposed research by Dr. James Dixon at the University of Colorado, Boulder is to complete the analysis and publication of results from the archaeological research at "On You Knees Cave" (OYKC) on Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska. The proposed project includes field verification of remaining questions, completion of data analysis, description, illustration, interpretation and presentation/publication of the research findings. This particular project has been a model for developing partnerships between the scientific and local Alaska Native community. This relationship has been particularly important to the extraction and examination of the oldest human remains discovered to date in Alaska or Canada. The proposed completion of the final analysis and publication of the research findings will give greater insight into early cultural development and paleoecology along the Northwest Coast of North America.