Collaborative Research: Central Aleutians Archaeological and Paleobiological Project

拟议的项目是阿拉斯加阿留申群岛中部考古学、古生物学和古环境研究的跨学科国际伙伴关系。这项研究的拟议目标是通过探索以下问题来了解全新世期间耦合的自然和人类系统：A)全新世气候、生物和地质变化如何塑造人类的文化和行为；B)人类文化如何利用和塑造生物环境。私人投资倡议建议，为了了解当代阿留申群岛发生的广泛变化，例如全球变暖、海洋哺乳动物和鱼类数量下降以及由此产生的经济影响，有必要对拟议的全新世研究能够提供的长期人与环境相互作用进行全面研究。此外，PIS正在提议与Adak学生一起开展一个创新的动手科学教育项目，名为“Adak Discovery”。

The proposed project is an international partnership of interdisciplinary archaeology, paleobiology and paleoenvironment research in the Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The proposed goals of the research are to understand coupled natural and human systems during the Holocene by exploring questions of "A) how human cultures and behavior have been shaped by Holocene climatic, biotic and geologic change; and B) how human cultures have used and shaped biotic environments." The PIs propose that in order to understand the broad scope changes occurring in the contemporary Aleutian archipelago, e.g., global warming, decline in sea mammal and fish populations, and resultant economic impacts, it is necessary to have comprehensive research on long-term human-environment interactions that the proposed research on the Holocene can provide. In addition, the PIs are proposing an innovative hands-on science education project with Adak students, "Adak Discovery."