SGER: Morphometric Assessment of Prehistoric Skeletal Series from Nuvuk, Point Barrow, Alaska

这个项目将允许PI在巴罗点对Thule时期的骨骼材料进行形态测量和古病理学分析。由于巴罗角海岸海滩的严重侵蚀，一些史前埋葬被曝光。Ukpeag‘vik Inupiat公司最近决定移走和重新安置墓葬，并允许对墓葬进行科学检查，这为从这些埋葬中收集骨骼材料的科学信息提供了前所未有的机会。在地方当局的许可下，科学小组将检查这些材料。此外，研究人员计划与当地高中生合作，为他们提供考古技术和骨骼恢复方面的培训和经验。作为该项目的结果，收集和分析的信息应该会为关于图勒人的起源及其与巴罗人的关系的长期辩论提供新的见解。

ABSTRACTARC 0535356This project will allow the PI to do morphometric and paleopathologic analyses of Thule period skeletal materials at Point Barrow. Due to major erosion of the Point Barrow coastal beach, a number of prehistoric burials have been exposed. The recent decision by the Ukpeag'vik Inupiat Corporation to remove and relocate the burials and to allow scientific examination of the burials has provided an unprecedented opportunity for gathering scientific information on the skeletal material from these burials. Working with the permission of local authorities, the scientific team will examine the material. In addition, the researchers plan to work with local high school students and provide them training and experience in archaeological techniques and skeletal recovery. The information gathered and analyzed as a result of the project should give new insights into the long debate on the origins of the Thule people and their relationship to Barrow populations.