IPY: Human Response to Climate Change at Cape Espenberg AD 800-1400

人类对气候变化的反应ESPENBERG角公元800-1400年一项为期三年的跨学科研究计划将在位于苏厄德半岛（阿拉斯加）北部海岸的ESPENBERG角进行，重点研究公元800-1400年间人类定居的历史和对气候变化的反应。在此期间，在大白令海峡地区发生了重大的文化转变，这是Iñupiat或因纽特人在环极世界大部分地区发展和随后分散的基础。Espenberg角的海滩山脊包含了公元800年至1400年间的一系列职业，并为Kotzebue海湾地区提供了丰富的古气候数据。该研究项目将包括绘制地图、取样，并由一个国际研究小组（美国、加拿大和俄罗斯）和阿拉斯加当地土著社区的学生参与者对埃斯彭伯格角海滩山脊上的前定居点进行有限的挖掘。在第一年（2009年），高级人员将收集古环境数据，并在选定的海滩山脊上挖掘几个特征。在第2-3年（2010-2011年）期间，高级人员将与学生参与者一起扩大对旧房屋和其他特征的挖掘。将收集更多的古环境数据，并完成埃斯彭伯格角定居点的综合地图（在2007年的一次侦察中启动）。考古和古气候数据的收集和分析将在埃斯彭堡角人类住区的过渡和随后发展问题的框架内进行。研究结果将提供一个具有代表性的地点和Iñupiat起源的关键时期的环境和文化变化的高分辨率记录，它们将帮助研究人员解决在主要气候变化间隔期间，阿拉斯加西北部Iñupiaq-speaking民族在人口流动、冲突和竞争以及文化创新背景下出现的基本问题。项目成果将通过外联和教育工作传达给当地社区和一般公众。除了来自西北阿拉斯加社区的学生参与外，本科生和研究生将获得大量培训和经验，并将支持博士后研究。该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。

HUMAN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT CAPE ESPENBERG AD 800-1400A three-year interdisciplinary research program will be undertaken at Cape Espenberg, located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula (Alaska), with a focus on the history of human settlement and response to climate change between AD 800 and 1400. During this interval, a major cultural transition took place in the greater Bering Strait region that underlay the development and subsequent dispersal of the Iñupiat or Inuit peoples across much of the circumpolar world. The beach ridges of Cape Espenberg contain a sequence of occupations between AD 800 and 1400 and offer a wealth of paleoclimate data for the Kotzebue Sound region. The research program will entail mapping, sampling, and limited excavation of former settlements on the beach ridges of Cape Espenberg by an international team of researchers (American, Canadian, and Russian) and student participants from local Alaska native communities. During Year 1 (2009), senior personnel will collect paleoenvironmental data and excavate several features on selected beach ridges. During Years 2-3 (2010-2011), senior personnel will work with student participants to expand the excavation of former houses and other features. Additional paleoenvironmental data will be gathered, and a comprehensive map of the Cape Espenberg settlements (initiated during a 2007 reconnaissance) will be completed. The collection and analysis of archaeological and paleoclimatic data will be pursued within the framework of questions concerning the transition and subsequent development of human settlement at Cape Espenberg. The results should provide a high-resolution record of environmental and cultural change for a representative place and critical time period for Iñupiat origins, and they will help researchers address fundamental questions about the emergence of the Iñupiaq-speaking peoples of northwest Alaska in the context of population movements, conflict & competition, and cultural innovation during an interval of major climate change. The project results will be communicated to local communities and the general public through outreach and education efforts. In addition to student participation from Northwest Alaskan communities, undergraduate and graduate students will receive substantial training and experience and post-doctoral research will be supported.This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).