Doctoral Dissertation: Development of a Maritime Adaptation in Northern Alaska: Origins of the Arctic Small Tool Tradition

该项目旨在通过对北极小工具传统（ASTt）遗址和组合的内陆沿海比较，提高对阿拉斯加北部海岸全新世中期至早期（约4500-2000 cal BP）海洋经济发展的认识。该项目是一项博士论文改进资助，用于研究海洋适应，因为它与大约4500-4000年前ASTt的起源和传播有关。这项研究将侧重于海洋资源和沿海方向，而不是更传统的假设，即ASTt是一种更基于陆地的适应。分析将包括对Iyatayet和Walakpa考古遗址现有藏品的人工制品和动物分析，以及在Iyatayet进行的新挖掘，希望能恢复动物材料（吉丁斯没有收集到的）。此外，研究人员将包括阿拉斯加当地土著高中学生参与实地挖掘，作为增加代表性不足的群体参与科学项目的一部分。

This project proposes to advance knowledge of the middle to early Holocene (ca. 4500-2000 cal BP) development of maritime economies along the northern coast of Alaska through an interior-coastal comparison of Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) sites and assemblages. The project is a doctoral dissertation improvement grant to study maritime adaptation as it relates to the origins and spread of ASTt ca. 4500-4000 BP. This research will focus on maritime resources and coastal orientations, rather than the more traditional assumption that ASTt was a more land-based adaptation. The analysis will include artifact and faunal analysis from existing collections made at Iyatayet and Walakpa archaeological sites, as well as new excavation at Iyatayet to hopefully recover faunal material (which was not collected by Giddings). In addition, the researcher will include the participation of local Alaska Native high school students in the field excavations as part of increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in science projects.