Cultural Vulnerability and Resilience in the Arctic: Preliminary Report on Archeological Fieldwork at Cape Krusenstern, Northwest Alaska

While natural scientists track environmental change in response to global warming, less attention has been directed towards human interface with long term Arctic environmental dynamics. Current research at Cape Krusenstern, Alaska, seeks to address this deficit through investigation of human-environ...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Shelby L., Freeburg, Adam, Fitzhugh, Ben
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: PDXScholar 2009
Subjects:
Archeology > Fieldwork > Alaska > Cape Krusenstern
Archaeological surveys
Social archaeology
Environmental archeology
Archaeological Anthropology
Arctic
Cape Krusenstern
Giddings
Global warming
Alaska
Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac/7
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=anth_fac
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Summary:While natural scientists track environmental change in response to global warming, less attention has been directed towards human interface with long term Arctic environmental dynamics. Current research at Cape Krusenstern, Alaska, seeks to address this deficit through investigation of human-environmental interactions recorded in archeological and paleoenvironmental data spanning the last 4,000-5,000 years at the Cape, building on the pioneering work conducted at Krusenstern by J. Louis Giddings and Douglas D. Anderson. Systematic survey and use of new mapping technology to record cultural and natural features are methods central to addressing these research questions. Discovery of new archeological features indicates occupation of the Cape was more extensive over the last 1,000 years than previously thought, although additional fieldwork and analysis are needed.

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