2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium
October 14, 2008
Cultural Vulnerability and Resilience in the Arctic: Preliminary Report on Archaeological Fieldwork at Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Northwest Alaska
Shelby L. Anderson1, Adam Freeburg2, Ben Fitzhugh3
1Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, Phone 206-619-1899, shelbya@u.washington.edu
2Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
3Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
The University of Washington and the National Park Service are currently engaged in a multi-year research project at Cape Krusenstern in Northwest Alaska. The broad goals of this interdisciplinary project are to refine our understanding of human and environmental dynamics over the last 4,000+ years of human occupation at Cape Krusenstern, building on the pioneering work of J.L. Giddings and D. Anderson who worked at the Cape in the late 1950s and 60s. In this talk, we will compare archival data with newly collected dates and information on settlement density and distribution at Cape Krusenstern. We will outline the current state of knowledge of archaeology at the Cape in the context of previous work and highlight areas of potential for significantly refining our understanding of this archaeological complex and its significance to western arctic prehistory.
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