REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2007, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES [Redacted].

Author(s): Ben Fitzhugh

Year: 2009

Summary

This report documents the archaeological field results from the 2007 expedition to the Kurils. This expedition was sponsored by the Sakhalin Regional Museum under the direction of Dr. Tatiana P. Roon and the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics under the direction of Dr. Boris W. Levin, with Dr. Alexander Rybin serving as expedition leader. Dr. Valery O. Shubin of the Sakhalin Regional

Museum served as the lead Russian archaeologist. Dr. Ben Fitzhugh is the international

director of the Kuril Biocomplexity Project (KBP) and lead American archaeologist. Archaeological teams went to shore at approximately 14 locations throughout the archipelago, including the islands of Urup, Simushir, Ryponkicha, Yankicha, Rasshua, Matua, Shiashkotan, Ekarma, and Chirinkotan.

Cite this Record

REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2007, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES [Redacted].. Ben Fitzhugh. 2009 ( tDAR id: 376134) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V40TF9

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Keywords

Culture
Ainu • Epi-Jomon • Jomon • Okhotsk

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Ainu Bay 1/2 • Ainu Creek • Chirinkotan 1 • Drobnyye 1 • Ekarma 1 • Ekarma 2 • Nakatamori 1 • Rasshua 1 • Rasshua 2 • Rebristyy 1 • Ryponkicha 1 • Ryponkicha 2 • Vodopadnaya 2 • Yankicha 2

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Kuril Islands

Temporal Keywords
Late Holocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: 144.58; min lat: 43.325 ; max long: 157.061; max lat: 51.509 ;

Notes

General Note: GPS locations have been redacted. Contact the project PI for permission to obtain and use GPS locations.

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