Kuril Biocomplexity Project Archive (NSF 0508109)

Summary

A broadly interdisciplinary, international team investigated the complex web of cultural, ecological, geological, and climate systems in the Kuril Islands. The Kurils provide uniquely laboratory-like conditions for this study, permitting examination of past changes in local climates and ecosystems along an island chain. The islands are situated along a latitudinal gradient extending from temperate Hokkaido Island (north of Japan) to subarctic Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Evidence of human colonization, persistence and abandonment at various times in the past five millennia and under different social, economic, and technological regimes, was used to study vulnerability and resilience of humans to both catastrophic and gradual environmental changes. At the same time, researchers examined reciprocal effects humans have on relatively insular biota. Through the development and refinement of integrated human-environmental models and simulations, the research sought to quantify these relationships.

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Kuril Biocomplexity Project Archive (NSF 0508109). ( tDAR id: 375726) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BC40ZG

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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 • Alekhina 1 • Aliger 2 • Asin 1 • Bashmak 1 • Bashmak 2 • Belozyorka 1 • Belozyorka 3 • Berezovka 1 • Berezovka 2 • Blagodatnoye 1 • Blagodatnoye 2 • Blagodatnoye 3 • Bukhta Vostok • Bukhta Zakat • Cape Ankuchi • Cape Gorelyy • Cape Lisiy • Cape Lisiy Cove • Chirinkotan 1 • Danilova 2 • Drobnyye 1 • Ekarma 1 • Ekarma 2 • Glukhoe 1 • Glukhoe 2 • Glush • Golovina Beach • Kasatka Bay 1 • Kedrovka River • Khrimkotan 1 • Khvoinaya 1 (Burevestnik) • Kokina Cape • Kompaneyskoye 1 • Kompaneyskoye 2 • Kubushevskaya 1 • Lake Lazurnoye • Malovodnaya 1 • Malovodnaya 2 • Nakatamori 1 • Nemo Bay 2 • Okeanskoye • Oktyabrskoe 1 • Olya 1 • Onekotan • Peschanaya 1 • Peschanaya 2 • Rasshua 1 • Rasshua 2 • Rasshua 3 • Rebristyy 1 • Rikorda 1 • Rybaki 1 • Ryponkicha 1 • Ryponkicha 2 • Saratovka 1 • Savushkina 1 • Savushkina 2 • Sennaya 2 • Serebryanoe 2 • Sernovodsk 1 • Spokoyny Creek • Terrace 1 • Tikhaya 1 • Tokotan 4 • Tyomnaya 2 • Unnamed River "North of Olkovaya River" • Vodopadnaya 2 • Vysokotravnaya 1 • Yagodnyy North • Yankicha 2 • Yankito 1 Show More

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 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Ben Fitzhugh

Record Identifiers

NSF(s): 0508109

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-100 of 196)

Documents

  1. ОТЧЕТ ОБ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОМ ПОЛЕВОМ ИССЛЕДОВАНИИ В 2007 ГОДУ, ВКЛЮЧАЯ ГЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОПИСАНИЕ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ МЕСТОНАХОЖДЕНИЙ. (2009)
  2. 2008 Kharimkotan Island Survey Field Notes (2008)
  3. 2008 Makanrushi Island Survey Field Notes (2008)
  4. 2008 Onekotan Island Survey Field Notes (2008)
  5. 2008 Shiashkotan Island Survey Field Notes (2008)
  6. Ainu Bay 1 and 2 Maps (2006)
  7. Ainu Bay Profiles (2006)
  8. Ainu Creek Field Notes (2007)
  9. Ainu Creek Maps (2006)
  10. Baikova 1 Maps (2006)
  11. Berezovka 1 Maps (2006)
  12. Bolshoye 1 Maps (2006)
  13. Doroshenko Map (2006)
  14. Drobnyye 1 Field Notes (2007)
  15. Drobnyye 1 Level Maps (2006)
  16. Ekarma 1 Excavation Field Notes 2008 (2008)
  17. Ekarma 2 Test Pit Excavation 2008 Forms and Profiles (2008)
  18. Grotovyye 1 Maps (2006)
  19. Grotovyye 2 Maps (Beli Rouchey) (2006)
  20. Jennie Deo Shaw 2010 - RESULTS OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED FOR THE KURIL ISLAND BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT (2010)
  21. KBP 2007 Survey Field Notes (2007)
  22. KBP Archaeological and Geological Profile Correlations (2010)
  23. Kokina 1 Maps (2006)
  24. KURIL BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2008 [Redacted]. (2009)
  25. KURIL BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2008. (2009)
  26. Kuybushevskaya 1 Maps (2006)
  27. NSF Annual Report 2005-2007 (2007)
  28. Okeanskoye 1 Maps (2006)
  29. Olya 1 Maps (2006)
  30. Peschanaya 2 Map (2006)
  31. Preliminary Report on Volcanological Research of KBP 2007-08 Cruise by Japanese Volcanology group (2008)
  32. Rasshua 1 Excavation and Soil Probe Notes 2008 (2008)
  33. REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2006, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES [Redacted]. (2007)
  34. REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2006, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES. (2007)
  35. REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2007, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES [Redacted]. (2009)
  36. REPORT ON THE 2008-2009 WORK WITHIN THE FRAMES OF THE KURILE BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT (2009)
  37. RERPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN 2007, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCALES. (2009)
  38. Rikorda 1 Maps (2006)
  39. Ryponkicha 1 Field Notes (2007)
  40. Ryponkicha 2 Field Notes (2007)
  41. Ryponkycha 1 Maps (2006)
  42. Savushkina 2 Map (2006)
  43. Sernovodsk 1 Maps (2006)
  44. Site and excavation forms (2007 Fieldwork) (2007)
  45. Site and excavation forms (2008 Fieldwork) (2008)
  46. Tikhaya 1 Map (2006)
  47. Tukharka 1 Map (2006)
  48. Vodopadnaya 2 Field Notes (2007)

Images

  1. Ainu Bay 1 Artifact Photographs (2008)
  2. Ainu Bay 1 Site Photographs from 2008 visit (Fitzhugh) (2008)
  3. Ainu Bay 1/2 Site Photograph (2006)
  4. Ainu Bay 2007 Stratigraphic Profile (2007)
  5. Ainu Creek Artifact Photographs (2006)
  6. Ainu Creek Site Photographs (2007)
  7. Alekhina1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  8. Baikova 1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  9. Baikova 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  10. Bashmak 1 Site Photographs (2008)
  11. Bashmak 2 Site Photographs (2008)
  12. Beli Rouchey (Grotovyye 2) Site Photographs (2006)
  13. Berezovka 1 Artifact Photos (2006)
  14. Berezovka 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  15. Bolshoye 1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  16. Bolshoye 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  17. Bukhta Zakat Artifact Photographs (2008)
  18. Bukhta Zakat Site Photographs (2008)
  19. Cape Ankuchi Site Photographs (2008)
  20. Cape Gorelyy Site Photographs (2008)
  21. Chirinkotan 1 Maps (2007)
  22. Chirinkotan 1 Profiles (2007)
  23. Danilova 2 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  24. Danilova 2 Site Photographs (2006)
  25. Doroshenko Site Photographs (2006)
  26. Drobnyye 1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  27. Drobnyye 1 Maps (2007)
  28. Drobnyye 1 Profiles (2006)
  29. Drobnyye 1 Profiles (2007)
  30. Drobnyye 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  31. Drobnyye 1 Site Photographs (Fitzhugh) Part 1 (2007)
  32. Drobnyye 1 Site Photographs (Fitzhugh) Part 2 (2007)
  33. Drobnyye 2 Maps (2007)
  34. Dushnaya 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  35. Dushnaya 1 Site Photographs (Taylor) (2006)
  36. Ekarma 1 Maps (2007)
  37. Ekarma 1 Test Excavation 2008 Level Maps (2008)
  38. Ekarma 1 Test Excavation 2008 Site Photographs (Fitzhugh) (2008)
  39. Ekarma 2 Artifact Photographs (2008)
  40. Ekarma 2 Test excavation 2008 Level Maps (2008)
  41. Ekarma 2 Test Excavation 2008 Site Photographs (Fitzhugh) (2008)
  42. Ekarma 2 Test Excavation 2008 Site Photographs (Gjesfjeld) (2008)
  43. Glush Artifact Photographs (2006)
  44. Glush Site Photographs (2006)
  45. Golovnino Beach Terrace Artifact Photographs (2006)
  46. Kapsul Artifact Photographs (2006)
  47. Kapsul Site Photographs (2006)
  48. Kharimkotan 1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
  49. Kharimkotan 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  50. Kokino 1 Map (2006)
  51. Kokino 1 Site Photographs (2006)
  52. Kompaneyskoye 1 Site Photographs (2008)