Community Archaeology, Climate Change, Yup'ik, pre-contact Alaska (Other Keyword)
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Nunalleq: Archaeologies of Climate Change and Community in Coastal Western Alaska (2017)
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Northern sea ice levels are at an historical and millennial low, and nowhere are the effects of recent climate change more pronounced or destructive than in the Western Arctic, with the erosion and subsequent loss of coastal archaeological sites in this area being yet another casualty. Based in the community of Quinhagak, and at the well-preserved precontact Yup’ik site of Nunalleq, our project examines the complex relationship between past cultures and ecosystem change, and the interplay...