SGER: Emergency Analysis and Conservation of Early Holocene Organic Tools from Central Alaska

SGER：阿拉斯加中部全新世早期有机工具的紧急分析和保护

• 批准号: 0902186
• 负责人: Ben Potter
• 金额: $ 0.65万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0902186&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Emergency; Analysis; Conservation; Early

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This project consists of emergency conservation and analysis of several Early Holocene organic tools from the Gerstle River site, in central Alaska. Excavation in 2008 recovered three organic points in well-stratified contexts, with what appear to be slots for microblade insets. These finds are directly associated with Component 3 at the site, dating to ~10,100 cal BP. The points are worked: some exhibit hafting elements and may also contain embedded lithics (some silt has yet to be removed). The organic artifacts are have been recovered from intermittently frozen soils and are drying out, necessitating immediate stabilization efforts as well as long-term conservation. The remains are currently stable, provided they do not undergo handling, which limits analyses that can be performed. Once conserved, they will undergo X-ray analysis to help describe the morphology and to identify any small lithics that might remain embedded in the slots. Residue-analysis, lithic analysis, and technological (manufacturing techniques) analyses will be performed once the artifacts are conserved.

该奖项由 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）资助。该项目包括对阿拉斯加中部盖斯特尔河遗址的几种全新世早期有机工具进行紧急保护和分析。 2008 年的挖掘工作在分层良好的环境中发现了三个有机点，其中似乎有微刀片插入的槽。这些发现与该地点的第 3 部分直接相关，可追溯到约 10,100 cal BP。这些要点已得到解决：一些展示了轴系元素，并且还可能包含嵌入的石块（一些淤泥尚未清除）。这些有机文物是从间歇性冻结的土壤中回收的，并且正在干燥，需要立即进行稳定工作和长期保存。遗骸目前稳定，只要它们没有经过处理，这限制了可以进行的分析。一旦保存完毕，它们将接受 X 射线分析，以帮助描述形态并识别可能仍然嵌入槽中的任何小石器。一旦文物得到保存，将进行残留物分析、石器分析和技术（制造技术）分析。