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

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.

本报告记录了2007年千岛群岛（Kurils）考古考察的野外调查成果。本次考察由塔季扬娜·P·鲁恩博士主管的萨哈林州立博物馆（Sakhalin Regional Museum），与鲍里斯·W·莱文博士负责的海洋地质与地球物理研究所（Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics）联合资助，亚历山大·雷宾博士担任考察队领队。萨哈林州立博物馆的瓦列里·O·舒宾博士担任俄方首席考古学家。本·菲茨休博士是千岛群岛生物复合性项目（Kuril Biocomplexity Project, KBP）的国际负责人，同时担任美方首席考古学家。考古小队在整个列岛范围内的约14处地点开展了登陆调查，涉及乌鲁普岛（Urup）、新知岛（Simushir）、雷彭吉查岛（Ryponkicha）、扬基恰岛（Yankicha）、拉斯舒阿岛（Rasshua）、马图阿岛（Matua）、希阿什科坦岛（Shiashkotan）、埃卡尔马岛（Ekarma）以及奇林科坦岛（Chirinkotan）。