Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Southwest Santa Cruz Island

I propose to conduct archaeological reconnaissance along the southwest coast of Santa Cruz Island, visiting recorded sites, searching for unrecorded sites, and collecting radiocarbon (14C) samples from eroding site exposures to help expand and fill in the chronology of human occupation and ecological change between the Canada Cervada and Punta Arena areas. I am working collaboratively and in consultation with UCSB faculty (M. Glassow, L. Gamble) and graduate students (A. Gusick and K. Gill) who are also working in the western Santa Cruz area. Specific goals of the project include: (1) searching for Paleocoastal sites (>9000 years old), (2) filling in the gaps in the chronology of the area; and (3) identifying a relatively high-resolution and trans-Holocene (or longer) sequence of human occupation that will help better understand changes in human adaptations and the historical ecology of the southwestern Santa Cruz area.

本研究提议在圣克鲁斯岛（Santa Cruz Island）西南沿岸开展考古勘察，走访已记录遗址、搜寻未记录遗址，并从受侵蚀的遗址露头处采集放射性碳（radiocarbon, 14C）样本，以完善并填补卡纳达塞瓦达（Canada Cervada）与蓬塔阿雷纳斯（Punta Arena）区域之间的人类定居与生态变化的年代序列。本人将与加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的教职员工（M·格拉斯洛、L·加姆布尔）以及研究生（A·古西克、K·吉尔）合作并征询其意见，上述人员同样在圣克鲁斯西部区域开展相关研究工作。本项目的具体目标包括：(1) 搜寻年代早于9000年的古海岸遗址（Paleocoastal sites）；(2) 填补该区域年代序列的空白；(3) 确立一套高分辨率的跨全新世（trans-Holocene，或更长时间尺度）的人类定居序列，以助力更深入地理解人类适应策略的变化以及圣克鲁斯西南区域的历史生态学特征。