NSF Org:	OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient:	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Initial Amendment Date:	August 8, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	February 8, 2006
Award Number:	0547755
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Anna Kerttula de Echave OPP  Office of Polar Programs (OPP) GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	August 15, 2005
End Date:	July 31, 2006 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$16,996.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2005 = $16,996.00
History of Investigator:	John Hoffecker (Principal Investigator) John.Hoffecker@colorado.edu Scott Elias (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Colorado at Boulder 3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO  US  80309-0001 (303)492-6221
Sponsor Congressional District:	02
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Colorado at Boulder 3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO  US  80309-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	SPVKK1RC2MZ3
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	ASSP-Arctic Social Science
Primary Program Source:	0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 1079, 9237, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	522100
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.078

ABSTRACT


This is a Small Grant for Exploratory Research to support a field reconnaissance of prehistoric/historic settlements at Point Hope in northwest Alaska. The project is designed to collect information on three sites (Ipiutak, Qimiarzuq, and Tikigaq) which will be used to plan a future large-scale investigation of the history of the Tikigaq polity. Relatively little is known of the earlier history of the latter, which became one of the largest and most important political entities in northwest Alaska during the Second Millennium AD. The reconnaissance will entail 12-14 days in the field for the PI, collaborator (Owen Mason), and a student assistant from Point Hope, beginning in late August 2005. A primary objective is the identification of midden deposits containing intact stratigraphy that would be the focus of the future excavation. Sediment samples collected at the three sites would be sent to the co-PI (Scott Elias) and a geoarchaeologist (Paul Goldberg) for preliminary analyses of insect remains and soil micromorphology, respectively.

The PI is proposing a unique collaboration with the local community and their representatives - Native Village of Point Hope, the field reconnaissance will be conducted with current residents of Point Hope, and would build a working relationship among the participants that is essential to the larger future project. This project will allow the research team to go to Point Hope and consult with the local community in person, a critical step doing research in the Arctic.

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