Nuvuk: Thule Cemetery and Contact Village

Information

• NSF Award
• 1460387

Owner

• BRYN MAWR CORPORATION

• Award Id

  1460387

• Award Effective Date

  9/15/2014 - 10 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  5/31/2017 - 7 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 88,842.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

This research project will be carried out by and interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, physical anthropologists, geomorphologists, and community members. The research team will excavate the Nuvuk cememtary at Barrow, Alaska and analyze the physical remains, in order to explore the relationships between the ancient inhabitants of the Arctic region,the Thule Culture, and contemporary populations. This project is a model of community collaboration, both in the research itself, through the participation of local high school students in the excavation and data analyses, as well as the interenest and support of the community of Barrow for DNA and metromorphic analyses of the ancient remains. In addition, this research is urgent because the cemetary is at risk of totally eroding with each Fall storm season, threatening the loss of the human remains.

• Program Officer

  Anna Kerttula de Echave

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/26/2014 - 10 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/12/2016 - 8 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Bryn Mawr College

• City

  Bryn Mawr

• State

  PA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  101 N. Merion Avenue

• Postal Code

  190102899

• Phone Number

  6105265298

• First Name

  Anne

• Last Name

  Jensen

• Email Address

  amjuics@gmail.com

• Start Date

  8/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

• Text

  ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Code

  5221

• Text

  UNASSIGNED

• Code

  0

• Text

  ARCTIC RESEARCH

• Code

  1079

• Text

  EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES

• Code

  9150

• Text

  OTHER RESEARCH OR EDUCATION

• Text

  ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Code

  5221