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Archaeology of the Kuril Islands, Russian Northwest Pacific

11/18/2018

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Dr. Ben Fitzhugh and crew excavating a Kuril Island sites .

Archaeology of the Kuril Islands, Russian Northwest Pacific
By Dr. Ben Fitzhugh, Professor,
U.W., and Director, Quaternary Research Center at U.W.


The Kuril Islands stretch from northern Japan to the Kamchatka Peninsula, over 1000 km of volcanic peaks piercing the remote Northwest Pacific Ocean and serving as gateway to the Sea of Okhotsk and Russian Far East.  Like their cousins, the Aleutian Islands, most of the Kurils are hard to get to and devoid of human settlements ... today! 

Our interdisciplinary research in the Kurils provides a portrait of changing Kuril settlement history that can be compared to that of maritime cultures around the North Pacific Rim, including those of the coasts of the Pacific Northwest. While North Pacific cultures from Japan to Oregon share many similarities in subsistence and lifestyle, the differences are also instructive.  I will finish with some thoughts on how these comparisons may be relevant to issues of contemporary resource management and cultural resilience.


 DATE: Friday, December 7th , 2018

TIME: 7 pm to 9 pm

PLACE: Mountaineers Seattle Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 in the Cascade Room

COST:  FREE to members, $10.00 to non-members, $5.00 for Students (please renew membership for 2019 and these programs at http://www.pnwas.org  and now through PayPal)
Refreshments provided (Please bring cookies/snacks to share with the beverages).
 

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