Vanished Villages — National Park Service funding opportunity
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Vanished Villages

This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project with University of Alaska Fairbanks under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CES...

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Award $1k–$78k Deadline Fixed Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Jul 11, 2013
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $1,000 – $77,500, total pool ~$77,500.
  • Issued by: National Park Service.
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Award amount
$1k–$78k
Deadline
Fixed
Total pool
$78k

About this opportunity

This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project with University of Alaska Fairbanks under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. The project intended modified award is $77,500.00. This is a modification for continuation of an existing agreement, number P10AC00020. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Agreements Concerning Cooperative Research and Training on NPS Resources (16 § 1a-2(j)): The Secretary may enter into agreements with public or private educational institutions, States and their political subdivisions, for the purpose of developing research and training programs concerning the resources of the National Park System, and pursuant to such agreements, to accept from and make available to the cooperator such technical and support staff, financial assistance for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies and administrative services relating to cooperative research units as the Secretary deems appropriate. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN: The purpose of this project is to address much needed systematic evaluation and mapping of identified but minimally documented substantial Late Prehistoric age (and earlier) village sites. These sites are located adjacent to lakes within the Brooks Range of northern Alaska and are significant because they contain rare types of features, such as large, stone-ringed communal structures (qargi) and petroglyphs, and exceptionally dense concentrations of hunting-related features. The purpose of this project is to build on existing survey and inventory documentation to systematically document significant Late Prehistoric age (and earlier) village sites located along Brooks Range lakeshores within NOAT and GAAR. These sites are significant because they contain rare types of features that demonstrate a prolonged human presence in an area marked largely by temporary encampments of mobile peoples. Sites targeted in Phase I include Kikitaliorak Lakes located in the northern reaches of Noatak National Preserve. The project will build on existing survey and inventory level documentation to systematically record the lakeside archeological sites and cultural landscapes. This Modification Request is issued to: Three years of field work at the three different sites (XHP-00004, XHP-00017, and MIS-00352) resulted in subsurface testing of 34 features. Data derived from these investigations include stratigraphic descriptions, radiocarbon samples, faunal remains, and organic artifacts. A total of 12 cubic feet of collections were generated and these include 7 cubic feet of faunal remains and 5 cubic feet of lithic artifacts, organic artifacts, ceramic artifacts, wood samples, and charcoal samples. All of the wood and charcoal from 2010 and 2011 has been identified and the analysis of the 2012 assemblage is currently underway. The wood and charcoal is the only group of collections to be analyzed up to this point. The entire project assemblage contains 655 cataloged specimens including several uncounted faunal and flake lots. This assemblage has been fully cataloged according National Park Service curatorial guidelines and is now ready for analysis. Processing and organizing field data is another main component of this project and includes typing field notes, digitizing soil profiles, annotating photographs, and downloading and editing GPS data. Field data processing for 2010 and 2011 is largely finished and we are currently processing data collected during 2012. The partner, in cooperation with the National Park Service will: ¿ Complete a basic description of the lithic and faunal assemblages ¿ Create maps and other graphics such as artifact plates, site photos, rock art illustrations, and stratigraphic profiles in a publication quality format.

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Source ID237522
PostedJul 11, 2013

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