Claire Alix

蜜桃影像 Quaternary Center
P.O. Box 755940
University of 蜜桃影像 Fairbanks, AK, 99775-5940

Tel: 907-474-6387
Email: cmalix@alaska.edu

DEGREES

Doctorat (Ph.D.), University of Paris 1, Panth茅on - Sorbonne, France-- (Anthropology, Ethnology, Prehistory), March 2001

Dipl么me d'Etudes Approfondies d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) University of Paris 1, Panth茅on--Sorbonne (Anthropology, Ethnology, Prehistory), June 1994

Degree in Basic Xylology (wood identification). University of Paris 6, Pierre et Marie Curie, France, June 1994

Maitrise (M.A.) University of Paris 1, Panth茅on--Sorbonne, France-- (History of Art & Archaeology), Oct. 1993

Licence (B.A.) University of Paris 1, Panth茅on Sorbonne, France-- (History of Art & Archaeology), June 1992

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RESEARCH INTEREST AND AREA OF EXPERTISE

Ethnoarchaeology of wood use in the Arctic , past and present Inuit wood technology, driftwood transport and circulation, Archaeological wood remains, wood and charcoal identification, tree-ring research.
Primary field research: 蜜桃影像, Bering Strait and the Canadian Arctic

CURRENT RESEARCH

Driftwood in the North Project. The goal of this project is to explore 1) the "production" of driftwood in 蜜桃影像 and Bering Strait, 2) the mechanisms of wood use by people inhabiting coastal 蜜桃影像. It includes: building floodplain white spruce tree-ring chronologies along the Yukon and the Kuskokwim rivers; crossdating driftwood from coastal 蜜桃影像; documenting traditional ecological and technological knowledge on driftwood in riverine and coastal areas; working with communities of Southwestern 蜜桃影像 to record Yup'ik terminology of wood and wood working. Analyzing archaeological collections from western and northwestern 蜜桃影像.

Publications

in press	Wooden Artifacts from Qitchauvik, Golovin Bay. In O.K. Mason, M. L. Ganley, M Sweeney, C. Alix & V. Barber Eds., Qitchauvik: An Ipiutak Outlier in Golovnin Bay . Report to the Shared Beringian Program, National Park Service, Anchorage.
2005	Deciphering the Impact of Change on the Driftwood Cycle: Contribution to the Study of Human Use of Wood in the Arctic. Global and Planetary Change 47 (2-4): 83-98
2004	"Not all Driftwood is Created Equal" Wood Use and Value along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers, 蜜桃影像. 蜜桃影像 Journal of Anthropology2 (1-2): 48-65 [w/ K. Brewster]
2004	Bois flott茅 et arch茅ologie de l'Arctique: contribution 脿 la pr茅histoire r茅cente du d茅troit de B茅ring. Etudes Inuit Studies,vol. 28 (1): 109-131.
2003	La Parure en dents perc茅es ou encoch茅es. In : La Grotte de La Vache (Ari猫ge) I - Les occupations du Magdal茅nien. Under the direction of Jean Clottes and Henry Delporte, R茅union des Mus茅es Nationaux & Comit茅 des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques Editions. pp.368-390
2003	Rapprochements des dents et des coquillages perfor茅s des grottes d'Enl猫ne et de la Vache (Ari猫ge). In: La Grotte de La Vache (Ari猫ge) I - Les occupations du Magdal茅nien. Under the direction of Jean Clottes and Henry Delporte, R茅union des Mus茅es Nationaux & Comit茅 des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques Editions, pp.399-404, (w/ Y. TABORIN).
2003	S茅lection du bois d'arc par les thul茅ens de l'Arctique nord-am茅ricain: un choix dict茅 par le fa莽onnage. In: Au fil du bois: d茅finition des crit猫res de s茅lection des bois d'oeuvre (w/ H. Guiot Eds), Cahier des th猫mes transversaux ArScAn III, 2001/2002: 204-213.
2003	Avant Propos. In: Au fil du bois - D茅finition des crit猫res de s茅lection des bois d'oeuvre (Alix C. and H. Guiot Eds). Cahier des th猫mes transversaux ArScAn III, 2001/2002: 161-162 (w/ H. GUIOT)
2002	Acquisition, transformation et circulation des ressources ligneuses dans l'Arctique nord-am茅ricain (culture de Thul茅). Contribution des donn茅es ethnographiques et arch茅ologiques. Cahier des th猫mes transversaux ArScAn II, 2000/2001: 103-110, Nanterre
1998	Provenances et circulation des bois en milieu arctique - Quels choix pour les Thul茅ens? La Revue d'Arch茅om茅trie22: 11-22.
1998	De l'蜜桃影像 au Groenland : la pr茅histoire de l'Arctique. Archeologia345: 54-66 (mai).
1995	Inventaire pr茅liminaire des collections arctiques dans les mus茅es de province fran莽ais. Document de travail n掳10, Centre de Recherche en Arch茅ologie Pr茅colombienne, Paris.

Recent reports

2006	"Wood identifications of Artifacts from the Ice Patch sites of southern Yukon and of geological specimens from the Old Crow region" Final report to Paul Matheus, Greg Hare and Ruth Gotthardt Yukon Tourism-Heritage Branch, Whitehorse in completion of contract # SS554.3128, 15p.
2005	Charcoal Analysis of Hearth Features from Sites in the Brooks Range, 蜜桃影像. Report to National Park Services (J. Rasic). On file at National Park Services, Fairbanks. 22p
2004	The collection of Tree-Ring Samples of the University of 蜜桃影像 Museum. A Report on the Re-housing and Inventory of the Collection, August 2004. on file at the University of 蜜桃影像 Museum. 15p
2004	Economical and Cultural Significance of Driftwood in Coastal Communities of Southwest 蜜桃影像 . Report to the Cooperative Extension Services (w/ R. Wheeler). 49p. /files/aqc/Wheeler and Alix.pdf
2003	Wood Remains from the 2002 Excavation at Uivvaq, Cape Lisburne . In Owen K. Mason Ed. Uivvaq Heritage Project Field Season 2002 Final Report. Report to Aglaq/CONAM in fulfillment of contract 2103-004, GeoArch 蜜桃影像, Anchorage, pp193-219.
2002	"Catching the Drift. Community workshops on Driftwood and Tree-ring Research along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers." Preliminary report of the 2002 Field Season to the International Arctic Research Center ( IARC). >(w/ K. Brewster) 24p.
2002	"Driftwood in the North Pacific. Report of a Driftwood Sampling Project Undertaken on the Harriman Expedition Retraced" (w/ D. Koester)http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffdck/assets/HarrimanDriftwoodFull.pdf.