Archaeology and Cultural Resource Projects
AERC offers various cultural research services including archaeology excavations, oral history projects, GIS mapping, and digital reconstruction. Learn more about our archaeology and cultural projects below.
Archaeology
Chernofski Archaeology
AERC spent a summer on the eastern edge of Unalaska Island documenting materials from World War II and Indigenous artifacts and tools dating back centuries.
Kahuku Archaeology
The US Army's Kahuku Training Area overlaps an important cultural area for Native Hawaiians, home to some of the Oahu鈥檚 earliest and best-known stories.
P艒hakuloa Archaeology
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 faculty and students traveled to the Big Island to survey a remote, unstudied corner of P艒hakuloa Training Area, the largest American military installation in the Pacific region. (Photo: Eric Hamilton, US Army Garrison P艒hakuloa Training Area)
Surveying and Documenting
Shemya WWII Building Survey
Using satellite and GIS, researchers mapped the earthen berms that supported Eareckson Air Station at the end of the Aleutians. The project culminated with a public display.
Wake Island Historic Building Survey
AERC researchers documented the historical significance of WWII facilities at the Wake Island Airfield, aiming to mitigate deterioration and demolition. (Photo: Sgt. Matthew Bragg, USMC Pacific)
Metlakatla Building Survey
Annette Island Army Air Field is a national historic site in Metlakatla. AERC surveyed and documented a historic World War II building slated for remediation.
Architectural and Cultural Resource Survey
Archaeology crews outfitted with field computers and metal detectors walked across nearly 2,500 acres of JBER, searching for signs of the base's former uses.
Administrative Records Management
AERC is scanning decades of documents into a public searchable database, facilitating access to information on Formerly Used Defense Sites across the Pacific. (Photo: Dena O'Dell, US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District)
Mapping FUDS across Alaska
AERC helped make digital maps of Formerly Used Defense Sites, a critical first step in environmental restoration for the US Army Corps of Engineers (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District)
Cultural and Spoken Research
Oral Histories of Ka鈥檃la and Koke鈥檈
AERC interviewed Native Hawaiian members of the National Guard to record their experiences at Ka鈥檃la and Koke鈥檈 radar stations.
Interpretive Displays and Signage
AERC installed historic displays at two century-old US Army sites on Oahu that continue to serve the Pacific region. (Photo: PO1 Daniel Barker, US Navy)