Participants |
| IKIP participants brought together to research the historical dimension
of Kuril biogeography and biodiversity (and related matters) included archaeologists
and geologists from Russia, Japan and the United States. Dr. Valerii Shubin
from the Sakhalin Regional Museum hosted the archaeological and geological
research. Dr. Shubin has over 30 years of research experience in the Kuril
Islands and Sakhalin. He brought an experienced team of Russian researchers,
including Yuri Mikhailov (topographer), Vladimir Golubtsov (photographer),
and Marina Shubina (ethnohistorian). The Japanese team included Dr. Kaoru
Tezuka (Historical Museum of Hokkaido: archaeologist and ethnohistorian)
and Dr. Yoshihiro Ishizuka (Hokkaido University: geologist, volcanologist).
The American team included Dr. Ben Fitzhugh (University of Washington:
archaeologist and project PI), Dr. Carole Mandryk (Harvard: geoarchaeologist),
Cristie Boone (University of Washington undergraduate student: archaeologist),
Christopher Lockwood (University of Washington graduate student: geoarchaeologist),
and Scotty Moore (University of Washington graduate student: archaeologist).
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