US-Jordan Cooperative Research: Archaeological Geophysics in Humayma, Jordan

美国-约旦合作研究：约旦 Humayma 的考古地球物理学

• 批准号: 0243524
• 负责人: Gregory Baker
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-15 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0243524&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Jordan; Cooperative; Research; Archaeological

0243524Baker Description: This award is for support of a cooperative project between Dr. Gregory Baker, Department of Geology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and Dr. Fawaz Khraysheh, Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Amman, Jordan. They plan to investigate the application of geophysical research tools in archeological research. The test site is a 4th century Roman Fort and surrounding environs located in Humayma, Jordan. One objective of this project is to correlate in detail the interpretations of geophysical data already collected in 2002, and others to be collected in 2003, with the results of archaeological excavations to be conducted in 2003 and 2004. Planned excavations will focus on areas where geophysical interpretations clearly show subsurface structures as well as areas where there is no indication of structures. Thus, a quantitative calculation of both Type I and Type II errors in the application of near-surface geophysical techniques to archaeology at the site can be determined. The second objective of this project is to advance the process of fusing geophysical data from different geophysical tools. Satellite remote sensing tools will collect different bands of data to be combined in various ways to generate better images. Preliminary research will be conducted to transfer this approach to a new methodology of geophysical data fusion. Data from different geophysical tools will be mathematically combined to determine if more information can be obtained than would be available by only qualitatively combining data from each tool separately. Scope: In addition to support from NSF, support is provided from Canada for the archeological studies and part of the geophysical work, while the Jordanian Department of Antiquities will support their staff member for data collection. The project represents an opportunity to leverage funds and resources from several different sources toward basic science objectives in geophysics and in anthropology, and to answer basic questions about the development of the settlements in the Humayma region. The results will have applications and benefits to scientists in Jordan. Three students at SUNY Buffalo will participate in this international collaboration.

0243524Baker 描述：该奖项用于支持纽约州立大学 (SUNY) 布法罗分校地质系 Gregory Baker 博士和安曼旅游与文物部古物系 Fawaz Khraysheh 博士之间的合作项目约旦。 他们计划研究地球物理研究工具在考古研究中的应用。 测试地点是位于约旦 Humayma 的一座 4 世纪罗马堡垒及其周边地区。 该项目的目标之一是将 2002 年收集的地球物理数据和 2003 年收集的其他地球物理数据的解释与 2003 年和 2004 年考古发掘的结果详细关联起来。解释清楚地显示了地下结构以及没有结构迹象的区域。因此，可以确定近地表地球物理技术应用于现场考古时的 I 型和 II 型误差的定量计算。 该项目的第二个目标是推进融合不同地球物理工具的地球物理数据的过程。 卫星遥感工具将收集不同波段的数据，并以各种方式组合以生成更好的图像。 将进行初步研究，以将这种方法转化为地球物理数据融合的新方法。 来自不同地球物理工具的数据将以数学方式组合，以确定是否可以获得比仅定性组合来自每个工具的数据更多的信息。范围：除了国家科学基金会的支持外，加拿大还为考古研究和部分地球物理工作提供支持，而约旦文物部将支持其工作人员进行数据收集。 该项目提供了一个机会，可以利用多个不同来源的资金和资源来实现地球物理学和人类学的基础科学目标，并回答有关胡迈马地区定居点发展的基本问题。 研究结果将为约旦的科学家带来应用和益处。 纽约州立大学布法罗分校的三名学生将参加这项国际合作。