Support for the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR

对 MURR 考古实验室的支持

• 批准号: 0504015
• 负责人: Michael Glascock
• 金额: $ 33.96万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-01 至 2009-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0504015&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Archaeometry; Laboratory; MURR

With National Science Foundation support Dr. Michael Glascock and his colleagues will continue the operation of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR). The MURR Archaeometry Laboratory is one of the most comprehensive US-based laboratories dedicated to chemical characterization studies of archaeological materials. The analytical techniques available at MURR include neutron activation analysis (NAA), inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometry (ICP-MS) of solutions using high resolution and quadrupole instruments, laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS), and conventional- and portable-XRF. These multi-analytical/multi-elemental techniques permit the quantification of major, minor and trace elements simultaneously and with considerable accuracy and precision in a wide range of archaeological materials. The MURR facility also plays an important role in training students in the advantages and disadvantages of applying specific analytical techniques to archaeological questions. Frequently, archaeology students are invited to spend time on site visiting the Missouri laboratory where they are taught a variety of methods for interpreting archaeological data and have direct access to the large compositional databases containing more than 70,000 previous analyses of pottery, obsidian, and chert by INAA. Online access to these databases is continuing to be developed and improved for integration with databases from other laboratories. In addition to continued support of student and senior archaeology research projects, Dr. Glascock will also work toward the development of calibration standards and analytical procedures that facilitate the integration of data from multiple analytical techniques (e.g., INAA, ICP-MS, XRF). This effort will benefit both new and mature analytical programs involved in archaeometric compositional analysis research. Dr. Glascock and his colleagues also will continue to oversee the development and application of LA-ICP-MS to archaeological materials and will facilitate the development of portable-XRF for archaeometric research. The broader impacts of this grant are that elemental data generated in collaboration with colleagues and students will be continue to be used to address important topics related to past human and social dynamics, such as, mobility patterns and migrations of people, cultural responses to conflict and stress, community social organization, the development of craft production and specialization, and the creation and maintenance of social boundaries and identity. Compositional data also can improve understanding of ancient technologies and (through analysis of skeletal remains) can provide insight into prehistoric diet and nutrition.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Michael Glascock 博士和他的同事将继续运营密苏里大学研究堆中心 (MURR) 的考古实验室。 MURR 考古实验室是美国最全面的实验室之一，致力于考古材料的化学表征研究。 MURR 提供的分析技术包括中子活化分析 (NAA)、使用高分辨率和四极杆仪器对溶液进行电感耦合等离子体质谱 (ICP-MS)、激光烧蚀 ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) 和传统 XRF 和便携式 XRF。这些多分析/多元素技术可以同时对各种考古材料中的主要元素、次要元素和痕量元素进行定量，并且具有相当高的准确度和精密度。 MURR 设施在培训学生了解将特定分析技术应用于考古问题的优点和缺点方面也发挥着重要作用。 考古学学生经常被邀请花时间现场参观密苏里州实验室，在那里他们学习解释考古数据的各种方法，并可以直接访问包含 70,000 多项先前对陶器、黑曜石和燧石分析的大型成分数据库。伊纳阿。 对这些数据库的在线访问正在不断开发和改进，以便与其他实验室的数据库集成。除了继续支持学生和高年级考古学研究项目外，Glascock 博士还将致力于开发校准标准和分析程序，以促进多种分析技术（例如 INAA、ICP-MS、XRF）数据的整合。这项工作将使考古成分分析研究中涉及的新的和成熟的分析项目受益。 Glascock 博士和他的同事还将继续监督 LA-ICP-MS 在考古材料中的开发和应用，并将促进用于考古研究的便携式 XRF 的开发。 这笔赠款的更广泛影响是，与同事和学生合作生成的基本数据将继续用于解决与过去的人类和社会动态相关的重要主题，例如人员的流动模式和迁移、对冲突和冲突的文化反应。压力、社区社会组织、手工艺生产和专业化的发展以及社会边界和身份的创建和维护。成分数据还可以增进对古代技术的理解，并且（通过对骨骼遗骸的分析）可以提供对史前饮食和营养的深入了解。