Support for the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR

对 MURR 考古实验室的支持

• 批准号: 0802757
• 负责人: Michael Glascock
• 金额: $ 28.28万
• 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: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0802757&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 MURR laboratory is widely recognized around the world for its leading role in chemical characterization and interpretation of archaeometric data. 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-elemental techniques permit the quantification of major, minor and trace elements simultaneously and with a high degree of accuracy and precision in a wide range of archaeological materials. The MURR laboratory also plays an important role in training students in the analytical techniques for application to specific 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 90,000 previous analyses of pottery, obsidian, basalt, and chert by INAA, ICP-MS, and XRF. Online access to these databases is continuing to be developed and improved for integration with databases from other laboratories. MURR laboratory staff and students are also involved in efforts to rescue of compositional databases from laboratories no longer in operation. 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). These efforts 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 used to address important topics related to human and social dynamics of prehistoric peoples and societies, 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 will also be used improve our understanding concerning changes in ancient technology and 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 实验室因其在化学表征和考古数据解释方面的领先作用而在世界范围内得到广泛认可。 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，并且具有高度的准确度和精密度。 MURR 实验室在培训学生应用特定考古问题的分析技术方面也发挥着重要作用。考古学学生经常被邀请到密苏里州实验室现场参观，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超过 90,000 项先前对陶器、黑曜石、玄武岩和其他材料的分析的大型成分数据库。通过 INAA、ICP-MS 和 XRF 检测燧石。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。 MURR 实验室的工作人员和学生还参与了从不再运行的实验室中抢救成分数据库的工作。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。这些努力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用于解决与史前人民和社会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、对冲突的文化反应和压力，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。成分数据还将用于提高我们对古代技术变化的理解，并提供对史前饮食和营养的见解。