MRI: Acquisition of a system of geophysics instruments for archaeological geophysics research and training.

MRI：购置一套地球物理仪器系统，用于考古地球物理研究和培训。

• 批准号: 1229061
• 负责人: Andrew Creekmore III
• 金额: $ 11.03万
• 依托单位: University of Northern Colorado
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1229061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; system; geophysics; instruments

This Major Research Instrumentation award to Dr. Andrew Creekmore funds the acquisition by the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) of a system of geophysics instruments for research, training and education in the fields of archaeology, earth science, biology, and physics. These instruments include a magnetometer, resistivity meter, conductivity meter, ground-penetrating radar, and down-hole susceptibility sensor attachment for an existing magnetic susceptibility meter. Each of these measures different properties of the earth; together, they form an integrated research system for state-of-the-art applications. These instruments will be shared with researchers and educators at regional institutions including Colorado State University, the University of Denver, and Laramie County Community College. Researchers include eight collaborators, as well as graduate students and future colleagues. These instruments will support several ongoing and new research initiatives, including: 1) A regional-scale, interdisciplinary archaeological, paleoenvironmental, ethnographic, and historical cultural-landscape study of Colorado prehistoric and historic Native American and non-native populations from the Late Pleistocene to the early 20th century. Geophysics survey can improve understanding of these cultures by identifying buried remains that help the analysis of mobile forager behavior and responses to environmental change; 2) An archaeological and historical study of Front Range trading forts of the mid 1800s. These forts were a key part of westward expansion characterized by trade between Native Americans and Euroamerican immigrants; 3) An interdisciplinary study of the structure and history of the early 20th-century African American settlement at Dearfield, Colorado. This settlement demonstrates African American resilience in their efforts, inspired by Booker T. Washington, to attain economic security, equality, and social justice; 4) A geophysical study of the internal structure of rattlesnake hibernacula. This study contributes to a better understanding of snake lifecycle and behavior; 5) Analysis of climate history and change through study of rock glaciers and moraines. This work informs current water-use policies because runoff from the watershed in which the rock glaciers occur is diverted for agricultural irrigation on Colorado's eastern plains; 6) Development of a grant-funded archaeogeophysics test site for testing and calibrating instruments, and training students; 7) Undergraduate research projects in physics, earth sciences, archaeology, biology and other disciplines. The requested instruments will enable UNC and collaborating institutions to provide opportunities for hands-on education and research, including courses in anthropology, earth sciences, and physics; geophysics workshops; and the archaeological field school. Investigators will train students in the theory and application of geophysics in these fields, engage students in research, and prepare students to incorporate geophysics into graduate or professional work in their respective fields. Investigators will engage Front Range communities and area K-12 students through geophysics workshops, field days, and city and private museum exhibits designed to connect students and the public to science. Results will be presented at local community workshops, regional and national meetings, and submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. This award will make it possible to expand collaborations with area scholars in a variety of fields, advancing knowledge and understanding in archaeology, earth science, biology, and physics.

这项授予安德鲁·克里克莫尔（Andrew Creekmore）博士的重大研究仪器奖为北科罗拉多大学（UNC）的收购授予了考古，地球科学，生物学和物理学领域的研究，培训和教育系统。 这些仪器包括磁力计，电阻率计，电导率计，地面渗透雷达以及用于现有磁敏感仪表的孔易感性传感器附件。 这些衡量了地球的不同特性。它们共同形成了用于最新应用的综合研究系统。 这些工具将与包括科罗拉多州立大学，丹佛大学和拉米县社区学院等地区机构的研究人员和教育者共享。 研究人员包括八位合作者以及研究生和未来同事。 这些工具将支持几项正在进行的新研究计划，包括：1）区域尺度，跨学科的考古，古环境，民族志，人种学和历史文化景观研究，对科罗拉多州史前和历史悠久的美国原住民和非本地人群，来自晚期到20世纪初期的非本地人群。 地球物理学调查可以通过识别埋藏的遗物来改善对这些文化的理解，从而有助于分析移动觅食者行为和对环境变化的反应； 2）1800年代中期的前范围交易堡垒的考古和历史研究。 这些堡垒是西方扩张的关键部分，其特征是美洲原住民与欧洲裔移民之间的贸易。 3）一项跨学科研究，对科罗拉多州迪尔菲尔德的20世纪非裔美国人定居点的结构和历史。 这一和解在其努力中表明了非裔美国人的韧性，受到布克·华盛顿（Booker T. Washington）的启发，以实现经济安全，平等和社会正义； 4）对响尾蛇Hibernacula内部结构的地球物理研究。 这项研究有助于更好地了解蛇生命周期和行为。 5）分析气候历史和通过研究岩石冰川和冰or的研究。 这项工作为当前的水利用政策提供了信息，因为从岩石冰川发生的流域进行了径流，用于在科罗拉多州东部平原上进行农业灌溉； 6）开发由资助资助的考古物理学测试网站，用于测试和校准工具以及培训学生； 7）物理，地球科学，考古学，生物学和其他学科的本科研究项目。 要求的工具将使UNC和合作的机构为动手教育和研究提供机会，包括人类学，地球科学和物理学课程；地球物理研讨会；和考古野外学校。 调查人员将在这些领域中培训学生的地球物理学理论和应用，让学生参与研究，并准备将地球物理学纳入各自领域的研究生或专业工作。 调查人员将通过地球物理研讨会，现场日期以及旨在将学生和公众与科学联系起来的城市和私人博物馆展览与前范围社区和K-12区学生参与。 结果将在当地社区研讨会，区域和国家会议上介绍，并在同行评审期刊上提交出版。 该奖项将使与各个领域的地区学者扩大合作，从而在考古学，地球科学，生物学和物理学方面提高知识和理解。