REU Site: Multidisciplinary Training for Students in Environmental and Social Sciences through Archaeological Research

REU 网站：通过考古研究为环境和社会科学学生提供多学科培训

• 批准号: 1262530
• 负责人: Jeremy Wilson
• 金额: $ 26.72万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1262530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Multidisciplinary; Training; Students

This REU site integrates undergraduates into research focused on reconstructing the environmental, cultural and temporal landscapes of Angel Mounds, a palisaded Mississippian town located on the Ohio River. The REU objectives are to provide students with 1) significant field and laboratory training in archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry and geophysics, including: excavation, remote sensing, hands-on use of instruments, modern laboratory analyses, and the assembly and dissemination of results, 2) an opportunity to build cohort and professional networks that will serve them throughout their careers, and 3) an opportunity to participate in a project of regional and historical significance. The project will be evaluated by formative and summative assessments. Long-term success will be measured with post-program mentoring and tracking of the professional engagement of REU alumni.Intellectual Merit: Angel Mounds is a National Historic Landmark that figured prominently in the late prehistoric socio-political and population dynamics of the Midwest. The site is the furthest upstream Mississippian town in the Ohio Valley and, like its sister sites Kincaid in the Black Bottom and Cahokia in the American Bottom, its settlement was a major socio-political and population reorganization for the area. Unlike these other sites, its chronology, developmental history, and place within the local settlement and ecological systems are less well understood. Using multidisciplinary methods and instruction, REU undergraduates will be trained to examine questions surrounding anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, environmental change during the Medieval Warm and Little Ice Age, and local and regional patterns of warfare and demography. Because most excavation at Angel Mounds occurred during the WPA-era, some gaps will also be filled via reanalysis of legacy collections curated at the GBL. In addition, targeted geophysical survey, solid-earth coring and selective new excavation will be used to contextualize and modernize the earlier, less rigorously collected data. Students undertake these investigations through directed research as part of the REU Site. The development and evolution of the site and region are examined through: 1) earthwork construction episodes, 2) paleoenvironmental reconstruction for region, 3) the timing and relationship of palisade construction, and 4) the excavation of detected ?neighborhoods? on site to determine their chronological association with settlement growth during the Medieval Warm and village abandonment during the Little Ice Age. From this perspective, the proposed project simultaneously addresses the landscape and built environment of Angel Mounds. The REU students participate in every phase of the project from research design and data collection to laboratory analyses, archival research, and interpretation.Broader Impacts: Archaeological research has evolved from the prototypical multiyear site exams to more targeted research projects with refined questions and multidisciplinary research teams that build upon the accumulated body of knowledge. The Angel Mounds REU creates such a research environment. Talented students from the natural and social sciences and institutions with limited STEM research opportunities are actively recruited and encouraged to apply to the program. Given the underrepresentation of Native Americans in archaeology, recruitment of students from descendant communities are actively pursued through extant, IUPUI-based relationships. With rotating on-site projects designed to answer specific questions and the reanalysis of extant collections, the Angel Mounds REU prepares students to conduct targeted projects that rely simultaneously on traditional and state of the art field and laboratory methods. Project participants are expected to present the results of their research projects at conferences, such as Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC). Students will also publish their research reports in the Report of Investigations (GBL-ROI) series.

这个REU站点将本科生纳入重点，旨在重建Angel Mounds的环境，文化和时间景观，Angel Mounds是位于俄亥俄河上的密西西比城镇。 REU目标是为学生提供考古学，地理学，地球化学和地球物理学领域的重大领域和实验室培训，包括：挖掘，遥感，动手使用工具，现代实验室分析以及结果的组装和分配，结果，2）在整个群体和专业网络中都有机会和专业网络的机会，并将其构建一个机会和3）的机会。该项目将通过形成性和总结性评估进行评估。长期的成功将以核心校友的专业参与的后图指导和跟踪来衡量。智能优点：天使丘是一个国家历史地标，在中西部的晚期史前史前社会政治和人口动态中占有重要地位。该遗址是俄亥俄州谷最远的密西西比州上游小镇，就像其在美国底部的黑色底部和卡霍基亚的Kincaid一样，其定居点是该地区的主要社会政治和人口重组。与其他站点不同，其年代，发展历史以及本地定居和生态系统中的地位知之甚少。使用多学科的方法和教学，REU本科生将接受培训，以研究围绕景观的人为转化的问题，中世纪温暖和小冰河时期的环境变化以及战争和人口统计学的当地和地区模式。由于天使丘的大多数发掘都发生在WPA时代期间，因此也将通过重新分析GBL策划的遗产藏品来填补一些差距。此外，有针对性的地球物理调查，固体地球芯和选择性的新发掘将用于将较早的，不太严格收集的数据进行环境化和现代化。作为REU站点的一部分，学生通过指导研究进行了这些调查。通过以下方式检查了场地和地区的发展和演变：1）土方构造发作，2）地区的古环境重建，3）帕利萨德建筑的时机和关系，以及4）检测到的邻里的挖掘？在现场确定其与小冰河时代中中世纪温暖和村庄遗弃期间定居点增长的时间顺序结合。从这个角度来看，拟议的项目同时解决了天使丘的景观和建筑环境。 REU学生参与了项目的每个阶段，从研究设计和数据收集到实验室分析，档案研究和解释。Broader的影响：考古学研究已经从原型的多年级现场考试到具有精致的问题和具有多学科的研究团队的更具针对性的研究项目的发展，并建立了基于知识积累的多学科研究团队。天使丘REU创造了这样的研究环境。积极招募并鼓励来自自然和社会科学和机构有限的STEM研究机会的机构的才华横溢的学生申请该计划。鉴于美洲原住民在考古学方面的人数不足，从后代社区的学生招募学生是通过现存的基于IUPUI的关系积极追求的。随着旋转的现场项目旨在回答特定问题和对现有收藏的重新分析，天使丘REU使学生准备进行有针对性的项目，这些项目同时依靠传统和状态的最先进的领域和实验室方法。预计项目参与者将在会议上介绍其研究项目的结果，例如中西部考古会议（MAC）。学生还将在调查报告（GBL-ROI）系列中发布他们的研究报告。