REU Site: Archaeological Investigations of Colonial Maryland

REU 遗址：马里兰殖民地考古调查

• 批准号: 1950646
• 负责人: Liza Gijanto
• 金额: $ 36.83万
• 依托单位: St Mary's College of Maryland
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950646&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Archaeological; Investigations; Colonial

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and integrates research and education. The REU site is a collaboration between St. Mary’s College of Maryland and the Maryland Archeological Conservation Lab (MAC Lab). The goals of the REU and ongoing research is to provide undergraduates experiences in archaeology including the latest scientific and methodological approaches to archaeological fieldwork, artifact curation, materials analysis, curatorial interpretation and public engagement with scholarly content. This REU will generate original research on Maryland history and likely refocus the dominant understanding of economic and political dynamics in the Chesapeake in the 17th and 18th centuries. The study will investigate whether country estates served as the socio-economic foundation of Maryland during the colonial era by steering socio-economic relations in the region, and that its inhabitants were not dependent on the developing urban centers. This project moves beyond traditional studies of 17th and 18th century sites that emphasize first settlements and the estates of important personages such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington by investigation the former West Ashcom Estate. This REU builds upon St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 25 years as the state’s Public Honors College. This distinction includes a tradition of student driven research and collaboration with faculty in line with the mission of the REU program. The REU project will provide comprehensive training in areas of archaeological and museum practice frequently unavailable to undergraduates. By utilizing and instructing students in the latest technology (e.g., drone use and photogrammetry), field methods, and laboratory procedures, participants will gain experience in all stages of archaeological collections generation (i.e. excavation), care (conservation and management), and analysis (materials characterization and cataloging). Twelve students will be recruited for an 8-week summer research program, offered every other year for a total of three times. This alternating schedule allows for improvement of program content and structure in light of annual assessment and evaluations. The REU will target students early in their academic career, especially those from underrepresented populations and community colleges interested in gaining practical field and laboratory skills. Students will participate in archaeological excavations at West Ashcom located at Cremona Estate, gain training in collections management and conservation at the MAC Lab, and carry out innovative cultural materials characterization in the SMCM Museum Studies Lab.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目是从SBE董事会的本科生（REU）网站计划的研究经验中资助的。它具有科学和社会利益，并整合了研究和教育。 REU网站是马里兰州圣玛丽学院与马里兰州考古保护实验室（MAC实验室）之间的合作。 REU和正在进行的研究的目标是提供考古学的本科生经验，包括用于档案学现场工作的最新科学和方法论方法，人工制品策划，材料分析，策展解释和与科学内容的公众参与。该REU将对马里兰州的历史产生原始研究，并可能在17世纪和18世纪重新调整对切萨皮克经济和政治动态的主要理解。该研究将调查国家国家在殖民时代的社会经济基金会是否通过转向该地区的社会经济关系，而其影响者不依赖于发展中心的城市中心。该项目超越了17世纪和18世纪的传统研究，这些研究强调了托马斯·杰斐逊（Thomas Jefferson）和乔治·华盛顿（George Washington）等重要人物的州，并通过调查前西阿什科姆（Thomas Jefferson）和乔治·华盛顿（George Washington）。这是在马里兰州圣玛丽学院（St. Mary's College of Maryland）的25年中，作为该州的公立荣誉学院。这种区别包括与REU计划的使命一致的学生驱动研究和合作的传统。 REU项目将在本科生经常无法获得档案和博物馆实践领域提供全面的培训。通过利用和指导学生了解最新技术（例如无人机使用和摄影），现场方法和实验室程序，参与者将在存档学收集生成的各个阶段（即挖掘），护理（保护和管理）以及分析（材料表征和分解）中获得所有经验。将招募十二名学生参加为期8周的夏季研究计划，每隔一年总共提供三次。此替代时间表可以根据年度评估和评估来改善程序内容和结构。 REU将在学术生涯的早期目标学生，尤其是那些人口不足的人和有兴趣获得实践领域和实验室技能的社区大学的学生。学生将参加位于Cremona Estate的West Ashcom的档案馆发掘，在Mac Lab的收集管理和保护方面获得培训，并在SMCM博物馆研究实验室中进行创新的文化材料表征。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过该基金会的知识优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务。