Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Geoarchaeology of Estuarine Seascapes

博士论文改进补助金：河口海景地质考古学

基本信息

批准号：
2024397
负责人：
Thomas Pluckhahn
金额：
$ 2.22万
依托单位：
University of South Florida
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：
2020-08-01 至 2022-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2024397&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Geoarchaeology

项目摘要

The focus of this doctoral dissertation research project is to reconstruct the roles that coastal Native American societies played in the establishment and transformation of nearshore estuarine ecosystems. Previous geoscientific and archaeological work has studied the evolution of estuaries as non-anthropogenic or ‘pre-anthropogenic’ ecotones, and conceptualized Indigenous maritime societies as passive inhabitants of bountiful and dynamic environments. This dissertation research will integrate geoarchaeological and paleoecological approaches to reconceptualize coastal peoples as ecosystem engineers and tidal estuarine habitats as the products of deep-time human-environmental interaction. This dissertation research will produce historical reconstructions for the process of marine transgression along the Gulf Coastal strand, knowledge of estuary management by Native Americans, and pre-industrial baseline data for measuring modern sea-level rise and historical degradation. The project will investigate the general hypothesis that ancient Indigenous societies engineered nearshore ecosystems through the construction and maintenance of terraformed shellworks. The research will be conducted at several well-preserved archaeological complexes along a large open-water estuary system that was intensively occupied by Native American populations. Sedimentological, paleobotanical, and radiocarbon analyses on sediment cores and archaeological excavation units will be correlated to reconstruct the geological and ecological relationships between Indigenous shell-terraforming and the establishment of protected, low-energy intertidal habitats. Feedbacks between anthropogenic habitat modification, subsistence production, and the emplacement of civic architecture will be assessed by comparing the core records with zooarchaeological assemblages and construction sequences of midden-mounds. This interdisciplinary dataset will contribute to improved ecological and anthropological understanding of intertidal ecosystems. The study will be carried out in consultation with local and regional land managers and conservation agencies with the explicit intent that results and research products may be integrated into management, conservation, and restoration planning.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.

本博士论文研究项目的重点是重建沿海美洲原住民社会在近岸河口生态系统的建立和转变中所发挥的作用，之前的地球科学和考古工作已将河口的演化研究为非人类或“前人类”。本论文研究将整合地质考古学和古生态学方法，将沿海人民重新概念化为生态系统工程师。和潮汐河口栖息地作为长期人类与环境相互作用的产物，本论文研究将对墨西哥湾沿岸的海洋侵入过程进行历史重建，美洲原住民对河口管理的了解，以及工业化前的基线数据。该项目将调查古代土著社会通过建造和维护改造的贝壳工程来改造近岸生态系统的一般假设。沿着美洲原住民密集居住的大型开放水域河口系统保存完好的考古综合体，将对沉积物岩心和考古发掘单位进行沉积学、古植物学和放射性碳分析，以重建土著贝类之间的地质和生态关系。地球化改造和受保护的低能耗潮间带栖息地的建立将通过比较人为栖息地的改变、生计生产和公民建筑的安置之间的反馈进行评估。该跨学科数据集将有助于提高对潮间带生态系统的生态和人类学理解。该研究将与当地和区域土地管理者和保护机构协商进行，其明确意图是：结果和研究产品可以整合到管理、保护和恢复规划中。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（5）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Geoarchaeology and Coastal Morphodynamics of Harbor Key (8MA15): Indigenous Persistence at a Partially Inundated Native Shell Mound Complex in Tampa Bay, Florida

Harbour Key 的地质考古学和海岸形态动力学（8MA15）：佛罗里达州坦帕湾部分被淹没的本土贝丘复合体的土著居民的持续存在

DOI：
10.1017/aaq.2023.45
发表时间：
2023-09
期刊：
American Antiquity
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
Jackson, Kendal;Pluckhahn, Thomas J.;Rogers, Jaime A.;Wang, Ping;Thompson, Victor D.
通讯作者：
Thompson, Victor D.

Transformative Impacts of Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surge, and Wetland Migration on Intertidal Native Shell-Bearing Sites in Florida’s Largest Open-Water Estuary, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

海平面上升、风暴潮和湿地迁移对佛罗里达州最大开放水域河口潮间带原生贝类栖息地的变革性影响，美国佛罗里达州坦帕湾