Collaborative Research: An archaeological examination of the cultural and ecological consequences of colonialism

合作研究：殖民主义文化和生态后果的考古学检验

• 批准号: 2150875
• 负责人: Douglas Armstrong
• 金额: $ 4.95万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; archaeological; examination; cultural

An enduring question for archaeologists is the nature of colonial encounters, specifically the small-scale dynamics between Indigenous groups and European settlers in the Americas. These questions are of particular salience where the overarching historical narrative portrays the interactions as controlled and dominated by Europeans, and emphasizes stereotyped depictions of the Indigenous groups living on the islands at contact. Scientists will conduct research to examine early colonial European-Indigenous interactions. A site, exposed by storm surge from Hurricane Maria in 2017, was an informal European trading complex established by colonial European settlers. It is situated along a protected bay on the Atlantic coastline and was one of the first sheltered anchorages for vessels voyaging from Africa and Europe. It was was one of few territories which continued for a significant time after contact to be controlled by Indigenous inhabitants. To ensure this work has broader impact beyond academia, the team will work collaboratively with the contemporary local community. Community members and residents will participate in excavations, and engage in frequent meetings on the interpretation of findings. To build local capacity for heritage protection, the team will hold a one-week archaeology “camp" and hire local research assistants to learn archaeological methods. In addition, with the support of local collaborator the project will contribute to the development of a museum and exhibits on the local colonial history.The goal of the project is to characterize the nature of the relationship between the indigenous inhabitants and European settlers, and examine the political, economic, and socioecological realities of an informal trading encampment at a colonial frontier. The project team will conduct remote sensing, geophysical and sub-surface survey coring for environmental and geomorphological data, and excavation of archaeological and geological features. Through the application of these methods, this project investigates the development of the trading complex and surrounding enclave. This research connects with questions of how European settlers and Indigenous groups were entangled within the broader processes of colonialism and ecological transformations, exploring themes of Indigenous resilience and agency in the face of conquest.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.

考古学家的一个持久问题是殖民遭遇的本质，特别是土著群体与美洲欧洲定居者之间的小规模动态。这些问题特别显着，在总体历史叙述中描绘了欧洲人控制和主导的互动，并强调对生活在群岛上的土著群体进行刻板印象的描述。科学家将进行研究以检查早期的欧洲土著互动。 2017年，玛丽亚飓风的风暴潮暴露于一个地点，是欧洲殖民地定居者建立的非正式欧洲贸易综合体。它位于大西洋海岸线上的一个受保护的海湾，是从非洲和欧洲航行的船只的第一批庇护锚之一。这是少数几个领土，在接触后持续了很大一段时间，由土著居民控制。为了确保这项工作超出学术界的更大影响，团队将与当代当地社区合作。社区成员和居民将参加发掘，并经常会议就发现的解释。为了建立遗产保护的地方能力，该团队将拥有一个为期一周的考古“营地”，并聘请当地的研究助理学习考古学方法。此外，在当地合作者的支持下，该项目将有助于博物馆的发展并展出当地殖民历史。该项目的目的是表征个人影响力与欧洲定居者之间关系的性质，并研究在殖民前沿的非正式贸易营地的政治，经济和社会生态现实。该项目团队将对环境和地貌数据进行远程敏感性，地球物理和地下调查，以及对档案和地质特征的发掘。通过应用这些方法，该项目研究了交易综合体和周围飞地的发展。这项研究与欧洲定居者和土著群体如何纠缠在更广泛的殖民主义和生态转型过程中，探索了面对征服的主题，探索了土著弹性和代理的主题。该奖项反映了NSF的法规任务，并认为通过基金会的知识综述和广泛的评估，探索了土著弹性和机构的主题。