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.

对于考古学家来说，一个持久的问题是殖民遭遇的本质，特别是美洲土著群体和欧洲定居者之间的小规模动态，当总体历史叙述将这种互动描述为欧洲人控制和主导时，这些问题尤为突出。强调对生活在接触岛屿上的原住民群体的刻板印象。科学家将进行研究，以研究早期殖民时期欧洲与原住民之间的互动。2017 年飓风玛丽亚的风暴潮暴露了一个非正式的欧洲贸易综合体。它是由欧洲殖民者建立的，位于大西洋海岸线上的一个受保护的海湾，是最早为来自非洲和欧洲的船只提供庇护的锚地之一，也是少数几个在接触后仍持续受到控制的领土之一。为了确保这项工作在学术界之外产生更广泛的影响，该团队将与当代当地社区成员和居民合作，参与发掘工作，并定期召开会议来解释研究结果，以培养当地的能力。遗产保护，团队将举办为期一周的考古“营”，并聘请当地研究助理学习考古方法。此外，在当地的支持下，该项目将有助于发展博物馆和合作者展示当地殖民历史。该项目旨在描述土著居民和欧洲定居者之间关系的性质，并研究殖民边境非正式贸易营地的政治、经济和社会生态现实。项目团队将进行遥感、地球物理和地下研究。环境和环境取芯调查通过应用这些方法，该项目调查了贸易综合体和周围飞地的发展，以及欧洲定居者和土著群体如何卷入更广泛的过程。该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。