Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Modeling Precolonial and Colonial Niche Construction

博士论文改进奖：前殖民和殖民利基构建建模

基本信息

批准号：
2128707
负责人：
Natalie Munro
金额：
$ 1.39万
依托单位：
University of Connecticut
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-08-01 至 2024-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128707&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award Modeling

项目摘要

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project will undertake research to better understand how and why humans modify their natural environments, and what happens when they stop doing so. Humans have had far-reaching effects on the environment across the planet, so it is important to research the specific demographic and economic drivers of these impacts. Archaeology can provide a useful means to address these issues, as the past is full of case studies which can be analyzed to understand such activities and trace the history of environmental impacts. Such research can also inform solutions to environmental degradation and contribute to understanding the environmental impacts of human population changes and how different economic systems can lead to either ecological destruction or long-term health.This project consists of both computational modeling and archaeological data analysis to better understand human environmental impacts. The modeling will contribute to theory about environmental modification by building computer simulations to investigate the impacts of human population size and economic forces on the environment. The analysis will evaluate environmental data from a time of colonial settlement and integration into a new global economy. This analysis will test the predictions of the model and attempt to determine the ecological impacts of colonization and how the environment was impacted by resulting changes in forest management, farming, and hunting. The results of this research will contribute to knowledge of environmental modification and natural resource management, both in theory and in terms of the history of environmental changes that have led us to the present. This information can help researchers to better understand how to improve the ecology of our planet today.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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金来源于《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）。该项目将进行研究，以更好地了解人类如何以及为何改变其自然环境，以及当他们停止这样做时会发生什么。人类对全球环境产生了深远的影响，因此研究这些影响的具体人口和经济驱动因素非常重要。考古学可以提供解决这些问题的有用手段，因为过去充满了案例研究，可以通过分析这些案例来了解此类活动并追踪环境影响的历史。此类研究还可以为环境退化的解决方案提供信息，并有助于了解人口变化对环境的影响，以及不同的经济体系如何导致生态破坏或长期健康。该项目包括计算建模和考古数据分析，以更好地了解人口变化对环境的影响。了解人类环境影响。该模型将通过建立计算机模拟来研究人口规模和经济力量对环境的影响，从而为环境改造理论做出贡献。该分析将评估殖民定居时期和融入新的全球经济时期的环境数据。该分析将测试模型的预测，并尝试确定殖民化的生态影响以及森林管理、农业和狩猎的变化如何影响环境。这项研究的结果将有助于对环境改造和自然资源管理的认识，无论是在理论上还是在环境变化的历史方面，这些变化使我们走到了今天。这些信息可以帮助研究人员更好地了解如何改善当今地球的生态。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。