Doctoral Dissertation Research: Effect of Colonial Policy on Land Use

博士论文研究：殖民政策对土地利用的影响

• 批准号: 2403754
• 负责人: John Marston
• 金额: $ 3.15万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2403754&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effect; Colonial; Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effect; Colonial

The goal of this doctoral dissertation project is to examine the relationship between land-use practices and evolving colonial power dynamics in peripheral regions of the New World such as the US Southwest. The doctoral student investigates the land-management practices implemented in response to imperial policies in colonies, identifying long-lasting legacies of colonial control manifested through land-use practices. The work integrates multiple datasets of archaeological plant remains, addressing a critical gap in the current knowledge regarding how land-use practices reflect socio-political mechanisms on the colonial frontier. Dendroanthracological (tree-ring) techniques are used to study archaeological wood charcoal, enabling the identification of specific woodland management and wood-use practices. By focusing on legacy collections, the study not only synthesizes regional paleoethnobotanical investigation and land-use reconstructions but also uses previously collected datasets to maximize preservation of archaeological sites. Dissemination of research results is accomplished through peer-reviewed journals and an open-access platform, coupled with the production of a comprehensive wood anatomy atlas. This project fosters inclusivity through student training in wood charcoal analysis.The research team analyzes and integrates archaeological seed and charcoal datasets from a series of colonial sites to study past land-use strategies and trace the diachronic environmental legacies of colonialism, including overgrazing, the construction of new environmental niches, and deforestation. The project sites are distributed across landscapes with diverse environmental and social attributes, and so represent ideal case studies to examine how communities with differing conditions coped with the challenges posed by colonial expectations and local environmental realities. The project applies dendroanthracological techniques to identify specific woodland management and wood-use practices that may have been used to maximize wood production in specific areas. Through the analysis of botanical assemblages of seeds, agricultural patterns are mapped across environmental zones and historical boundaries, contributing to a broader understanding of agricultural opportunities and constraints in the colonial Southwest.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.

该博士学位论文项目的目的是研究土地利用实践与不断发展的新世界外围地区（例如美国西南部）的殖民动力动力学之间的关系。博士生调查了针对殖民地帝国政策实施的土地管理实践，确定了通过土地利用实践表现出的殖民控制的长期遗产。这项工作整合了考古植物遗骸的多个数据集，解决了当前有关土地利用实践如何反映殖民地边界社会政治机制的关键差距。树突人类学（树环）技术用于研究考古木炭，从而鉴定了特定的林地管理和木材使用实践。通过专注于遗产收集，该研究不仅综合了区域古河畔研究和土地利用重建，而且还使用先前收集的数据集来最大程度地保护考古遗址。通过同行评审的期刊和一个开放式平台来实现研究结果的传播，再加上全面的木材解剖图集的生产。该项目通过木炭分析中的学生培训来促进包容性。研究团队分析并整合了来自一系列殖民地地点的考古种子和木炭数据集，以研究过去的土地利用策略，并追踪殖民主义的直言性环境遗产，包括过度分析，新的环境环境的建设，以及新的环境遗产以及卫式卫生组织的建设。项目站点分布在具有不同环境和社会属性的景观之间，因此代表理想的案例研究，以研究如何应对殖民期望和当地环境现实所面临的挑战的不同条件。该项目采用了树木人类学技术来识别特定的林地管理和木材使用实践，这些习惯可能被用来最大化特定地区的木材生产。通过分析种子的植物组合，在环境区域和历史界限之间绘制了农业模式，这有助于对西南殖民地的农业机会和限制的广泛理解。该奖项反映了NSF的立法使命，并被认为是通过基金会的智力评估和广泛的评论来评估的，并值得通过评估来进行评估。