Social settlement dynamics and environmental processes in pre-colonial Nigeria: growing the Igbo-Ukwu cultural landscape (SosDen)

前殖民时期尼日利亚的社会定居动态和环境过程：发展伊博-乌库文化景观 (SosDen)

• 批准号: EP/X024407/1
• 负责人: Kingsley Daraojimba
• 金额: $ 26万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX024407%2F1
• 关键词: Social; settlement; dynamics; environmental; processes

SosDen examines the intersection of human-environmental interactions at the c. 9th-13th CE Igbo-Ukwu cultural landscape with the aim of understanding how human-environment interactions have contributed to the development of early urban landscapes in West Africa by i) reconstructing the environmental context of settlement development; ii) reconstructing the spatial and temporal sequences of settlement and industrial activities in the landscape; iii) undertaking diverse material science analyses of recovered ceramics, plant remains, soil and sediment samples in collaboration with scholars at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge. To pursue these aims, the research will draw on the ER's (Experienced Researcher) specialisms in palynology and ceramic analysis; and Cambridge's extensive archives and leading expertise in material sciences, bioarchaeology, and geoarchaeology. Study of archival holdings, including Thurstan Shaw's unpublished notes, diagrams, photos, correspondence, held by Cambridge University Library, will contribute to the spatial mapping of the site and reconstruction of its changing configuration and composition over time. Analyses of samples from the applicant's recent fieldwork will combine training in elemental, macro-soil analysis (pXRF) and soil micromorphological analyses at Cambridge. For the first time, these analyses will generate new data to characterize local environmental conditions through time; define relations between resource availability and technology; chart the footprint of human activities and environmental change, and define the spatio-temporal context of a relatively known civilisation. At the end of SosDen, existing relationships between the Universities of Cambridge and Nigeria will be expanded and capacity building for the ER and his home institution will be enhanced. This will be beneficial to the ER's research, promote knowledge transfer and strengthen the ER's European research network.

Sosden检查了C。第9至13年的IGBO-UKWU文化景观的目的是了解人类环境的相互作用是如何通过重建定居点发展的环境环境来促进西非早期城市景观的发展的； ii）重建景观中定居和工业活动的空间和时间序列； iii）与剑桥大学麦当劳研究所（McDonald Institute）合作，对回收的陶瓷，植物残留物，土壤和沉积物样本进行多种材料科学分析。为了追求这些目标，该研究将利用急诊室（经验丰富的研究人员）在孢子学和陶瓷分析方面的专业；以及剑桥的广泛档案，以及物质科学，生物考古学和地理考古学的领先专业知识。库氏大学图书馆持有的档案藏书的研究，包括瑟斯坦·肖的未发表的笔记，图表，照片，信函，将有助于对网站的空间映射以及随着时间的推移的不断变化的配置和构图的重建。对申请人最近现场工作的样品的分析将结合剑桥的元素，宏观土壤分析（PXRF）和土壤微观形态分析的培训。这些分析将首次生成新数据以随着时间的流逝来表征本地环境条件。定义资源可用性与技术之间的关系；绘制人类活动和环境变化的占地面积，并定义了相对已知的文明的时空环境。在索斯登（Sosden）结束时，剑桥大学和尼日利亚大学之间的现有关系将扩大，急诊室及其家庭机构的能力建设将得到增强。这将对ER的研究，促进知识转移并加强ER的欧洲研究网络有益。